Will Martin
Will Martin
Will Martinis a New Zealand-born classical crossover singer...
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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
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I don't think you're getting a lot of investors stepping in here. Over the next couple of days is when people will be making major decisions.
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It does surprise me but it is kind of understandable. There are an awful lot of guys who have given a lot to this game.
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The law of large numbers was already baked into most estimates out there, including mine. You have to wonder, is he signaling anything beyond that? Is the first quarter going to be softer than people are expecting, and are they trying to manage those expectations?
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The sentiment on the group is pretty lousy right now. There is not a lot of excitement looking into this year.
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The underlying labor market is probably about the same, with claims in the 300,000 to 320,000 range and job creation of 180,000 to 200,000 a month.
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That prevalence dropped to 26.4 percent at one year and remained stable. Not wanting to be seen undressed went from 62.7 percent to 34.3 percent.
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I think their work is great and I never have had a problem. I know that H&R Block is the choice for tax preparations but here it is real cheap -- nothing.
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Internally, we have got a strategy for all of our products of how we deliver value to customers via the cloud. Stage two is how we monetise that value. If we are number one on delivering that value and delivering customer satisfaction, that is a good definition of winning.
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It's great to be home, but we really haven't been here. We have to establish more of a home feeling.
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And there are some - Bernie [Ecclestone] and others - who are embracing new technologies. When Sky UK started to broadcast there was an argument that audience would come down because it is pay TV. But the actual quality of the production and the use of technology and the engagement of the viewer is much better than it ever was. The product is simply better.
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It was like a movie out there. Niall gave him a fabulous ride. He never panicked, he took his time.