The market is trading very defensively. That is putting downward pressure on bond prices.

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We’re trying to put a bright picture on the State of the Union address. We’re well above the losses we saw several hours ago.

The data will look better, but it’s going to be very difficult to distinguish whether it represents real change.

This tells us nothing about the strength of a recovery next year,

Today starts a new chapter of Agilent. We have made decisions today for us to be able to focus on our core that we have been a leader in for the last 65 years.

[Over the past two weeks, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury has skipped from 5.08 percent to 5.24 percent on the view that by summer’s end the Federal Open Market Committee will begin to...

That is amazing. … People have the same script but are interpreting it differently. The equity crowd view is that the Brazilian package is the first step to relieving the stresses on Latin America.

We looked at probably 25 different places and narrowed it down to three. And this was one of them.

For the first game of the year I thought our guys played well. They came out strong and really took it to them in the first half.

Business firms are still unwilling to take advantage of this low rate structure. The failure to borrow could be a hint that business planners do not foresee a significant resurgence in the economy over the...

Compared to last year where I had to drive all the way to Canada and pay 40 dollars, this is wonderful. I walked in, it took about two and a half minutes for the whole...

We started the session with this tremendously upbeat commentary in the press and a clear mind-set on Wall Street for the economy to improve in 2003. Lo and behold, the first significant statistic of the...

If the equity market continues to retrench, then there’s going to be quality flows coming into the Treasury arena that push bond yields lower,

Japanese produced goods will become less competitive on the global market place as the yen appreciates and that’s going to slow the recovery process, not only in Japan, but Asia as a whole.

Activity is very light ahead of Greenspan’s testimony tomorrow. We really shouldn’t see much movement . . . there is no prominent economic data out today.

Last year, our revenue grew by 30% in India and we hope it continues.

Even though the rising pattern in borrowing costs is a form of restraint, it is being offset by a surge in equity wealth as the stock market records consistent gains.

The speech doesn’t appear to have garnered any attention at all. His comments really weren’t the focus.

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We’re rebounding from an oversold environment,

The stock market was euphoric over the data reported — taking it as a sign the Fed will not raise rates over the balance of the calendar year. Inflation remains tame and the economy continues...

The nations in Asia, Russia and Latin America have pressure to raise cash, so they are dumping their commodities on the global marketplace and that’s pushing prices lower.

And she listens better. We also have a very high level of love and respect for each other.

Typically, at the present stage of an economic rebound — roughly two years after the trough in economic activity had been reached — corporations are borrowing aggressively, funding capital expansion projects, payroll additions and inventory...

This is a very fragile recovery process. It’s been reliant on these low borrowing costs. If we remove them, we effectively deny the economy its support.