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We have had a pretty good rally in risk assets since the beginning of October ... Clients have only really got two or three more weeks to do anything before year-end and they are not going to take big positions going into December, on Japan, people also may have read too much into the possible crossover from the ECB. – Sean Darby	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The use of forward ground troops to draw fire from enemy positions makes the use of air power much more effective. – Robert Lee	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Such a high level of approval for the work of the Russian president is linked, in the first instance, to events in Syria, to Russian air strikes on terrorist positions there. – VTsIOM	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We also believe that it's important for both, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli elected officials and President Abbas and other people in positions of power, to try to tamp down rhetoric that may feed violence or anger or misunderstanding and try to get all people in Israel and in the West Bank to recognize that this kind of random violence is not going to result in anything other than more hardship and more insecurity. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
But I believe we have gone way too far in being intimidated by the (National Rifle Association), and I have said repeatedly that the majority of Americans and the majority of gun owners support universal background checks, and for the NRA to take these absolute positions on behalf of the most extreme of their members, and carrying water for the manufacturers and dealers, is just wrong. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Investors holding short positions have already started to take profit ahead of the weekend after four days of decline. – Tamas Varga	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You'll see no evidence Tony's submissions skewed to benefit those traders' positions. – Aaron Williamson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
People in top leadership positions have a tremendous motivating power which they don't use, if I pat someone on the back and say 'do good work,' he will do it. – Ashwani Lohani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
People are covering back their short positions as sentiment has been too bearish earlier, but I wouldn't be very bullish as the overall economic picture remains bad. – Alex Wong	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We don't understand why Governor Kasich is so upset at anyone looking at his public congressional record and positions on issues, we love Westerville and highly recommend the breakfast at the Fairfield Inn. – Paul Lindsay	Found on CNN 8 years ago
What I learned in Vietnam was pretty simple, it was a war in which too many of my friends died and died, I believed, under circumstances that might have been averted had different choices been made by people in positions of responsibility. – State John Kerry	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It was a war in which too many of my friends died and died, I believed, under circumstances that might have been averted had different choices been made by people in positions of responsibility. – State John Kerry	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We got month-end today and quarter-end as well, so there's some tidying up of positions with shorts taking profits, we also saw some stability in Glencore's share price, that's probably helped the underlying commodities, copper in particular. – Robin Bhar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We decided to act with precision on oil. The finance ministry is proposing considering gas separately, and also separate positions on metals, above all non-ferrous metals, no significant changes are being considered. These are all small, targeted measures. – Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
For entry level or training positions the minimum wage should not apply. – Reiner Haseloff	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Industry must offer internships, training and entry level positions to the many young people who, as refugees, have the right to stay. – Jens Spahn	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Investors would not take large positions until they digest the outcomes of these key data, so directionless trading is expected this week and volume is likely to be thin, if these data are better than expected, the market will likely start recovering next week. – Takuya Takahashi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You might as well hang on because the last couple of hours can be kind of interesting as people unwind their positions. – Scott Colyer	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Investors will refrain from taking large positions this week until these events are over, the majority of investors do not expect a policy change for now, but there is a slight expectation that the bank will ease some time soon and they will be looking for a sign in Kuroda's speech. – Chihiro Ohta	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Even if stocks jump, we don't know if and how long the rally will last so it's safe to reduce positions in an environment like this. – Yutaka Miura	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Next week's FOMC (Fed meeting) is the main focus for now. Investors do not want to take positions aggressively until they confirm what the Fed will do with rates. – Hiroyuki Nakai	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The spread widening is driven by the risk-off environment and unwinding (of positions). – Lionel Melka	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Former secretary of state George Shultz, reflecting on forty years of United States foreign policy from 1970 to the present, said, “When I think about all the money we spent on bombs and munitions, and our failures in Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world . . . Instead of advancing our agenda using force, we should have instead built schools and hospitals in these countries, improving the lives of their children. By now, those children would have grown into positions of influence, and they would be grateful to us instead of hating us.” Excerpt From: Daniel J. Levitin. “The Organized Scienceof Mind – George Shultz	added by anonymous 8 years ago
I don't see a tremendous amount of change out of the Iranians or Russians. There is some talk of them being tired, but their positions are pretty firm, they think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again. – Andrew Tabler	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

We have had a pretty good rally in risk assets since the beginning of October ... Clients have only really got two or three more weeks to do anything before year-end and they are not going to take big positions going into December, on Japan, people also may have read too much into the possible crossover from the ECB.

– Sean Darby

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The use of forward ground troops to draw fire from enemy positions makes the use of air power much more effective.

– Robert Lee

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Such a high level of approval for the work of the Russian president is linked, in the first instance, to events in Syria, to Russian air strikes on terrorist positions there.

– VTsIOM

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We also believe that it's important for both, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli elected officials and President Abbas and other people in positions of power, to try to tamp down rhetoric that may feed violence or anger or misunderstanding and try to get all people in Israel and in the West Bank to recognize that this kind of random violence is not going to result in anything other than more hardship and more insecurity.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

But I believe we have gone way too far in being intimidated by the (National Rifle Association), and I have said repeatedly that the majority of Americans and the majority of gun owners support universal background checks, and for the NRA to take these absolute positions on behalf of the most extreme of their members, and carrying water for the manufacturers and dealers, is just wrong.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Investors holding short positions have already started to take profit ahead of the weekend after four days of decline.

– Tamas Varga

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You'll see no evidence Tony's submissions skewed to benefit those traders' positions.

– Aaron Williamson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

People in top leadership positions have a tremendous motivating power which they don't use, if I pat someone on the back and say 'do good work,' he will do it.

– Ashwani Lohani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

People are covering back their short positions as sentiment has been too bearish earlier, but I wouldn't be very bullish as the overall economic picture remains bad.

– Alex Wong

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We don't understand why Governor Kasich is so upset at anyone looking at his public congressional record and positions on issues, we love Westerville and highly recommend the breakfast at the Fairfield Inn.

– Paul Lindsay

Found on CNN
8 years ago

What I learned in Vietnam was pretty simple, it was a war in which too many of my friends died and died, I believed, under circumstances that might have been averted had different choices been made by people in positions of responsibility.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It was a war in which too many of my friends died and died, I believed, under circumstances that might have been averted had different choices been made by people in positions of responsibility.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We got month-end today and quarter-end as well, so there's some tidying up of positions with shorts taking profits, we also saw some stability in Glencore's share price, that's probably helped the underlying commodities, copper in particular.

– Robin Bhar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We decided to act with precision on oil. The finance ministry is proposing considering gas separately, and also separate positions on metals, above all non-ferrous metals, no significant changes are being considered. These are all small, targeted measures.

– Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For entry level or training positions the minimum wage should not apply.

– Reiner Haseloff

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Industry must offer internships, training and entry level positions to the many young people who, as refugees, have the right to stay.

– Jens Spahn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Investors would not take large positions until they digest the outcomes of these key data, so directionless trading is expected this week and volume is likely to be thin, if these data are better than expected, the market will likely start recovering next week.

– Takuya Takahashi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You might as well hang on because the last couple of hours can be kind of interesting as people unwind their positions.

– Scott Colyer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Investors will refrain from taking large positions this week until these events are over, the majority of investors do not expect a policy change for now, but there is a slight expectation that the bank will ease some time soon and they will be looking for a sign in Kuroda's speech.

– Chihiro Ohta

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Even if stocks jump, we don't know if and how long the rally will last so it's safe to reduce positions in an environment like this.

– Yutaka Miura

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Next week's FOMC (Fed meeting) is the main focus for now. Investors do not want to take positions aggressively until they confirm what the Fed will do with rates.

– Hiroyuki Nakai

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The spread widening is driven by the risk-off environment and unwinding (of positions).

– Lionel Melka

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Former secretary of state George Shultz, reflecting on forty years of United States foreign policy from 1970 to the present, said, “When I think about all the money we spent on bombs and munitions, and our failures in Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world . . . Instead of advancing our agenda using force, we should have instead built schools and hospitals in these countries, improving the lives of their children. By now, those children would have grown into positions of influence, and they would be grateful to us instead of hating us.” Excerpt From: Daniel J. Levitin. “The Organized Scienceof Mind

– George Shultz

added by anonymous
8 years ago

I don't see a tremendous amount of change out of the Iranians or Russians. There is some talk of them being tired, but their positions are pretty firm, they think that Assad's immediate departure would lead to a collapse of the regime. Washington also sees a rapid collapse of the regime as something that would be a boon for ISIS. They are in a conundrum: if Assad goes right away, it would help ISIS, but if he doesn't go at all, you have no hope of putting the pieces of Syria back together again.

– Andrew Tabler

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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