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It's not so surprising with an event of this nature that someone would be out there bragging. – Saulo Moura da Cunha	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The Chinese data was broadly in line with expectations but for a lot of investors it's quite surprising how little pass through there has been from very strong credit stimulus in the last six months into broader economic activity. – Manik Narain	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
My sense is that markets are well-prepared for a possible rate increase globally, and that this is not too surprising given our liftoff from December and the policy of the committee which has been to try to normalize rates slowly and gradually over time, so my ideal is that if all goes well this will come off very smoothly. – Federal Reserve President James Bullard	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Given that teens are spending considerable amount of time online, it is not surprising that advertising and marketing are influential in the online realm. – Dana Litt of the Center	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It wouldn't be surprising if high-end malls ended up with two traditional department stores compared to the roughly four traditional department stores currently at most malls. – Cedrik Lachance	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It is surprising to see emerging markets were the rare bright spot among equity funds as investors need to stomach great risk in strategies focused on China, India and other less developed markets. – Todd Rosenbluth	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We've considered this a value stock since 2013, so it's not surprising that Berkshire sees it the same way, it's a value stock that has the potential for a big growth. – Steve Chiavarone	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Heckelman site is unlike anything found in the lower Great Lakes of the United States, most contemporary sites in Ohio focused on burial ceremonies and the building of mounds. To find evidence of life celebrations is an unexpected and exciting discovery. It gives us surprising insights about these prehistoric Ohioans that lived nearly 2,300 years ago. – Brian Redmond	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Rapid weight loss -- and especially extreme calorie restrictions accompanied by extreme exercise – [puts] a big strain on your metabolism and are bad for your health, weight loss should be more gradual. It is not surprising that when the extreme goal is removed that the body (and mind) fight back and weight is put back in a hurry. – Marc Siegel	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It would not be surprising at all - if not likely - that we're going to see a bit of that, we're talking about scores of cases, dozens of cases, at most. – Anthony Fauci	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are in a broad-based soft dollar environment, and given the yen is cheap in relation to its long-term fundamentals, it is not surprising it is outperforming, the rise is leading to speculation of intervention by the Japanese. But we think the bar for that is pretty high. – Petr Krpata	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Previous penalties never have been large enough to deter the most common types of pharmaceutical fraud, so it would be surprising if the industry suddenly decided of its own accord to comply with laws it has routinely violated for decades. – Sammy Almashat	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Recently 17,000 points has been a support level for the Nikkei but right now it's kind of yolked by the yen's strength, which isn't very surprising given the dollar's weakness. – Gavin Parry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The establishment of the law is extremely surprising, it's set to be very successful. – Yuzo Kano	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is surprising and shocking, the attitude is totally inconsistent with Buddhist teachings. – Karma Tshiteem	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It wasn't so long ago that Ebola was a real and present danger, yet many people have reverted to traditional practices, it is surprising that the ordeal they went through has not been enough to maintain a change in behavior in the long term. – Armand Sprecher	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
What was surprising from our study is that it revealed the history of contact with Neanderthals was more complicated than previously anticipated. – Joshua Akey	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The finding that the risk of microcephaly is only about 1 percent in those infected in the first trimester of pregnancy is surprising. – Peter Openshaw	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The BOJ has a track record of surprising the market so we are cautious. – Hikaru Sato	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would not be surprising if they also increasingly turned to electronic devices for help with personal, health and safety issues, the phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 911, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help. – Eleni Linos	Found on CNN 8 years ago
As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would not be surprising if they also increasingly turned to electronic devices for help with personal, health and safety issues, the phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 9-1-1, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help. – Eleni Linos	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The increase in endocannabinoid concentration occurred at the same time people reported feeling hungrier, it was definitely surprising to see an increase. – Erin Hanlon	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We got some pretty surprising GDP data, an upward revision, and not too many people had pegged that. – Thomas Simons	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The Flint City Council originally voted to move away from Detroit Water and Sewerage Department in large part because water rates for residents were unaffordable. Therefore the data in the report is not surprising. – Anna Heaton	Found on CNN 8 years ago

It's not so surprising with an event of this nature that someone would be out there bragging.

– Saulo Moura da Cunha

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The Chinese data was broadly in line with expectations but for a lot of investors it's quite surprising how little pass through there has been from very strong credit stimulus in the last six months into broader economic activity.

– Manik Narain

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

My sense is that markets are well-prepared for a possible rate increase globally, and that this is not too surprising given our liftoff from December and the policy of the committee which has been to try to normalize rates slowly and gradually over time, so my ideal is that if all goes well this will come off very smoothly.

– Federal Reserve President James Bullard

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Given that teens are spending considerable amount of time online, it is not surprising that advertising and marketing are influential in the online realm.

– Dana Litt of the Center

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It wouldn't be surprising if high-end malls ended up with two traditional department stores compared to the roughly four traditional department stores currently at most malls.

– Cedrik Lachance

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It is surprising to see emerging markets were the rare bright spot among equity funds as investors need to stomach great risk in strategies focused on China, India and other less developed markets.

– Todd Rosenbluth

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We've considered this a value stock since 2013, so it's not surprising that Berkshire sees it the same way, it's a value stock that has the potential for a big growth.

– Steve Chiavarone

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Heckelman site is unlike anything found in the lower Great Lakes of the United States, most contemporary sites in Ohio focused on burial ceremonies and the building of mounds. To find evidence of life celebrations is an unexpected and exciting discovery. It gives us surprising insights about these prehistoric Ohioans that lived nearly 2,300 years ago.

– Brian Redmond

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Rapid weight loss -- and especially extreme calorie restrictions accompanied by extreme exercise – [puts] a big strain on your metabolism and are bad for your health, weight loss should be more gradual. It is not surprising that when the extreme goal is removed that the body (and mind) fight back and weight is put back in a hurry.

– Marc Siegel

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It would not be surprising at all - if not likely - that we're going to see a bit of that, we're talking about scores of cases, dozens of cases, at most.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are in a broad-based soft dollar environment, and given the yen is cheap in relation to its long-term fundamentals, it is not surprising it is outperforming, the rise is leading to speculation of intervention by the Japanese. But we think the bar for that is pretty high.

– Petr Krpata

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Previous penalties never have been large enough to deter the most common types of pharmaceutical fraud, so it would be surprising if the industry suddenly decided of its own accord to comply with laws it has routinely violated for decades.

– Sammy Almashat

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Recently 17,000 points has been a support level for the Nikkei but right now it's kind of yolked by the yen's strength, which isn't very surprising given the dollar's weakness.

– Gavin Parry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The establishment of the law is extremely surprising, it's set to be very successful.

– Yuzo Kano

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is surprising and shocking, the attitude is totally inconsistent with Buddhist teachings.

– Karma Tshiteem

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It wasn't so long ago that Ebola was a real and present danger, yet many people have reverted to traditional practices, it is surprising that the ordeal they went through has not been enough to maintain a change in behavior in the long term.

– Armand Sprecher

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What was surprising from our study is that it revealed the history of contact with Neanderthals was more complicated than previously anticipated.

– Joshua Akey

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The finding that the risk of microcephaly is only about 1 percent in those infected in the first trimester of pregnancy is surprising.

– Peter Openshaw

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The BOJ has a track record of surprising the market so we are cautious.

– Hikaru Sato

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would not be surprising if they also increasingly turned to electronic devices for help with personal, health and safety issues, the phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 911, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help.

– Eleni Linos

Found on CNN
8 years ago

As technology becomes more sophisticated and people start to use their phones interactively for an increasing number of daily tasks, it would not be surprising if they also increasingly turned to electronic devices for help with personal, health and safety issues, the phone user needs to retain the power to choose what happens. Every domestic violence and sexual assault situation is different, and the phone won't know if the abuser suddenly re-enters the room, grabs the phone, or starts listening in. It's tempting to say that the phone should automatically dial 9-1-1, but that could lead to an increase in the number of accidental calls, limit emergency services' capacity to respond to actual urgent calls, and worst of all might tip off the perpetrator that his or her victim is trying to get help.

– Eleni Linos

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The increase in endocannabinoid concentration occurred at the same time people reported feeling hungrier, it was definitely surprising to see an increase.

– Erin Hanlon

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We got some pretty surprising GDP data, an upward revision, and not too many people had pegged that.

– Thomas Simons

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Flint City Council originally voted to move away from Detroit Water and Sewerage Department in large part because water rates for residents were unaffordable. Therefore the data in the report is not surprising.

– Anna Heaton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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