“After years of hyper growth, mobile-phone markets in several major regions around the world are maturing, resulting in slower subscriber growth and declining Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for wireless communications carriers. Meanwhile, new 3G networks offer increased bandwidth, but require compelling applications and content to drive revenue and provide a return on investment to operators. Against this backdrop, mobile-service carriers and content providers are establishing new business models to capture the growing opportunity.”
“He said you could hardly recognize her. It was over 100 degrees outside. She was found next to the water hydrant, so they think she was trying to cool off. She had been driving a Gator (a four-wheeled, off-road vehicle), and she had pulled it up next to the Suburban at an angle. Her hands were clammy, and you could see where she had held on to the Gator and then the Suburban, and then where her hands slid down.”
“Whether this customer drives in, phones in or clicks in, you as the dealer must develop an instant rapport with that customer and give them all of the information necessary to purchase from you. What you want to avoid is putting that younger buyer through a more traditional sales process from the past that when they finally weed through everything, they disconnect and go somewhere else. To succeed today, you must make sure these customers have the same experience on your lot that they had over the Internet.”
“We were driving down the street one day, and said, 'We gotta learn to rap if we're gonna be in music today.' I was a paralegal, she was working in a hair salon. Now we're a million-dollar-a-year business and fly all over the country. We're also going to be in Vegas on a permanent basis beginning in April, going back and forth from Phoenix every week. We'll be hooking up with that new George Clooney hotel he's building there.”
“Ruth and I knew we would come back to live here some day, ... When my eyes got too bad for me to drive in 1988, and my not being able to see made it harder to perform on a regular basis, we decided it was time to come home. I pulled in my horns and we moved up here because of my eye condition. I didn't exactly retire; I'm still a member of the Opry and still do an occasional concert now and then.”
“Our (defensive) ends were flying around all night. I'm excited. The Gilroy game seems to be paying dividends. We didn't panic when we went down 14-0 because we've been down this road before. Rodney is fast and elusive, and Gabe pounded the yards out later in the game. Those types of drives can demoralize a team. No one gave us a fighting chance this year to accomplish anything. As a team and program, we have something to prove.”
“We are very proud of Matt and of our team. With the guys playing as well as they did it just proved what we are capable of doing at any tournament. We have two tournaments left to play and we want to win both of them. Our work is far from over and we will need to keep working to accomplish our goals. Matt and the team did a fantastic job. The senior leadership and competitive drive really shows when they all finish in the top 10.”
“Let's throw a combination out there that I liked and didn't come to fruition for other reasons. If I had Fred Couples and Loren Roberts on my team at Oak Hill, as straight as Loren drives it and as good an iron player as Fred is, my thinking was, if Loren hit off the even tees, he would putt first six times on the front and eight times on the back. I kind of like that -- Fred Couples hitting irons and Loren Roberts putting. That's a helluva combination.”
“Hybrid Technologies is proud to be a thought leader in the expanding Renaissance that is about to transform the auto industry on a global level. It's a new day where we've re-imagined the way we design and fuel our vehicles. Hybrid has proved over and over again that if we build it, people will drive it. Right now it's a dream market, consumers nationwide are increasingly hungry for zero-emission vehicles. The industry giants have to pick up speed and start meeting that need.”
“For more than three decades, Ferguson has been considered the 'gold standard' of strategic excellence. With this new approach to creative management - one unlike any other we know of in the healthcare-marketing arena - we hope to show both clients and prospective talent that Ferguson is focused on and committed to proving to be an innovator and leader in creative excellence, as well. These new positions, by their very existence, differentiate Ferguson from the norm, and signify our unyielding drive to be innovative leaders on every front in healthcare communications.”