"Soft drink expectations had risen in terms of soft drink performance, and they had even beat those improved expectations.
"The bar has risen in terms of people's expectations of home entertainment systems," said Cyrus Claffey, the president of Clareo Networks in Manhattan, the company that designed and installed the automation systems at North8.
However, companies can raise prices in line with inflation, so consumers are still likely to see their actual bills rise in terms of pounds and pence.
"We have not only not touched the strategic reserve but it has been invested and has risen in terms of investment value from £550m to over £720m".
As we enter March, many colleges and universities are about to -- if they haven't done so already -- participate in an event that rivals the sun rising in terms of importance: student government elections.
In the years leading up to his bid for mayor, Mr. Bloomberg's giving rose steadily in terms of the total number of recipients and those with operations based in New York City, according to an analysis of the tax information by The New York Times.
"But obviously the risks have risen significantly in terms of a Greece departure," he said, "and we think that's very negative for the currency".
"The amount of audio content in vehicles has risen substantially, in terms of HD radio, satellite radio, iPod and Internet sites like Pandora," said Phil Magney, vice president of automotive research for the IHS iSuppli Corporation.
She is a rising star in terms of winning contests related to fall, and has definitely earned her copy of the new anthology "On the Money: The Economy in Cartoons, 1925-2009".
Internet sectorinvestments continued their previous quarterly increase by rising 13% in terms of total funding.
