Far from being disappointed, the 31-year-old said she felt a "bizarre sense of calm to know the result".

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Market participants have been hoping for some sort of stimulus or quantitative easing from the Fed but thus far have been disappointed.

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If we're sitting in this competitive position 10 years from now I'll be very disappointed, but quite frankly as far as the company is concerned, if we are well accepted by consumers and we deliver profit contributions, how you sold relative to the competition is somewhat irrelevant.

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It was a merry night, but I know some of our guests left exasperated and disappointed by the view from the expressway and the sense that we shouldn't stray too far from the well-lit hotel perimeter.

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