Between energy efficiency plans across the company and better-than-expected energy prices in the wholesale market, Exelon Chief Executive Officer John Rowe says he thinks that this year's earnings will be better than the company originally anticipated.

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This year our stage will be even bigger, even better, and we'll be firing out even more video than last year.

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Still, corporate earnings next year will be better than this year.

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With the Yamaha a better bike this year, it will be easier for him.

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New construction in 2013 will be just a little better than this year.

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India in particular faces an increasingly untenable balancing act in maintaining its current accommodation of the junta, and will be under growing pressure this year to move toward a policy that better aligns its values and interests.

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This year there will be even wider flexibility, with A-level ABB grades or better becoming exempt from these student number controls.

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It will be better, but Brazil is still not going to grow at 4 percent this year, or next.

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Consequently, the question of who will better protect our kids and communities certainly could be a decisive one this election year.

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Borrowers will be able to negotiate better terms because of the interest rate cuts from June and July of this year.

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