They are making investments now so they need our advice as to how to go about doing it. So an read more

They are making investments now so they need our advice as to how to go about doing it. So an agreement is urgent for us in the U.S..

Germany in general has stayed united with the other two partners, but is considered sort of the weak link, ... read more

Germany in general has stayed united with the other two partners, but is considered sort of the weak link, ... My guess is that (Merkel's) Christian Democrats might be marginally more in line with the U.S. position.

I agree with that. I think you will see us recasting some of our thinking to look at longer term read more

I agree with that. I think you will see us recasting some of our thinking to look at longer term things.

This deal marks the first of many to come and illustrates how, by working together with producers, we will achieve read more

This deal marks the first of many to come and illustrates how, by working together with producers, we will achieve agreements that are mutually beneficial.

She was always writing, tending to business, up until the last few months.

She was always writing, tending to business, up until the last few months.

Big energy lobbyists may be cheering the bill's enactment, but ordinary Americans had better hold fast to their wallets. As read more

Big energy lobbyists may be cheering the bill's enactment, but ordinary Americans had better hold fast to their wallets. As gasoline prices careen out of control, the bill keeps America speeding down the wrong road toward more oil consumption, more drilling, and more pollution.

In order for rapid population growth to matter, a nation must steadily create good, decent- paying jobs to benefit from read more

In order for rapid population growth to matter, a nation must steadily create good, decent- paying jobs to benefit from it.

We just matched Southwest's intensity in the first half â?¦ they dictated the game in the first half, ... But read more

We just matched Southwest's intensity in the first half â?¦ they dictated the game in the first half, ... But we settled down and we were able to move the ball around.

It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had read more

It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had begged the Lord to forgive them and He, in his boundless exasperation, had said, ''All right, then. Stay. Stay in the Garden. Get civilized. Procreate. Muck it up.'' And they did.