Historically we have seen strong home improvement spending in the wake of a slow economy. The stock market has been read more

Historically we have seen strong home improvement spending in the wake of a slow economy. The stock market has been less secure in the last 18 months or so than it had previously been. So instead of the stock market, people were investing in their homes.

To read Wilson... is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated.

To read Wilson... is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated.

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand read more

The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.

He gave it serious consideration; he had a number of conversations with his family. He is not going to run read more

He gave it serious consideration; he had a number of conversations with his family. He is not going to run for governor next year.

This is half the savings that Pfizer achieved with its recently announced program.

This is half the savings that Pfizer achieved with its recently announced program.

Set the ground rules and make sure it feels right.

Set the ground rules and make sure it feels right.

There's not a big inflation problem. Under those circumstances, you get a benign yield-curve inversion.

There's not a big inflation problem. Under those circumstances, you get a benign yield-curve inversion.

All told, I consider my constitution a child on the verge of death, from which you can transplant some organs read more

All told, I consider my constitution a child on the verge of death, from which you can transplant some organs into the Treaty of Nice,

There has been a transformation - you can feel it among the players - but I can hold my hand read more

There has been a transformation - you can feel it among the players - but I can hold my hand up and say that is not down to me coaching on the field. You'd be better off asking Michael Foley and Richard Graham about that because they have been in charge, not me.