This is the reason we used asphalt instead of concrete for the road surface. It's easier and less costly to read more

This is the reason we used asphalt instead of concrete for the road surface. It's easier and less costly to repair asphalt rather than concrete roads.

This case was brought by his family to justice and is handled by the judiciary, which is independent. But the read more

This case was brought by his family to justice and is handled by the judiciary, which is independent. But the government of Afghanistan is still committed to the respect of human rights.

The early heat-up in temperatures and the relatively few number of days with rain have definitely contributed to the early read more

The early heat-up in temperatures and the relatively few number of days with rain have definitely contributed to the early heat-up in housing sales.

Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software read more

Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software providers. The business software cycle is on the rise, rebounding nicely from the Y2K problem of last year and the successful transition from client-server architecture to Internet architecture software.

It's a once in a lifetime thing to ride across the country, and he's doing it for a good reason read more

It's a once in a lifetime thing to ride across the country, and he's doing it for a good reason -- for Habitat. We're happy for him.

We think the downside risk here is modest. Merck has fundamental challenges ahead based on its base business. We really read more

We think the downside risk here is modest. Merck has fundamental challenges ahead based on its base business. We really concluded the stock is trading incorporating these items.

The world is glittering with gold, and yellow streamers of sunlight wind through the tree boughs like God was throwing read more

The world is glittering with gold, and yellow streamers of sunlight wind through the tree boughs like God was throwing a party!

I had a long time in the hot seat (race lead), and I did kind of hope to hold on. read more

I had a long time in the hot seat (race lead), and I did kind of hope to hold on. But I'm just happy to be up here with Joane and Karin. I look up to both of them.

Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable read more

Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable recovered and assimilated from the dust.