In a down economy, our survey has found executives always pushing profitability a few years out, and this year is read more

In a down economy, our survey has found executives always pushing profitability a few years out, and this year is no different. But what the executives are telling us this year is that they have seen the worst and that the industry is poised for a rebound.

The carriers are realizing to get the last customers they need to offer more than just a mass approach. The read more

The carriers are realizing to get the last customers they need to offer more than just a mass approach. The companies offer everything, but it's not customized to really penetrate the rest of the market.

That's been our key all year. Our defense has kept us in games and our bats have won them for read more

That's been our key all year. Our defense has kept us in games and our bats have won them for us.

You'd have a hard time finding a major publishing company that has not begun to reduce its page size.

You'd have a hard time finding a major publishing company that has not begun to reduce its page size.

Hopefully we got it soon enough to get it stopped.

Hopefully we got it soon enough to get it stopped.

I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.'

I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.'

After it's all said and done, we usually have a couple thousand left, and we donate that to the Anacortes read more

After it's all said and done, we usually have a couple thousand left, and we donate that to the Anacortes Boys and Girls Club.

The purpose of the meetings is to get community input regarding the management plan for the river.

The purpose of the meetings is to get community input regarding the management plan for the river.

The inversion of the curve could continue certainly well into the second quarter. It depends on the appetite for buying read more

The inversion of the curve could continue certainly well into the second quarter. It depends on the appetite for buying U.S. Treasuries and how far the Fed goes.