You had good earnings out of Pfizer, good earnings out of Merrill Lynch , several dividend increases and eBay shares read more

You had good earnings out of Pfizer, good earnings out of Merrill Lynch , several dividend increases and eBay shares that have performed better than expected. It's creating a transitory early rally as it's still too early to say whether it will hold.

It (BHP) had first proposed that the wheat be provided on a deferred payment plan, and it had been advised read more

It (BHP) had first proposed that the wheat be provided on a deferred payment plan, and it had been advised by DFAT that that would be outside the UN sanctions and a breach of them.

We may never see base salary increases in the mid-to-upper 4 percent range again.

We may never see base salary increases in the mid-to-upper 4 percent range again.

It could be a sea change, but I don't think so. I think it's more circumstances than anything else. Let's read more

It could be a sea change, but I don't think so. I think it's more circumstances than anything else. Let's give it a couple of more years.

We're trying to make this a little bit of a hotter network, a little bit of a younger network.

We're trying to make this a little bit of a hotter network, a little bit of a younger network.

I've been introducing them to adults for 30 years. It's not that it's not for kids, but the idea that read more

I've been introducing them to adults for 30 years. It's not that it's not for kids, but the idea that they're only for kids.

We're staring record energy prices in the face every day, it seems.

We're staring record energy prices in the face every day, it seems.

It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so read more

It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so why not give the young guys a shot?

We decided two years ago, given the burgeoning and growing demand for U.S. corporate bonds, to tap into that and read more

We decided two years ago, given the burgeoning and growing demand for U.S. corporate bonds, to tap into that and diversify our funding base.