Pretty healthy retail sales growth in November reinforces belief that consumer spending is picking up to some extent, and reduces read more

Pretty healthy retail sales growth in November reinforces belief that consumer spending is picking up to some extent, and reduces the case for a near-term interest rate cut.

How do you produce the right people in the right volumes with the right skills in the right place at read more

How do you produce the right people in the right volumes with the right skills in the right place at the right time?

Poverty is the schoolmaster of character.

Poverty is the schoolmaster of character.

Beginning and average players are in great demand.

Beginning and average players are in great demand.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

The overall strategy over the next five years is to gain control of the border.

The overall strategy over the next five years is to gain control of the border.

The volume has been extraordinary. We've seen a great deal of money coming into the market place early in the read more

The volume has been extraordinary. We've seen a great deal of money coming into the market place early in the year, and they need to find a home in a hurry. We're also seeing increased interest in our market on the part of foreign investors. The U.S. is a great market with wonderful liquidity and a terrific upside bias.

I'm concerned about the vast number of new deals that are on the table right now when you consider the read more

I'm concerned about the vast number of new deals that are on the table right now when you consider the rapidly changing debt market.

The tech sector should provide a nice hedge from broad-based (outward) spread pressure in 2006, especially in cyclical areas.

The tech sector should provide a nice hedge from broad-based (outward) spread pressure in 2006, especially in cyclical areas.