Given that our first quarter is usually negatively affected by a number of seasonal factors, I am encouraged that these read more

Given that our first quarter is usually negatively affected by a number of seasonal factors, I am encouraged that these positive results reflect a very good start to 2006.

They think incentives will be leveling off. With all the new models being launched in next 12 to 18 months, read more

They think incentives will be leveling off. With all the new models being launched in next 12 to 18 months, they will not need incentives to spur sales.

We like to think our fees and services, the charges we apply, are competitive. ... For things that we don't read more

We like to think our fees and services, the charges we apply, are competitive. ... For things that we don't control, the charges the tugs charge to provide assistance is competitive to other ports. The same holds true for our pilots, the guys who physically guide the ship in.

He’s not a raw kind of talent. He’s got some sophistication to his basketball game, and I think he will read more

He’s not a raw kind of talent. He’s got some sophistication to his basketball game, and I think he will progress quickly.

We have made design adjustments with the intent of avoiding the shrine. We are pretty confident we will be able read more

We have made design adjustments with the intent of avoiding the shrine. We are pretty confident we will be able to avoid it.

We have been encouraged by the results of a couple successful campaigns that we've featured to help promote them, but read more

We have been encouraged by the results of a couple successful campaigns that we've featured to help promote them, but the overall impact of the format has still been nominal.

We returned all of our starters from last year. I rotated a lot of bodies throughout the game, but I read more

We returned all of our starters from last year. I rotated a lot of bodies throughout the game, but I returned to my starters in the fourth quarter and they settled down at the end.

That was a fun question. A different way of looking at the extent people trust each other is that question. read more

That was a fun question. A different way of looking at the extent people trust each other is that question. Again, that's normative behavior. I know growing up we never had our door locked. That has changed.

Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was read more

Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was great music for a misunderstood teenager. And when I'm feeling misunderstood these days, I'll stick on a bit of Leonard Cohen.