Most employees view base salary as a barometer of their worth, so thinking about a steady decrease in the amount read more

Most employees view base salary as a barometer of their worth, so thinking about a steady decrease in the amount of money being provided to them has had a psychological impact. That's why organizations looked to variable pay as a way to counteract that -- until recently.

Terrell's a good run blocker. He's very stout. He's very intelligent. He makes a lot of rookie mistakes right now, read more

Terrell's a good run blocker. He's very stout. He's very intelligent. He makes a lot of rookie mistakes right now, which you would probably expect him to do. But he's getting more and more refined all the time.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been read more

BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been successful on our part. Over the last year we've had a little of this indigestion from a lot of mergers over a short period. We needed to take a little breather to refocus on organic revenue growth, and we think we're near that period of time where our internal operations are where we want, so we're looking at getting back into the (M&A) business.

We recognized a few years ago that we can't adopt our way out of the overpopulation problem.

We recognized a few years ago that we can't adopt our way out of the overpopulation problem.

I believe that that domain expertise will preclude the MCAD and [product data management] vendors form getting more involved in read more

I believe that that domain expertise will preclude the MCAD and [product data management] vendors form getting more involved in this space. But we will need tight alliances with MCAD vendors.

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its read more

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.

I don't even really remember what happened. I just put my elbow back and I guess I hit him. It read more

I don't even really remember what happened. I just put my elbow back and I guess I hit him. It wasn't intentional. I was just playing hard.

We hear every kind of story.

We hear every kind of story.