It won't free up enormous amounts of capacity (on freeways) in the near term.

It won't free up enormous amounts of capacity (on freeways) in the near term.

It wasn't him; it must have been some forces behind

It wasn't him; it must have been some forces behind

The general sessions did a great job in presenting a top down view of the industry as a whole, managing read more

The general sessions did a great job in presenting a top down view of the industry as a whole, managing to put all the pieces together in a perspective relative to each other.

Chip companies are getting ready for stronger demand in the back half of the year. There's a big difference between read more

Chip companies are getting ready for stronger demand in the back half of the year. There's a big difference between building a safety margin and overbuilding, ... People have been pessimistic, but we continue to get fairly firm fundamentals about the environment for PCs and semiconductors overall.

We've got a very big guy,

We've got a very big guy,

This is the kind of intractable problem that can probably only be resolved through negotiations, and those negotiations may have read more

This is the kind of intractable problem that can probably only be resolved through negotiations, and those negotiations may have to include the Boeing- Airbus dispute - which, given its complexity, should be settled through negotiations anyway.

People are coming back that haven't been in years. It's like moths to a flame.

People are coming back that haven't been in years. It's like moths to a flame.

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.

Ultimately if the cost goes up ... over some period of time, the jewelry industry would need to pass that read more

Ultimately if the cost goes up ... over some period of time, the jewelry industry would need to pass that through.