We look for in-line fourth-quarter financial results and more upbeat guidance for 2006 than Amgen provided at this time last read more

We look for in-line fourth-quarter financial results and more upbeat guidance for 2006 than Amgen provided at this time last year for 2005.

Numbers are like people; torture them enough and they'll tell you anything.

Numbers are like people; torture them enough and they'll tell you anything.

The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of consumer confidence. And we have read more

The employment picture remains fairly grim, and that's having a dampening effect on measures of consumer confidence. And we have higher energy prices, which is another drag on consumer confidence and a 'tax' on consumer spending.

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Then read more

Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others. Then we might even come to see that it is our veneration for what has already been created, however beautiful and valid it may be, that petrifies us.

The challenge will be to get the big corporate customers giving them their business, but it might be difficult in read more

The challenge will be to get the big corporate customers giving them their business, but it might be difficult in reality.

The zebra fish is ideal because you can freeze the entire fish. Normal freezing is not conducted because it would read more

The zebra fish is ideal because you can freeze the entire fish. Normal freezing is not conducted because it would be too slow and cause ice crystals to form.

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with read more

When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them anyways.

Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by read more

Today's arrests are an attempt to suppress any vocal opposition to the king, or his attempts to win legitimacy by holding elections. Silencing the leadership, the king hopes, will silence the people. Such actions belie his stated belief in democratic principles and the rule of law.

It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is read more

It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives.For that I give thanks.