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.

The pressure is growing inside the system to contain him and to pass these four years as quickly as possible read more

The pressure is growing inside the system to contain him and to pass these four years as quickly as possible without too much damage.

The emotional effects after Hurricane Katrina had started to dissipate. Then along came Rita.

The emotional effects after Hurricane Katrina had started to dissipate. Then along came Rita.

Last year I lost three top guys, ... because I let them walk out of here. They just took my read more

Last year I lost three top guys, ... because I let them walk out of here. They just took my offer and shopped it around. It wasn't going to happen again.

The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties.

The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties.

We have to find a language to communicate with the folks who sign our checks to help them understand that read more

We have to find a language to communicate with the folks who sign our checks to help them understand that they will not be able to build a valuable journalistic brand without good journalism, which is expensive. This creates a chasm between us that admittedly will be very hard to bridge ... Our job is not to give the public what they think they want because what they want changes or is wrong. Look at how it changed after 9/11. Before 9/11 the public was less interested, according to every survey, in Islam or international news. After 9/11, they asked, 'How come you didn't tell us more about Islam and what was going on?' What the public wants is more about Brad and Angelina.

We are growing as an industry.

We are growing as an industry.

Everyone is sitting on their hands. No-one wants to play with everyone calling a 25 basis points rate rise on read more

Everyone is sitting on their hands. No-one wants to play with everyone calling a 25 basis points rate rise on Wednesday.

It's projects that have been on the program and on hold for so many years,

It's projects that have been on the program and on hold for so many years,