There is life outside the high-tech.

There is life outside the high-tech.

Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine, 15 stores were directly read more

Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine, 15 stores were directly affected by the hurricane. Last year, they had 60 stores in the path of major hurricanes, and it affected earnings by about a penny. At least with respect to the hurricanes, it should be less (of an impact) than what happened last year.

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before read more

A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.

I reminded them they are not alone, ... The churches in Chicago are praying for them and they are taking read more

I reminded them they are not alone, ... The churches in Chicago are praying for them and they are taking up collections for them.

At risk, there is the Bank of Italy and the economy minister, who could end up resigning on the eve read more

At risk, there is the Bank of Italy and the economy minister, who could end up resigning on the eve of the 2006 budget,

Right now, they're hitting the ball a little better than I thought they would. We're scoring runs because we're getting read more

Right now, they're hitting the ball a little better than I thought they would. We're scoring runs because we're getting timely hits. It seems that we've had one or two innings where we've scored all our runs.

We're not replacing DIY with DIFM by any means. What we're doing is broadening our DIY model to include the read more

We're not replacing DIY with DIFM by any means. What we're doing is broadening our DIY model to include the do-it-for-me category.

It says a lot for the boys. They're not taking anything for granted and they're wrestling every match like it's read more

It says a lot for the boys. They're not taking anything for granted and they're wrestling every match like it's their last match. They're going out there and dominating and we're going to step it up here the next couple weeks.