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.

[Megan] really carried us when we got down early and hit some tough shots. We thought they may struggle against read more

[Megan] really carried us when we got down early and hit some tough shots. We thought they may struggle against our zone and our press gave us a spark and forced some turnovers. After a rough start to the year, we have become a pretty good defensive team.

When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him read more

When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him laughing at things I didn't know the references to. There is an intimacy between Chicago writers and the population of this city that I find really wonderful. It's warm and it's welcoming. It's a little like going to a Baptist church. They know when to say 'Amen'.

That one was kind of a no-brainer. We were eager to be able to rush the good news to the read more

That one was kind of a no-brainer. We were eager to be able to rush the good news to the marketplace.

One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is read more

One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is to understand how we can help people make the right choices to understand that they have real control of a lot of the health risks in their lives,

With corporate balance sheets and cash flow strong, we look for investment spending to remain strong, pushing up growth in read more

With corporate balance sheets and cash flow strong, we look for investment spending to remain strong, pushing up growth in the capital stock and adding to labor productivity growth in 2006.

The weather is supposed to be great. They say it's going to be the nicest day of the week.

The weather is supposed to be great. They say it's going to be the nicest day of the week.

We are deeply saddened to hear of the many victims caught in the devastating path of the hurricane. So many read more

We are deeply saddened to hear of the many victims caught in the devastating path of the hurricane. So many people have been adversely affected by this natural disaster, and our benefit poker tournament is the least we can do to help ease the pain of those who were most affected.

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury