Sometimes, HR departments have had trouble with employees abusing sabbaticals or asking to cash out of the benefit and just read more

Sometimes, HR departments have had trouble with employees abusing sabbaticals or asking to cash out of the benefit and just keep working.

It's been years since that kind of new money for Puget Sound has been on the books. This is turning read more

It's been years since that kind of new money for Puget Sound has been on the books. This is turning a corner here.

It is definitely a good sign. We definitely hope this is the breakthrough we have been looking for.

It is definitely a good sign. We definitely hope this is the breakthrough we have been looking for.

I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship.

I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship.

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 earnings) represent real progress, ... The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter read more

(The earnings) represent real progress, ... The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. We threw off over $300 million in cash. All of those were in the right direction. So I think we're on our way.

Easy to say, not easy to achieve, ... But together we have achieved great things, and this is a red-letter read more

Easy to say, not easy to achieve, ... But together we have achieved great things, and this is a red-letter day. All of us here today will never forget it.

We like going into an away stadium and establishing that as our home. Nothing's better than going into an away read more

We like going into an away stadium and establishing that as our home. Nothing's better than going into an away stadium and shutting up 80,000 people.

We've been doing this for eight years now, and I think we found ourselves comfortable enough to do it ourselves read more

We've been doing this for eight years now, and I think we found ourselves comfortable enough to do it ourselves . . . We found a way to be really happy and this way we're able to do it on our own . . . it's exciting.