I see where Bill Belichick wore a navy blue shirt during (last week's) opener. What, he has abandoned that gray read more

I see where Bill Belichick wore a navy blue shirt during (last week's) opener. What, he has abandoned that gray sweatshirt he borrowed from the Unabomber?

I tried not to watch it, but we were shocked. I feel bad for the Americans, but we feel great read more

I tried not to watch it, but we were shocked. I feel bad for the Americans, but we feel great for the Swedes. We're looking forward to the last stop on this train, and hopefully we can bring the gold home for Canada.

When you think of the Caribbean today, you think of clear blue warm water, ... Probably about 12 million years read more

When you think of the Caribbean today, you think of clear blue warm water, ... Probably about 12 million years ago, it was more like the eastern Pacific; it was a bit cooler. There was greater seasonal change in temperatures, and there were more nutrients around.

These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most read more

These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most investors, who do not want their returns squeezed, would insist that the original transactions are modified to contain risks.

It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so.

It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so.

Israel is willing to take a risk in order to make progress in the peace process.

Israel is willing to take a risk in order to make progress in the peace process.

We hope all Iraqis will vote 'Yes' to the constitution so that the building of Iraq can begin.

We hope all Iraqis will vote 'Yes' to the constitution so that the building of Iraq can begin.

Many (companies) in fact believe that (employees) are less effective in their jobs when 'dressed down',

Many (companies) in fact believe that (employees) are less effective in their jobs when 'dressed down',

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.