While the operating results are disappointing, we made significant progress toward executing our strategic plans during the quarter,

While the operating results are disappointing, we made significant progress toward executing our strategic plans during the quarter,

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to read more

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services

I have no plans to trade Paul Pierce.

I have no plans to trade Paul Pierce.

It's some pretty good spin on some very hard numbers if you look at them over time.

It's some pretty good spin on some very hard numbers if you look at them over time.

What I mean by the Principle of Oneness is this: That we must learn to realize that there's nothing separate read more

What I mean by the Principle of Oneness is this: That we must learn to realize that there's nothing separate or apart. That everything is part of everything else. That there's nothing above us, or below us, or around us. All is inherent within us. Like Jesus said, "The Kingdom is Within.

We are still awaiting the results of the audit from the provinces which we have selected randomly.

We are still awaiting the results of the audit from the provinces which we have selected randomly.

Tobacco operating fundamentals sequentially strengthened from the first to the second quarter, and third-quarter performance generally retained that stronger momentum. read more

Tobacco operating fundamentals sequentially strengthened from the first to the second quarter, and third-quarter performance generally retained that stronger momentum. Results are also particularly encouraging, in our view, given Kraft's continued weak and disappointing overall operating performance...[Philip Morris USA] is delivering an improved balance of market share and operating profit performance.

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.

Once the process was started by the desire to buttress Republican districts, the question still is regardless of that, how read more

Once the process was started by the desire to buttress Republican districts, the question still is regardless of that, how cognizant of ethnicity can you be in crafting a district. How distorted can a district become when the purpose is to capture a particular race or ethnicity?