IBM believes a common standards-based approach, like the XMCL Initiative, is an important step forward for content owners, retailers, and read more

IBM believes a common standards-based approach, like the XMCL Initiative, is an important step forward for content owners, retailers, and distributors, and ultimately for consumers. The initiative announced today will help evolve the digital distribution of content over the Internet to create new e-commerce opportunities.

Now reality is beginning to sink in -- that Asia is basically a long-term workout. I really don't see much read more

Now reality is beginning to sink in -- that Asia is basically a long-term workout. I really don't see much relief from Asia for quite a while. I think we'll get tired of hearing about Asia before the year is over, but it's really earnings that's key. It's growth that's really the issue.

One guy used up 572 hours in September, ... If you bring a bunch of 500-pound guys into an all-you-can-eat read more

One guy used up 572 hours in September, ... If you bring a bunch of 500-pound guys into an all-you-can-eat buffet and they devour everything, there's a point at which the management has to come over and say, 'Enough's enough!'

laws to allow companies to use their profits gained in the United States to build plants overseas and then file read more

laws to allow companies to use their profits gained in the United States to build plants overseas and then file bankruptcy just in the United States.

It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a read more

It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a percentage point rise for Fed fund rates at 4.75 percent.

An account of some of these acts makes Henry Miller's crudest imaginations seem as chaste as a nun's diary.

An account of some of these acts makes Henry Miller's crudest imaginations seem as chaste as a nun's diary.

I'm going to play man-to-man, I think. If we play zone, she'll have 50 (points).

I'm going to play man-to-man, I think. If we play zone, she'll have 50 (points).

We brought the lawsuit because we believe the public has a right to know about the 'no fly' list and read more

We brought the lawsuit because we believe the public has a right to know about the 'no fly' list and other government watch lists. And we succeeded in doing so by making public hundreds of pages of documents that not only confirmed the existence of the 'no fly' list, but exposed many of the serious problems with the secret list. Only by informed public debate can we make our government accountable and our country safer.

I think this tournament really showed us what we can do with a full team. We haven't had a full, read more

I think this tournament really showed us what we can do with a full team. We haven't had a full, healthy team until this point and we're gaining some confidence that we can play with good teams.