The catalyst for deals is generally rising corporate profits, ... We should have rising activity next year.

You could be approaching $80 billion in announced deals for this month.

If (Rotary) wasn't doing this project, where would they end up? In the dump.

I'm in the camp that says it will be a third down year or at best a little bit higher, ... I'm still waiting to see if Oracle deal gets done. Typically with hostile deals, three out of four never get completed.

I moved the wrong way and I had something overhead and I felt something go in my back.

The investor demand wasn't there. In terms of pricing, this is the worst week since August 2000.

The world prior to that legislation was tepid compared to the enormity, velocity and scope of the deals in telecommunications that we've seen since then.

They can use that to buy E85. Membership in MCGA is your ticket to this excellent deal.

The Blue Nile gain is almost three times the average IPO first-day gain, which is about 12 or 13 percent.

It's not good. Historically, it's hard to make up ground.