We must not only strike the iron while it is hot, but strike it till it is made hot.

The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few great ones, alas! are let on long leases.

Although Circuit City's first-quarter sales slightly exceeded expectations, we anticipate that the merchandise sales mix will result in lower overall gross profit margins than we initially estimated.

The Helsinki pilot reinforces our belief that mobile broadcast TV is a significant opportunity,

In fiscal 2000, we began to see the strength of a digital product cycle that we believe can last well into the new decade,

The consumer is voting that we like to rent this product,

The message for the industry is clear: for mobile TV services to succeed we need relevant and compelling content, easy-to-use technology and reasonable and simple pricing plans. With these elements in place, consumer demand for mobile TV will follow.

(The Kursk) is sitting in the middle of the Russian Northern Fleet's exercise area and they will also want to know exactly what happened,

It will be surprising if they do not salvage it -- 350ft of water is not that deep.

We have found that these releases focus attention on short-term sales variations rather than the overall business trends that are critical to management decision and to quarterly and longer-term earnings results,