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We're coming off several quarters in a row where commercial IT buyers were not buying much of anything. That's the limitation. It's going to take several quarters for demand to rebuild so the IPO market will be coming back in baby steps.

I expect to see a fairly balanced market for the rest of the year, but an active market. It took a little while for buyers and sellers to figure out where the market is. I think people are getting more comfortable.

I ended up buying business.com for $150,000 because I wanted to make it a magazine. It would have been a 'Time'-type magazine: how to do business on the Internet. And I was offered a lot of money for that domain. I played two buyers against each other.

Our mission with this study was to launch an annual, objective evaluation of this important technology category. We wanted to give potential buyers insight into the factors that most significantly influence implementation success and long-term satisfaction so they can improve their decision making processes. The study also provides vendors with direct feedback on strengths and areas where improvements can be made.

supply and demand price for oil stands at around $27, so $5 to $6 (of the current price) is pure speculation. There is no demand for oil at these prices, buyers are sitting and hoping oil prices will fall, but prices could shoot up if there is a panic. There is real concern heating oil could run out.

Station ownership rules could constrain certain buyers like CBS and NWS, which own a large number of TV stations. However, we believe it's possible that UVN could spin-off or sell the TV station business separately from the networks or the conglomerates.

Since the launch of Scion three years ago, designers have learned a great deal about what inspires and motivates Scion buyers through its unique vehicle lineup and instilled them into the FUSE.

Since Hurricane Katrina in early September, we have observed buyers taking longer to make their purchasing decision. We attribute this change to the significant decline in consumer confidence in the last two months that was precipitated by the hurricanes and their aftermath, and to record gas prices. It appears we may be entering a period of more moderate home price increases, more typical of the past decade than the past two years.

Laurie and Heather fit right into our group of specialists. Together, they have sold in excess of $120 million in area homes and land. Plainly, there is no one who knows the needs of these buyers and sellers better.

We still have an oversupply of buyers over sellers, especially in the largest apartments and most desirable neighborhoods.