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We've seen a cross-section of people from the smallest retailers to the largest factories respond. Many, many people are realizing what this program has done, and what it can do.

We're not about liquidating companies, but if you do that, why is that terrible? We're not blowing up the factories. The person who buys it should be able to make the asset more productive.

With traditional means of funding retirement shifting, life settlement offers a new opportunity to seniors seeking to utilize their hard-earned assets. As factors such as rising interest rates and stagnant equity markets continue to affect personal finances, life settlement provides an avenue to support the retirements of our client base.

Low-end, ultra-low-cost mobile phones are being pushed into emerging markets in large numbers. Meanwhile, at the high-end, wireless communications service providers are continuing to demand lower-cost 3G mobile phones in order to spur greater consumer adoption of 3G services. These two factors are driving down the overall ASP in 2005 and 2006.

Low bone density is only one of the risk factors for fracture.

Losing the first period 3-1 was an irritating factor to me. We had some chances to score and there were some things that were out of our control. Those are the factors that we want to fight and we will fight. Everyone in the dressing room is going to fight together. We don?t want to accept mediocrity.

Color is definitely an important factor for me during all phases of producing a cover. I always start out with a loose idea of what I want to see when I'm doing my initial sketches. This choice can be informed by anything, but I usually tend to lean toward more simple color schemes... something with a very obvious push between warms and cools.

Our grandparents' generation never expected too much out of life and, paradoxically, were happier for it. It never occurred to my granddad that he would enjoy work. He hated it from the day he walked through the factory gates at 14 to when he left at 65.

When you take over a company like GE, you think you're going to visit 100 businesses. You're going to go see the factories you haven't seen before. You're going to see a site in Texas and one in Canada and stuff like that. That has fallen by the wayside.

When you step back and put it all together, it's nice timing. It's a New Year's reminder of the geo-political factors that are driving the market higher.