You've got to be forward-thinking to stay ahead of the game.

You'd better spend a little more on R&D to lower your profits because you're going to lose them one way or another. The sentiment toward the oil companies is pretty negative in government right now.

I'm glad to hear he's dropping it. Continued harassment of management would not have been good for keeping their focus on the business.

It may be appropriate to be coming home to Anaheim for the meeting.

There may continue to have been some pressure both from fuel and on paper costs.

The only reason this plan looks reasonable is that it is scaled back from something that was fairly audacious.

McDonald's has done a terrific job of turning around. We're starting to see the beginnings of a sales resurgence in Europe, and that's exactly what we've been looking for.

What they're doing to drive sales growth in the U.S. matters the most. We know they're trying to replicate in Europe the great gains they've had in the U.S.