If I buy a hardcover biology textbook today, it was written three years ago. With an online textbook, the publisher can change it immediately, so the kids are getting up-to-date information. That's a tremendous difference.

They capitalized on some mistakes we made, ... It was an exciting game, but we fell short.

The numbers Visa has seen over the Friday and Saturday period are encouraging, but we will continue to watch over the next several weeks to see if the positive trends hold true, ... Based on the data Visa has seen to date, we remain cautiously optimistic that this will be a good holiday season for merchants.

The odd thing is that the initial rush in some stores has dissipated, ... I think the shopping rush could taper off over the weekend.

It's an interesting dichotomy, ... We know we're the defending state champ, so we've got to be ready for that.

It might make sense for it to be part of Ayer, because with Devens you'd have another community with no access to it.

There's no question we're going to be short on those accounts. But when you're dealing with a 15,16, or 17 million dollar budget, you keep things in perspective... we'll have to swallow it and move forward.

There's no question we're the underdog again, Brady has very good skill position players. But we've been in this position before and we've risen to the challenge.

Black Friday is like a national phenomenon, ... The nice thing this year is that there's a lot of mall store traffic very early and people are holding lots of bags. So they're not just window shopping. They're actually buying.

When all the numbers are counted, consumers could have given retailers an early holiday present, ... Last year Black Friday spending on our cards totaled $3.6 billion. We could cross $4 billion this year.