A company like Philip Morris is holding up very nicely, actually having a nice rally here as investors search for any kind of a return,

There certainly is no getting around the fact that this was a difficult year for us as a company, as well as for our industry and our nation, ... Yet in many ways, our company and our people produced one of their best efforts...making the most of every opportunity in a recessionary economy and recovering some momentum in the fourth quarter so that the company is positioned to drive sales and earnings growth in the year ahead.

Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit.

The aging of the U.S. population is a theme that we believe strongly in and the health care sector is really right in the bulls eye of this particular theme.

Beauty is often worse than wine; intoxicating both the holder and beholder.

We've had a lot of waste, like running 15 miles for one delivery. We've had to open our eyes to some of those things.