All that Communism needs to make it successful is someone to feed and clothe it.

It feels like the firings were completely based on propositions of conspiracy, which are non-existent.

Citigroup's acquisition of Golden State was an outlier in what was otherwise another slow quarter for bank and thrift mergers. Deal activity, as measured in number of deals, was up modestly from an abysmal first quarter. We expect this trend will continue.

While bank and thrift deal activity remains depressed, the pace picked up considerably at the end of the quarter. Whether this is the beginning of a resurgence remains to be seen.

I'm ready to hit the ground running.

By getting rid of us so close to tuition setting, it really puts the students at a disadvantage. It's a very dangerous time to be getting rid of those who know what's going on.