Although the business had been declining, the price seems low for a sales base of $1.2 billion.

All of the money generated from sales tax, business licenses fees and property taxes on the island is put in this fund, none of it goes to the city's general fund. Other revenue is generated from assessment fees charged to developers.

I underestimated the death of business in town in the fall.

We don't know a whole lot about this yet. To date, this is just headline fodder. These spreads are very attractive if nothing happens.

This latest news that they will be applying more of the employee discounts on the '06 model flies in the face of that strategy. It may depend on how many models we are talking about here. If it's a small number, it doesn't concern us that much.

Whirlpool is hitting on all cylinders despite a challenging cost environment. You're going to see underlying profitability improve significantly in the near term with new product innovation and easier comparisons.