American business can out-think, out-work, out-perform any nation in the world. But we can't beat the competition if we don't get in the ball game.

1998 was a year of excellent progress for Kodak, despite continuing intense competition, the issues with the Office Imaging business, and on-going challenges in emerging markets. On the competitive front, we arrested our share loss in the U.S., closing out the year with a share increase for the consumer film in that market.

Businesses may come and go, but religion will last forever, for in no other endeavor does the consumer blame himself for product failure

We have so many companies at Pease that are involved in international business. China is the world?s seventh-largest economy today and will likely be the fifth by the end (of 2006).

I understand small business growth. I was one.

The world can therefore seize the opportunity to fulfill the long-held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind