Gap's management appears to be focused more on improving profits. Wall Street will certainly become concerned if earnings miss expectations.

Exodus blew away our revenue expectations. We are very pleased with these numbers, and we believe the market will breath a big sigh of relief with rapid 34 percent sequential growth, versus our estimate of 27 percent.

In the ad, Parker wears a brooch on her sweater to make it look different. The problem with that is that other retailers in the mall are doing the same thing. That's not really a differentiated product. We looked at the stores, both at Gap and Old Navy, and found that there simply isn't enough newness on offer.

Unless there is a big miss in November and there's something very wrong that I don't know about, I think this is a big over-reaction.

Hybrid propulsion is just one of the technologies that we can introduce to meet the performance expectations of our customers, yet protect this planet that we all count on to sustain us.

Growth expectations are improving around the world. There is further to go in this sell-off.