In addition to boosting Protective Life's earnings per share and return on equity, this deal is a substantial positive because investors have been anxious to see the company put its excess capital to work.

Hence, for most of our companies we expect sequentially tighter spreads.

I have never felt more positive about the future of music than I do now. The future looks bright for all the bands coming to South by Southwest because they're powered by the Internet and they're powered by affordable technology. Imagine the music we're going to hear 10 years from now.

The overall message of the report remains positive. The evidence that I have seen convinces me that we are poised to make dramatic gains against cancer in the near future.

I certainly think this sale is a positive. For a food service business, it's a great price and probably better than investors were planning on.

It will continue the cycle; I think it has to. It's positive to have serious corporations that have the business background to do that kind of work necessary to run teams today.