It was pretty grim (last week), so some kind of snap-back is to be expected, ... People are getting back to the business of investing.

Compaq is a pretty good example of a lot of companies right now, offering 'less bad' results rather than 'good' results,

It's awesome. Pretty much the whole way through the playoffs, it's been like home-court advantage. They fill up half the gym most nights. It's a key factor, it definitely helps us.

The ref gave us no leniency, so in the second half we just played a clean game. Not that we weren't playing one in the first half, but we just had to watch ourselves and be more careful.

Even if it manages to avoid breaching its covenant this quarter, the company may not be able to forestall the debt-covenant day of reckoning much longer, as long as its EBITDA continues to erode, ... And that is the substance of our story - that Gap is flirting with a serious liquidity problem.

If you hate redwoods, then you'll love Maxxam, ... Even if you love redwoods, you might like this stock. This is a company that made the news a while back for wanting to clear-cut virgin forest.