It's healthy business to have two people competing instead of one company. Which one is better? We can't answer that yet.

There's nothing definite that has materialized from the talks. Are they talking? Yes. But other companies have talked to Wheeling-Pitt, too, and nothing's come of it. But it's getting harder and harder for a small steel company to make it, and we are a small company.

Keeping all departments running, that's also our top priority. We've kept all departments running up to this point. We've done what was necessary by the grace of God to keep them running.

Since 1993, they have gone from a four-man business to an $8 million company that employs 100 people locally. Plus, they really give back to the community from donating to the Special Olympics to the Belleville East Band Foundation.

Tyco is not Enron. Tyco is a real company with a real business plan that still employs thousands of people.

Tyco is not Enron, ... Tyco is a real company with a real business plan that still employs thousands of people. There are no retirees eating cat food because of Dennis Kozlowski.