It's surprising that the private-equity funds seem to think there's upside. It seems quite a full price to pay.

You can always have success if you want it badly enough. Remember though, that success like anything worthwhile has a price tag.

The bottom line is that consumers are continuing to pay the price at the pump,

The price that I think you'd have to pay for St. Jude would be even more expensive than what Guidant is being bid for today.

If it's bad for Next, it'll probably be worse of Marks & Spencer.

The deal would create an extremely powerful group with both mega-store and warehouse formats that should be the envy of the world.