Joint ventures and other collaborative arrangements may be helpful in rebuilding after the devastation caused by the hurricanes, and the Antitrust Division (of the Justice Department) is committed to helping to foster the recovery efforts,

The physical devastation caused by Katrina has painfully revealed the moral devastation of our times.

None of the global joint ventures have been able to execute.

As part of our strategy going forward we are aggressively looking at alliances and joint ventures and acquisitions of biotech companies.

What they really want (by forming joint ventures) is to get familiar with the local market, but not for money-making at present.

Having seen what happened with Katrina last year and how much devastation that caused, we have a similar situation here in having widespread type of damage. This town meeting is to really help the public better understand their chances of seeing an earthquake occur and what could happen if it did occur.