One of the biggest problems out there that I hear from my friends in the business community is that there's no lending, that it's tough to get a loan today.

It is a misperception in the business community today that women have gone through the glass ceiling. They have not.

The business community around the state has always been supportive of Eliot, and they are excited about the prospect of him as the next governor.

I think some of that sense that there's a lot going wrong in the business community and Wall Street has subsided.

We've burdened the citizens so much, and I know we don't want to burden the business community more than we already have. The onus now has to fall on the city to either privatize services or look at other ways to generate money.

Sundance is a big piece of business over the course of the year, especially for the lodging and dining community.