Only in the last couple of weeks have we seen the effects of a general tightening on spending that has caused us to modify our expectations, ... We still see growth, but we thought it prudent to share that we see a tempering.

I think what we're seeing is a much tighter holding on spending than we would have expected, ... It's really a general tightening that we've seen across the board that's been commensurate with releases we've seen in that time period.

What we've seen over the last couple of weeks with disruptions at copper mines has narrowed the opinion of whether the market is going to be in deficit or surplus. More and more people are thinking it's going to be in deficit this year.

We have said for the last couple of weeks that we have seen the enemy starting to attack soft targets, Iraqi targets, rather than military targets, ... He is attempting to intimidate the people of Iraq. He will not succeed.

I've been out here 27 years and have seen a lot of really bad weeks with rain, but haven't ever seen it that bad. Everything just lined up against us to keep the tournament on hold.

Some of our recent wins in China demonstrate our services capabilities,