There is definitely an appetite to do deals among the brokers in order to diversify their coverage or as a quick way to build up corporate clients.

They're basically buying a client list.

In order to make deals you have to create some excess. Some guys have options, some don't.

The bottom line on Knight Ridder papers is that in order to make these deals work, someone has to get extremely aggressive with costs. There's no question that this means that any buyer has to go in with a very, very sharp knife and trim the fat and maybe into the muscles to get this to work.

A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.

It demonstrates the politically elite will fight to obstruct reform in order to protect their backroom property tax deals.