This means everything from promoting trade with The Bahamas, so that the business opportunities for our people improve, to ensuring that there is hassle free access to other countries.

content of the character and intellect of our people.

It's difficult to find people in the valley that have the skills that we need to help our business grow -- marketing, technology, research, engineering.

It's hypocritical. Is it affecting business, or is it not affecting business? They're telling us, the small people that it's not affecting business, but when it's in their pocket, the casinos, now you're exempting the casinos because the state's got so much money tied up in the revenue of the casinos.

This is the world's largest junk food smorgasbord, and that's what brings people to the fair. It's a competitive business.

We have no indication that the cartoon row has had a negative effect on trade and business there. The top executives in the region are highly educated and have close relations with their German counterparts. They are not affected by the conflict.