We also see that there are no U.S. sanctions imposed against the local company, or even if the company was cited by the Federal Trade Commission for shipping violations in the past.

Having BP is going to open a lot more doors for them and this company is going to be a lot bigger. I won't sell my shares.

The mix of our businesses is significantly different from what it was in 1990, when the company was overwhelmingly dependent on advertising,

If you're a savvy institutional investor, you don't want interest earnings, you want the company to deploy the cash.

When we checked with the title insurance company, they said we had ... a complete right to that entrance and exit.

As we've been saying since last year, the company plans to spend approximately $130 million in 2000 developing a number of new businesses. We think each of these businesses is highly promising, though all are riskier than our traditional businesses.