We are beginning to see some signs of improvement in mergers and acquisitions and an increased number of transactions,

We made tremendous improvement from the beginning of the tour until the end,

It's definitely an improvement. They're beginning to ponder their involvement in China. We began to write these companies in 2002, and they didn't take us seriously then. We want to discuss it and find the best solution.

That is one of the Laws of Usenet, up there with 'You can tell when a Usenet discussion is getting old when someone drags out Hitler and the Nazis

We had a very constructive backdrop in the markets for this quarter, and we were able to take advantage of that. And we still have many opportunities to drive further growth.

In terms of the outlook for the remainder of 2002, we continue to remain cautious,