We are beginning to see the inevitable effect of a serious slowdown in U.S. growth washing over to Europe.

We'll get past this. But it's just the beginning.

Growth is ignited anytime you put in expressways and interchanges. It's a synergistic effect.

Rapid demand growth has created capacity constraints that are supporting higher prices and expanding margins. Investments are beginning to add capacity, but at a rate that will likely be absorbed quickly by rising demand.

These numbers are still in line with our projections which already had growth beginning to slow in the second half of 2006.

November typically marks the beginning of the growth season in stocks. This is due in large part to pension fund buying patterns, which have produced an average gain of 5 percent from November 1 to January 31 over the last 50 years.