We're not aware of any wireless communications device that allows you to effectively communicate underground. So far, the technology is not reliably there.

I think a lot of people believe this is not a spike in petroleum prices that we're seeing, but probably a floor. That gives an enduring, financial incentive to develop these coal-to-liquid plants. I think we finally have all the circumstances in place.

No one likes to see their cost of business increase, but the federal treasury needs the money and we need the certainty.

There certainly has been a resurgence in mining, a resurgence almost unprecedented in modern times.

There certainly has been a resurgence in mining, a resurgence almost unprecedented in modern times. We're in this sort of perfect storm where it seems all the factors of both domestic and offshore are suddenly in alignment.

With Halcyon's technology, the pool of genetic information will grow by orders of magnitude in the course of months, offering the first real chance at cures for cancer and other previously intractable diseases.