We've been hit hard by inflation this past year, as have other companies. We're always trying to stay competitive in the industry.

They are a bit more sanguine about inflation than the market has been, and they've been trying to tell people that. It doesn't mean they have their head stuck in the sand. With the last sentence of their statement, they leave themselves plenty of flexibility.

The GE Company and the IUE Locals 359 and 380 worked together to minimize the involuntary impact of this reduction, which comes in response to the intense pressure the business has been facing with price erosion and a slowdown in the marketplace. All impacted employees will have layoff benefits, counseling benefits and special placement programs available to them.

The attitude in the past has been to increase taxes away above inflation and tell people to take it or leave it. We have to get back into the real world.

The past six months have definitely been crazy, ... I'm really trying to settle down now. And that's one of the comforting things about [training] camp. It's all about basketball for me now.

In the past 10 years, we have spent over $10 million trying to put our inventory in line with sprinklers and updates to our fire safety program,