Anything I do in my home is my business. It's nobody else's unless the state has a compelling interest and justification for accessing my information.

From our point of view, the legislation is somewhat constitutionally suspect from the get go. I can imagine this legislation being challenged at some point in court.

This provision actually provides a back door for undermining that.

The underlying themes are interest rates and commodity pricing. Home buying has slowed down, thus the consumer furnishings area has started to hurt, and in some cases consumers aren't buying any clothes anymore.

The drop in mortgage interest rates is offsetting higher home prices, so housing affordability conditions are remaining fairly even,

He is an industrialist and his first priority is his business interest, so it matters very little if he had resigned.