His number one task will be to get the division moving. In this situation, it's as if the machinery and the wheels of the division need to be working again.

That's not to say there won't always be pressure points in the selling of mutual funds and other products. It's a situation where compliance personnel and lawyers are going to have to work with the business people to ensure that all regulatory rules are met.

We've heard it from a host of our clients, both from the broker-dealer and investment-management perspective.

Boards are much more aggressive than they were.

The government's main witnesses in regard to the Santoro homicide will each testify to a materially contradictory version of what happened.

I am proud of the guys. Now, we will just wait until Saturday to see how it all shakes out. This bodes well for us. The guys can come back feeling like they can compete with the Oklahoma's and Ohio's of the country. We will make a real nice trip back East in a few weeks.