I'm not aware of any reports of major absences. I haven't heard of any issues with attendance.

[Chris Webber has heard the reports that his relationship with O'Brien is strained. Not so, Webber said.] I don't have a problem with the coach, ... I have a problem coming to a situation where I was asked to come and I thought it was going to be conducive for all of us to be successful. I felt like I was the missing piece, and being the missing piece, they wouldn't even let me be the piece. It has nothing to do with the coach. He's in a [tough] situation. It has nothing to do with the organization.

Liability issues were not the actual issues,

All the major economic issues remain on the table. We're not going to the table with an answer to any of these issues. We have not wanted a strike. There are no winners in a strike.

The Serious Fraud Office has a duty to record and consider reports of possible overseas corruption involving U.K. persons or U.K. corporate entities. This is a standard preliminary process in such situations to consider whether closer inspection in the U.K. is appropriate and, if so, by which regulatory authority.

Along the way, there also have been major innovations and probably his best one is transparency: Recognizing the need to communicate continuously with markets in deciding how policy will be formulated.