In some respects what we're seeing in 2006 is companies are becoming more optimistic. They're looking at their rivals to see who's going to start upping investment levels first.

We are seeing this in the recent round of earnings releases - it's becoming more challenging for companies to make their numbers, but they are optimistic and looking to support internal growth with acquisitions.

It was awesome. It was just so cool seeing Mark out there and seeing how much everybody respects him. I even got a little teary-eyed seeing the banner go up - and that doesn't usually happen with me. It was so great obviously to be able to play with him but also to be part of his banner night as well.

SSME positions NC State as a worldwide leader in developing the skills that companies like IBM are looking for in their employees. Our students will now have a chance to be part of this emerging field, opening the door for them to pursue a wide variety of services-related jobs.

I trust only you and the dark always to look at me so honestly.

He, too, stood looking at her for a moment--and it seemed to her that it was not a look of greeting after an absence, but the look of someone who had thought of her every day of that year. She could not be certain, it was only an instant, so brief that just as she caught it, he was turning...