It was a pleasant surprise that long-term interest rates stayed low.

We need to look at that. Were they [international investors] to lose interest, it would also have an impact on our exchange markets and equity markets simultaneously.

Mergers of equal partners are rare and difficult to carry out.

This is like moving two elephants. No matter how well you move it, there's still tons of weight.

It makes a lot more sense for it to happen now.

The laser scanner measures the time it takes (to go) from the instrument to the wall. Then it computes the distance between the wall and the layers of paint.