Japan has been a peculiar place where things haven't worked Vodafone's way. The company was slow to realize that, gee whiz, Japan is really different from Europe.

The move is significant in a sense that it shows NTT's commitment to playing an active role in the global market.

Prices have fallen roughly to about a third the price since the beginning of the year, particularly for the major memory products, for the commodities. Prices having fallen to these levels --most companies are going to be operating in the red in any event.

We were hoping to build a small, profitable company. And of course, what we've done is build a large, unprofitable company.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

It's going to be a heck of a surprise to my title insurance company.