That's an indication that both programs and operations in Latin America have got really significant potential so that's a principle area of focus for us.

But certainly if prices come back they're still very well supported and that's a significant change to what we saw 12 months ago.

Prices are very high at the moment and we don't expect them to remain at these very high levels.

[Political analysts tell First Read, however, that it probably doesn't matter how these potential oh-eighters position themselves on Katrina and its aftermath. Claremont McKenna College's Jack Pitney explains that it's always politically safe to blame bureaucracy. On the other hand, he says, those who don't can always do so in the future.] There's plenty of time to criticize. ... I think two years from now, nobody is going to remember what these people said.

Although the online advertising industry has been growing at a phenomenal rate, almost $26 million of potential online ad space is going unsold every week.

For those of us who live in the 'New North,' we have no doubt about the potential that exists in our region.