The Columbia/central Missouri region continues to be a key growth market for our company. The acquisition provides a significant opportunity to strengthen our super-community bank in Central Missouri.

2005 was a year of growth and improved financial performance for our company. 2006 will be a year in which we will continue to make investments to position our company for continued growth. Key investments will be made in people, technology and our distribution network.

He's not getting the kind of diversification he thinks because they're all in large company growth, ... If he held small company funds or value funds or foreign, he'd have wider diversification, and far lower risk.

The only company which is a clear growth vehicle in our view is Schering-Plough.

This is not a company that's on the ropes, but I think it's struggling to maintain the growth targets it has set for itself.

Tropicana is a great grocery brand. Tropicana is already showing growth, so PepsiCo is buying a company with momentum.