They wanted to bring us clients for one-third of our fee, and we refused to do that.

we dropped Mack as a named defendant for the time being, subject to some understandings we reached with his counsel.

Citigroup was a substantial participant as a financial institution involved in Enron. ... This will have a salutary effect on the others.

phony partnerships set up to inflate the profits.

Why should investors sit passively by and take a couple of cents on a the dollar. This is an extraordinarily powerful tactical weapon.

Entering 2006, fully one-third of our large employer clients are offering a (high-deductible plan) ... and we're hearing a lot more interest in total replacement strategies.