This was green all summer, then irrigation stopped. Spring rain will bring back some growth, but most of it will be weeds.

ABS (issuance) will be down a little bit in the coming year because most of the growth was in the home equity sector.

As rebuilding efforts take hold and job growth gains momentum, consumers' confidence should rebound and return to more positive levels by year-end or early 2006.

The economy was pretty much firing on all cylinders, and the second quarter showed us still on a good growth track ... but oil prices pose a risk to growth and inflation.

This is all about replacing old, inefficient gas units and taking advantage of growth in Texas.

The unit growth is not so strong as to offset the price declines they're seeing in their chips.