Tucker Anthony's new recession forecast points to lower equipment orders, sales and earnings per share before a possible trough by mid-2001.

Ultimately the net effect on everybody is negative. You can look at the cost savings but it's really outweighed by the pain and suffering in the customer base.

If people ultimately get laid off, there are growing concerns that this could turn into a recession.

In a way, Israel was following the American lead with respect to links with China, including sales of military equipment and technology,

Every week the state puts out a new sales tax permit report that you can ask for sorted by ZIP code. We get a copy of that report to make sure that new folks coming into the city are reporting to the correct city. Every week there's an error.

Over twenty years, we expect to generate about $80 million or more in sales tax revenue.