We don't want to encourage people to swing from the fences, ... If we're talking investment, we're talking longer-term.

No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed.

Our economy is stronger than people have been talking about all year long. I am not surprised to see consumer confidence pretty high. The market typically does well when consumers are spending.

The fog was a big factor but people talking on cell phones and going too fast and not paying attention was what really caused it. I have never seen anything like this before. It was total chaos.

As a condition of the original investment. We have to follow state laws.

We believe that it is unlikely that Blackstone would make such a large investment intending to be a purely passive investor. This is likely to give rise to general market expectations that further steps will be taken to enhance shareholder value.