With revenues slow there are going to be more profit difficulties and the market is beginning to anticipate that.

I denied (it then and)... again in October 2004 having received any profit in any form from the Iraqi authorities or the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein,

What we're going to try to do heading forward is to match profit expectations that are out there ... not to exceed them, ... to invest that money back into, hopefully, accelerated growth.

It's not the most opportune time to enter the stock market,

If you want to be in the stock market, go for a yield vehicle. Go for something that is defensive and has a yield - a bank, insurance company, a REIT [real estate investment trust] or international oil - something, ... that might actually make you money.

We had a lot of bumpy reports in the second quarter and we shouldn't have. The economy and production were very strong in the second quarter, and earnings should have been on the upside. The fact that they weren't is an important signal.