Some of the activities that we engage in put you in a position where you can truly understand some of their points of view.

There's little heat in the economy. There's more chance of deflation than inflation.

If this particular company and this particular country does not join the modern economy, it stands every risk of being left behind. But clearly, if it did it in a thoughtless way and tried to meet this demand of the market immediately, it would have created chaos.

We have been constantly growing along with the region. Along with the opportunities we find it to be, aside from being one of the most exciting places in the world, I think [it is] commercially one of the most potentially rewarding places that I know of.