Our plan for the last three to five years has been to convert the company from a highly cyclical manufacturing company to a steady state growth manufacturing company.

These are impossible times for us, ... We need that license increase, and if we don't get it, we've got to cut programs across the board.

I believe this is basically an intrusion on the creative process and an ill-thought revenue-gaining procedure.

If someone was been with us for five to 10 years, they would have received $500 to $1000, ... Now, they make much more than that under the new compensation program.

After days of White House winks implying that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers would be a reliable conservative vote because she is a devout Christian evangelical, President George W. Bush himself yesterday suggested that he picked her in part because of her faith.

As we look to the future, the changes we've announced today are necessary for us to effectively compete, ... Over the last several years we've made considerable progress in reshaping Cooper into a company focused on our higher growth and less volatile electrical tools and hardware businesses.

People would stick around to the end of the year to get the bonus then quit after Christmas.

It sounded like it was OK to me.