It's certainly a little bit worse than what some of their competitors are seeing. It's a pretty awful sector here.

Longer-term, I don't think there is going to be an economic impact as long as there isn't a longer period when energy prices are affected.

People are just saying it's a disappointing outlook. They're shooting first, asking questions later.

A lot of people were hoping to see a bottom in the first quarter of the calendar year. At the very least, it looks like the bottom is getting pushed back to the second quarter.

The bottom line, 2006 is going to be another difficult year for EOP (Equity Office).

It's kind of hard to be shocked by the magnitude of these declines when they're declining every single quarter.

We're looking at ... the impact of all the consolidation in the department store sector.

There's nothing new here. We're kind of getting past the worst of times with this company, and now we're just starting to get better.

Where the men are going to get separated from the boys here is: Who can absorb higher energy and raw materials costs, pass those on in their pricing and have them stick as opposed to absorbing it in lower margins.