"Marc Cohen" is a radio personality who has spent over 30 years as a prominent Southern California announcer. He has performed on both television and radio and has a long running technology show, which is not only well respected, it is one of the most listened to shows on technology in the country. He has made many keynote speeches at technology conferences and he is called upon by the top technology companies like Microsoft, Sony and Gateway, Inc. to do early technology testing. In addition,

he has been a judge for the Codie awards/Codie Award judging the top software in the country.[http://www.siia.net/codies/2005/judges.asp The 20th Annual SIIA CODiE Awards - 2005]

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I don't think it will alter the equations very much, but it is sort of an evolution.

They still have excellent potential and I think by this time next year it'll likely be on track and growing in the mid-teens again.

Icahn is going to have to be very persuasive with shareholders for those holders to abandon the company.

Philip Morris is one of the most powerful consumer product companies in the world. They have a lot of irons in the fire.

There have been some weather problems in some very important markets around the world. First of all, we can point to the flooding in China. Secondly, we can point to cold and rainy weather in parts of Western Europe.

There are no new cash payments or obligations here. This is an accounting reflection of the deal they announced on Monday. It's all by the books.

Philip Morris promises some strong growth as you look over the next six, 12 and 24 months.,

There are very small niches in the institutional investment community where there may be some sensitivity to (alcohol) investing, but it is quite the exception.

A bitter pill for them to swallow, it eliminated a lot of risk and allowed them to march forward and build their business.