We support reforms that enhance the interests of the U.S. capital markets, which is especially important to the growth companies and growth investors who we serve.

These talks were held in confidence and we will not have anything to say until a settlement is reached.

You can certainly imagine that there will be a lot of opportunities to generate synergy between the two, ... great quarter.

Cannot find much in the marketplace to corroborate that statement.

A U.S. firm with debt capabilities but not much equity, or a foreign firm without much U.S. investment banking business.

All of their business lines were robust, and I expect to see that continue.

I'm shocked that Rupert was so close to a deal that he'd been negotiating for a year and a half and he didn't want to wait two more days.