He's a great coach. He pushes us and tells us to believe in the coaches and we believe in everybody [on the team], ... This [win] was a confidence builder for us.

Based on all of the testimony and exhibits ... I conclude that plaintiffs have failed to prove that HP disseminated materially false information about its integration efforts or about the financial data provided to its shareholders.

It is certainly possible for management to enter into vote-buying arrangements with salutary purposes, ... However, I conclude that the plaintiffs have stated a cognizable vote-buying claim.

Unlike other proposals, Resources 2000 provides full, permanent funding for the fund, without the risk of encouraging offshore drilling and without placing arbitrary political restrictions on how funds may be spent.

Eisner's actions in connection with the termination are, for the most part, consistent with what is expected of a faithful fiduciary, ... exercised his business judgment in the manner he thought best for the corporation.

It is easy, of course, to fault a decision that ends in failure, once hindsight makes the result of that decision plain to see. But the essence of business is risk ? the application of informed belief to contingencies whose outcomes can sometimes be predicted, but never known.

This fact raises clear questions about the integrity of the internal ethical wall that purportedly separates Deutsche Bank's asset management division from its commercial division.

The entire matter of executive compensation, which seems in some cases to have come spectacularly unhinged from the market for corporate talent, will either be regulated by you the fiduciaries, or by the politicians.