Andrew has built an impressive record of success, leading initiatives that have made Dow a large and profitable company that is positioned for further success in diversified global markets, ... Nearly two-thirds of his almost 30 year career at Dow has been spent in the Asia Pacific region, giving him a tremendous depth of knowledge that will be immensely valuable to us as we position ourselves for continued growth in this and other regions of the globe. We look forward to his contributions. |
Andrew has built an impressive record of success, leading initiatives that have made Dow a large and profitable company that is positioned for further success in diversified global markets, ... Nearly two-thirds of his almost 30-year career at Dow has been spent in the Asia Pacific region, giving him a tremendous depth of knowledge that will be immensely valuable to us as we position ourselves for continued growth in this and other regions of the globe. We look forward to his contributions. |
Andrew has built an impressive record of success, leading initiatives that have made Dow a large and profitable company that is positioned for further success in diversified global markets. Nearly two-thirds of his almost 30 year career at Dow has been spent in the Asia Pacific region, giving him a tremendous depth of knowledge that will be immensely valuable to us as we position ourselves for continued growth in this and other regions of the globe. We look forward to his contributions. |
Andrew has built an impressive record of success, leading initiatives that have made Dow a large and profitable company that is positioned for further success in diversified global markets. Nearly two-thirds of his almost 30-year career at Dow has been spent in the Asia Pacific region, giving him a tremendous depth of knowledge that will be immensely valuable to us as we position ourselves for continued growth in this and other regions of the globe. We look forward to his contributions. |
As we move in to 2006, we see significant opportunities to grow our franchises. We are already increasing the pace of our distribution expansion and working to provide our customers with a more integrated set of products and services, yet a more simplified experience. |
Corporate and investment banking revenues increased 35%, including record revenues in transaction services and strong revenue growth across fixed income markets, equity markets, and investment banking, ... In Smith Barney, revenues grew 13%. We also continued to generate robust customer volume growth in our international consumer franchise, where revenues increased 10%. |
excellent performance in our corporate and capital markets driven businesses. |
I am very pleased with our first quarter accomplishments, which included strong growth in client activity across many franchises. We are seeing the benefits from our investment spending, which helped generate record revenues in our international businesses and record revenues globally in our corporate and investment banking business. Strength in these franchises more than offset weaker results in our U.S. consumer business. |
I feel very good about our competitive position. |
I have communicated to Mike that we are supportive of his new venture and hope to be able to make a meaningful investment. |
I'm very, very pleased with our accomplishments and our financial performance. While I don't expect a quick turn in the U.S. consumer business, I do expect better results in the future. |
If I'm directing something that is off a movie, I won't see the movie because I don't want to copy it, |
If we could see our way to a more substantial stake, we would be interested. For us to buy a small interest and just be along for the sleigh ride isn't the right model. |
If you are asking me if these public perceptions had never come up, would we still have made the change, I don't know the answer to that. |
In this new world in which we all live, as we go about our daily lives, we need to be extra vigilant, ... That's true for the company and true for each of us as individuals. I have no doubt we'll rise to the occasion. |