A lot of it is the seat-of-your-pants-type thing and a lot of faith and trust in people. |
BB&T over the years largely has grown through the merger-and- acquisition process, acquiring community banks and thrifts, and that's been successful on our part. Over the last year we've had a little of this indigestion from a lot of mergers over a short period. We needed to take a little breather to refocus on organic revenue growth, and we think we're near that period of time where our internal operations are where we want, so we're looking at getting back into the (M&A) business. |
Boy, I feel bad, ... There's so much I want to show you. |
Given that our first quarter is usually negatively affected by a number of seasonal factors, I am encouraged that these positive results reflect a very good start to 2006. |
I have this overwhelming desire to meet my genetic offspring. We'd rent a boat, we'd go fishing. I'd answer anything they had to say. |
I think the market needs to believe that interest rates have peaked, and secondly, that we are not going to have a recession at that point. |
I think you blacked out for a little bit there, |
I'm going to be sick. |
If it's too good to be true, something's wrong. |
It takes a long time to work through them and get enough evidence to do what we need to do. There (are) some pockets of the state that we're concerned with. |
Most people realize that capitalism is a great system for achieving productivity, but a lot of people also seem to think it also has an immoral side to it. We happen to believe it's a direct result of freedom, and we wanted to encourage colleges to look at it. |
Ninety percent of our stuff is there. We were planning to sell this house as quick as we can and move there, and now we understand, the best reports we're getting that our house there is underwater. |
One of the most basic rights of every citizen is to keep what they own. As an institution dedicated to helping our clients achieve economic success and financial security, we won't help any entity or company that would undermine that mission and threaten the hard-earned American dream of property ownership. |
The back-up systems have kicked in. |
The idea that a citizen's property can be taken by the government solely for private use is extremely misguided, in fact it's just plain wrong. |