For whatever reason somebody can be convinced to buy a PC, it opens up a whole new market for all of us in the software business.

What I'm trying to do is immerse myself.

I think every entrepreneur in Canada owes the next generation a road map of how to do it again.

I do not own a single security anywhere that doesn't pay a dividend, and I formed a mutual-fund company with that very simple philosophy.

Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class.

Until Americans feel that their core asset - their homes - are stabilized, they are not going to have the animal spirits and they will continue to have less buying power.

Many blue-collar families struggling to pay rent would be happy to skip paying optional union dues.