He was the highest paid air personality on a one-market basis in the industry. Radio One paid him more than Howard Stern, Rush Limbaugh, any of them, on a one-market basis, and he has been so disrespectful.
Our continuing growth in both revenue and earnings provides a strong basis for increased cash payments to our shareholders. This represents a seventeen percent increase in our quarterly dividend rate.
We are committed to continued expense management and strategies to improve productivity in 2006. Execution in these two important areas should contribute to the achievement of our goal of improving operating margins by 50 to 150 basis points for the year.
We think the worst is behind that. Global Crossing may be a little bit more of an interesting one on a fundamental basis because they're business may be a little bit more exciting, some better opportunities there for growth for them.
There's been this trend for several weeks of rallying in the morning and then fizzing out, and that's what we're seeing today, ... There's no clear direction sector-wise, it's really a stock-by-stock basis and stocks may have gotten a little ahead of themselves.