Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Januarty 15, 2015 – 1:24 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: All right, good afternoon, everybody. Hope your Thursday is off to a good start. I don’t have anything to do at the top, so let’s go straight to questions. Josh, would you want to get us started here? Q Sure. [Read More…]
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