of the chrysler corporation as well as c.e.o. of the home depot from two thousand to two thousand and seven provided that he rose to become one of the top executives of. these very active and one of the most successful businessmen thanks for coming here it's great to be here thank you ok robert why.

of the chrysler corporation as well as c.e.o. of the home depot from two thousand to two thousand and seven prior to that he rose to become one of the top executives that. is very active in one of the most successful businessmen thanks for coming here it's great to be here thank you ok robert what state what as we end the year what state is our economy in so larry i think we made tremendous progress this year i am very fortunate to have the opportunity to talk with and meet with a lot of my colleagues current c.e.o.'s prior c.e.o.'s like myself and i think there is such a positive and optimistic view of the economy one of the recent surveys. has it's the second highest optimism that we've seen in the last thirty years on a score of you know zero to ten it's about seven point five so the optimism is very high why you mentioned it in your opening comments we've seen regulation roll back which has been very helpful not only to large corporations but i spent a lot of time recently with small corporations family offices and they see t