and today, its chief executive, hunter harrison, was honored as ceo of the year by investment research firm morningstar, our own tyler mathison sat down with harrison in chicago. >> i guess my first question for you is how is business? >> business is good. we just completed pretty successful year that we'll be reporting in a week or so. and but business levels have been surprisingly good for us. >> you know, in your business, the railroad business, you have a unique perch for judging the health of the overall economy. do you a lot of intermodal truck things, consumer products, you care ray lot of fertilizer, you care ray lot of coal. you care ray lot of oil. how is the economy doing and how do you think it's going to fare in 2014 overall? >> well, some would argue that i'm not qualified to answer that question. but i think that, i think i see more positives than negatives. i think if we get over this issue about crude particularly in canada and now north dakota, and i think given that we're about to move forward with the consumer confidence, i think that's going to just push us right o