"When the economy is doing well, we tell people it's time to setasidesomemoney for something they may not have thought about, " explains William Rowe, a polished former funeral home owner who joined Stewart in 1987 and is now chief operating officer.
The following day he returned to announce that tents to accommodate 14, 000 people had been made ready and said that he intended to divert to L'Aquila and the surrounding area some of the moneysetaside for construction projects as part of Italy's response to the economic crisis.