"Saratoga has always been the August meeting, anyway," he said the other day.

A binding vote, 7-1, was taken at an August 26 meeting.

The horse's final season was again restricted to the August meeting at York.

It again left rates unchanged at its August meeting after what some officials said was a heated meeting.

Actions from the 3 August meeting were then discussed.

Most market participants are not expecting the Fed to take any rate action this time, but the August meeting might be another matter entirely.

The August meeting led to another finding, however.

Shareholders are to vote on the buyout plan at an August annual meeting.

But only about 20 showed up at the August meeting for the signing, most arguing that the times were too dangerous.

Others present at the August meeting, however, said that the size issue came up in passing and that nothing was decided.