Famous Quotes & Sayings

The dye-stained money was found on the sidewalk, so there is a chance the person who robbed this bank may have red dye stain on her clothing.

The drop in the natural gas price has been gigantic. The market has gone up so much, that it's time to go to safe places such as banks and other dividend-paying stocks.

The ECB has signaled that if there was any risk inflation expectations would run away, they would contain them. With this central bank rate-hike cycle, it may lead to a flat yield curve by April.

The easier availability of first mortgages has helped many marginal borrowers obtain loans and it has helped banks sustain loan volume and profits.

The G-8 made a promise this summer that some of the world's poorest nations would see their debts to the IMF and World Bank totally and irrevocably erased. Now some governments and the World Bank are trying to take that promise back. That is unacceptable,

Christopher Wood

The fundamental factor is that banks and property are getting better. The election is a positive icing on the cake. This is an enormous personal mandate for Koizumi. He can do pretty much what he wants right now.

The fourth month of gains in core prices could certainly push the central bank a step further toward raising interest rates. Debt maturing in five-years or less will remain weak.

Eric McCormack

The four of us wanted to make sure that the show went out properly, with a bang and not a whimper. If you stay around one year too long, that's obviously what happens. We just wanted to protect these characters and protect the legacy." ()

The current trading band of 0.3 percent is appropriate, and the recent fluctuation is normal.

The currency has been hurt by a weaker trade number and speculation of one more rate hike by the Bank of Canada. People are not looking to buy the Canadian dollar right now.

The crux of the statement was unchanged (from the last meeting). They said that policy remains accommodative, but that the central bank will respond to changes as needed. That's been the mantra since the tightening period began last June.

The crux of the statement was unchanged (from the last meeting), ... They said that policy remains accommodative, but that the central bank will respond to changes as needed. That's been the mantra since the tightening period began last June.

The combination of rising unemployment, falling employment and muted earnings growth is hardly supportive for consumer spending. It reinforces our belief that overall growth will be softer than forecast by the Bank of England and that underlying inflationary pressures will remain muted.

The first quarter was just awful, but then Tommy (Kurth) banks in the 3 and we have the lead after the first quarter. I kept looking up thinking (the Cavemen) were up seven or eight points, but then, heck, we tied it and then took the lead.

These fish cost a lot. So, we're trying to make sure we get the most bang for the buck. A fish that dies or gets eaten by a heron isn't a good use of our money.

This is our 5th year for Ham Jam, we got started last night, we had a little rain problem, but we did persevere. We had our bands play inside, but today is a gorgeous day. And we hope that we have a wonderful day, wonderful weather. It's cool and there's no rain in sight.

Steve Bartlett

This is not about bankruptcy attorneys, it?s about consumers, ... This has had huge bipartisan support over three years.

This is not a band that would ever rest on their laurels. If anything, I don't think we feel like we've accomplished anything special yet . . . Now it's time to really work hard.

Rita Wilson

This is nice, we wish they'd have this more often. It's not expensive, and the band is wonderful.

This is money that has never been Bank of America's money. The best estimate at this stage is that it's around $100-million over a five-year period.

This is a great environment. This is one of the best places to play at in our league and it's tough. You just have to be ready to fight through everything and just band together. It's just us 15 and that's the way you have to treat it and that's the way we do it.

This is a good signal by the central bank to control credit, as it's further fueling inflation.

This historic milestone speaks to the favorable economic conditions we have recently experienced as well as to the efforts of bankers and regulators to manage risks in the industry.

David Rosenberg

This has nothing to do with whether the yield is too high or too low or whether it's over or undervalued. And it certainly has nothing to with foreign central bank activity. It's about the business cycle.

Paul Andrews

This has come about through some meetings that we were conducting in London with major investment banks ... about education and training needs. Compliance issues have risen to the top of the barrel.

Tim McCarthy

This is a landmark deal for Russia, so any international bank with a serious intention of doing business in the country should want to be in it. Citigroup is a major player in the market.

A lot are in need of more bandwidth and less latency. There's no reason why you should wait.

Allister is my first show that I'm going to at Syracuse. I haven't seen Allister since my junior year of high school. It's really convenient they are coming here, and it's nice to have bands which aren't so known to the mainstream.

Billie Armstrong

All great rock bands have a little dirt in their faces.

The dancers' interaction with the band provides the wink and nod,

The housing market is not slowing sufficiently to comfort the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

The Hopefuls have become one of the more popular bands in Minnesota. It's sort of the critics' favorite band, and this happened sort of out of the blue for us. We didn't expect anything like this, so now we're strategizing differently about how to go about promoting it.

The Hong Kong market is a tough one for the banking sector.