Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Spencer

The three central banks seemed to be more inclined to intervene in the market while the Bank of Korea over the year or so intervened less.

Alexandra Adornetto

The South is full of memories and ghosts of the past. For me, it is the most inspiring place to write, from William Faulkner's haunted antebellum home to the banks of the Mississippi to the wind that whispers through the cotton fields.

I've always been interested in finance and I enjoy numbers, but more importantly I enjoy people and the banking business is all about people and relationships.

Don Davis

I wanted to do what they have at the bank for my house. I wound up with something better.

Some traders are locking in profits from their bets on a reduction in the yield difference. They may be thinking that the market has already priced in the likely level of Bank of Japan rate increases this year.

Sometimes you're better to be lucky than good, right? Yeah, you bank a shot in like that and its luck. But these kids don't quit. If you keep hanging in there and working hard sometimes the lucky guy wins.

Ten out of ten banks will underwrite their home loan in the same way, to protect themselves, but does that mean as a consumer, you can do nothing about it?

It would appear, ... that many of the smaller, more independent dot.com firms have been swallowed up by their larger competitors or have fallen into bankruptcy and eventual closure.

It would be difficult to sell it with their most recent period, which is a horrible result. Goldman Sachs is probably saying that this would be a tough story to tell on the road when you have a declining business, when the other investment banks are posting record numbers.

It would seem the bank now realizes that we are falling into a bit of a deep hole.

It was all grassroots, people's piggy banks and everything else.

The SEC is launching more investigations into more big companies than ever before, ... The list of targets includes plenty of Fortune 500 players, including Bankers Trust, Cendant, Waste Management and W. R. Grace.

These stocks which usually benefit from a weak yen couldn't react to it yesterday because the overall market was dragged down by the falling banking sector.

Wayne LaPierre

The sheer blizzard of litigation is destroying the American firearms industry, ... the strategy is to bury the American firearms industry in litigation and bankrupt it.

These were really excellent earnings. Retail banking was much better than anticipated.

The sticking point for the Reserve Bank is still inflation. It is likely to be September before the bank is comfortable that pressures have dissipated enough.

Tom McCarthy

The state's position is that the bankruptcy filings in both cases were frivolous and for the sole purpose of delaying the eviction.

The statement indicates the central bank is putting a cap on its rate-hike cycle. There is a logical response for the Canadian dollar to weaken.

The situation in the West Bank and Gaza involves a military occupation amid urban guerrilla warfare, analogous to the British security measures in Northern Island, that hopefully will end with a cease-fire.

These losses emphasize the need for the urgency with which we have to pursue route network and revenue improvements and the use of the bankruptcy process to reduce the cost and complexity of our business.

These little niche markets such as banking and publishing don't make economic sense for Wal-Mart,

These latest comments are quite worrying, as it's the first indication that the central bank is thinking about cutting the rate. The suggestion that we're going to get lower rates is likely to lead to a weaker currency.

The strength of today's report certainly will not be lost on the Bank of Canada ... as a result, we still believe the odds favor another rate hike from the bank in April.

Jones Very

The stream of life, - which, in other men, obstructed and at last stationary as the objects that surround it, seems scarcely to deserve the name,- in them rolls ever onward its rich and life-giving waters as if unconscious of the beautiful banks it has overflowed with fertility.

The story is one of continuing boom conditions in mining and very strong nonresidential construction activity. The Reserve Bank is still very much on hold, watching both the inflation outlook and domestic demand.

The Sogo bankruptcy marked a major turning point in Japanese economic history.

The smartest or luckiest thing UAL did was stay in bankruptcy for three years. Had they rushed to confirm a plan, they would likely have needed a return visit to Chapter 11.

The stage is now set for the World Bank shareholders to fulfill their part of the bargain tomorrow.

The simple fact that the trade sector has ceased to be a significant drag on growth will be enough to convince the Bank of Canada to move on September 7 (and beyond).

The signs are the bank won't move soon to cut rates, ... We see the euro falling to 83 cents later this year.

The signal from the central bank is that they won't increase the size of rate cuts.

The business for investment banks has been performing very well on most sides, and I want to hear what they to say on future profit.

The business conditions survey is going to take center stage for Canada, maybe in particular because the Canadian dollar seems to be playing an important role in the Bank of Canada's thinking now.