Famous Quotes & Sayings

This shows that it is possible, though certainly not easy, to break into Italy. This could be a trigger that opens up the Italian banking system to other foreign takeover bids.

Adam McKay

The stuff that's going on is just so over-the-top, with the banking crisis and destroying the Gulf of Mexico, and the outrage hasn't quite caught up with the people yet. But when it does, I think you're going to see really virulent anti-authoritarian kind of comedy coming out.

You cannot be on the board of directors and also be doing investment banking work for the company. I don't care if he steps out of the room or not. You cannot be the umpire and the pitcher in the same game.

Two important profit drivers, namely cost cuts and loan loss provisions, are faltering, and that is a trend to watch for the whole banking sector.

David Jones

Two good things have happened in Japan. We've overcome the uncertainty of who the leader's going to be; and secondly, they are listening to the markets, in terms of permanent tax cuts, in terms of banking reform.

There have been a few who have lusted after the job, but the vice chairmen are chosen for different purposes. The Fed is broken down so that the chairman runs policy and handles external relations, while the vice chairman runs the banking and internal part of the organization, and those aren't the skills you look for in a chairman.

But private banking has never been big here. People prefer to manage their own assets, usually in banks.

The government initiative gives a clear and loud wake-up call to a procrastinating U.S. banking industry that has not moved beyond relying on single-factor reusable password authentication.

We've got this game at practice where we shoot it when we're down. She's always the best at shooting it and banking it. That was a big moment and shift.

We continually evaluate our distribution network looking at changing market conditions, retail development and customers' banking habits.

Bobby Labonte

We've had some success at Fontana, but have never won there. It's a lot like Michigan, which is a track I really like, but the banking is a little less at California. I like the racetrack and, hopefully, we'll have some success there this weekend. We ran decent in February at Fontana, but we never really got a handle on the car. Hopefully we'll improve on that this week.

We think the consolidation in the banking business is going to accelerate. The reason for consolidation remains as strong as ever. It is a national market. It's no longer a regional market.

Keith Davis

Why change things now that were leaving? Guys that are making the league minimum, they were banking on that money.

This transaction also provides Wachovia with the opportunity to enter the California banking market in a modest way.

Charles Prince

We are seeing the benefits from our investment spending, which helped generate record revenues in our international businesses and record revenues globally in our corporate and investment banking business. Strength in these franchises more than offset weaker results in our U.S. consumer business.

Frederick Soddy

There is nothing left now for us but to get ever deeper and deeper into debt to the banking system in order to provide the increasing amounts of money the nation requires for its expansion and growth.

We will encourage communities to bring in principals from hospitals, emergency response services the local banking communities and other services and to engage with the public in a dialogue about what to expect. My goal is to have the public know as much about this issue as I know.

Diane Lane

We?re not a banking institution, yet a large portion of our time is taken up by trying to collect money.

People are really stretched. They are banking on everything turning out right for them. That they won't lose their jobs, that they won't run into unexpected expenses. They're betting that the housing market will continue to appreciate.

Our investment reflects the confidence we have in Rite Aid's core business and our belief that the combination of our investment and the amendments to the banking facilities and will provide the company with the financial resources it needs to rebound and prosper.

Overage in the quarter (was) mostly due to very strong investment banking results, particularly trading, and good expense control,

Bill Vaughan

Our banking system grew byaccident; and wherever something happens byaccident, it becomes a religion.

It is a relief for them to know that using today's technology, we are taking measures to insure that our banking customers will not take a loss on a fraudulent check.

I think there was a lot of pressure on banking stocks because of what will happen with the Fed. My sense is that there is a little more optimism and there's more of a chance we could get some mid-term intervention from the Fed.

I think everyone in this room understands that the dual banking system is at a crossroads,

Subodh Kumar

People looking toward putting money into the banking stocks have taken it out of the resources as opposed to taking it out of things like BCE and Nortel,

Some people are thinking that is a little bit too small to get the banking system back on its feet.

Lobbyists do a ton of information gathering work for the legislative process. How could you seriously consider a banking bill without having people in the financial institutions involved?

I think, overall, banking is about service and convenience . We know we are better in service (than the big banks). Now, we can be more convenient too.

I think that the smaller banks are probably going to have more difficulties in the upcoming six-to-12 months simply because they have relied on loan growth to drive EPS growth to meet consensus expectations. And loan growth is not where you want to be. Bread-and-butter banking is not that great of a business. And you're also the ends in terms of margin pressure. The Fed has raised rates 175 basis points, which usually translates into a much more difficult margin environment. And I think that that is going to hurt the bank below the top 15 in market cap for the near term. I would say the larger-cap banks, once they get over the capital markets issues they're experiencing over the second quarter, should see a little bit more strength.

It is incredibly important, in conjunction with making ID theft a crime in Colorado, that we give our prosecutors the resources they need to prosecute these cases. I think the fact that the banking community has stepped up to the plate to help provide these resources is fabulous.

Regulators can't regulate the banking sector by themselves. They need the market.

Regulators can't regulate the banking sector by themselves, ... They need the market.