Famous Quotes & Sayings

We would expect money to migrate to the faster-growing businesses because people are much more interested in the growth side.

Steve Klein

We would certainly prefer that businesses see it as a fully fledged business holiday.

Kevin Conroy

This ruling, though sensitive to certain defendants' injuries, sends a chilling message to component manufacturers already located in Wisconsin and provides cause for those outside the state to second-guess locating their businesses here.

Kit Bond

This report has confirmed what small-business owners have been telling us for years -- the tax code is just too difficult for most people to understand and the IRS has not operated in a way to serve small businesses effectively,

There can be a circular effect -- if consumers lose confidence and businesses are nervous that the consumer will stop spending, and they downgrade production expectations or lay people off or stop hiring people because they don't think they'll get revenue, that makes consumers more nervous.

There is a big network of businesses that are specifically serving the immigrant community.

When businesses are looking for value propositions, cheap is good.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach, because all businesses are not set up to run the same way.

People are looking for good news and, as they start seeing it, you're going to see more of these rallies, ... Businesses are going to start spending one day and they are going to start hiring one day.

Our industries are under intense competition and for many of us, rail has been the most economical means of transporting in our raw goods and shipping out our finished products. Unfortunately, since most of our businesses are captive to only one major railroad, there is a monopoly of power and the railroads have been using this to dramatically increase prices and reduce service.

Joel Klein

Our investigation has uncovered several specific examples where consumers have actually been harmed, ... Smart cards, which were delayed for about a decade . . . as well as the development of a system of secure transactions for the Internet, something consumers and businesses obviously would welcome.

Our hope is that all businesses recognize the importance now and for years to come and will invest in world-class technical training.

Anita Roddick

Over the past decade, ... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda.

Over the past 21 years several businesses have been established or expanded through the use of sub-prime loans and job creation has continued. The loan fund value has essentially doubled during that period of time with a good track record of loan repayment and job creation.

Our target is businesses in Hampton Roads that are growing and expanding that are looking to enter a new market through satellite locations. Our campaign up there is geared to helping to identify those companies that would be interested in increasing market share.

Our target donor pool is individuals, families, businesses and organizations in Woodford County. 4-H really touches more people than just the current members.

Our survey showed that most businesses lump taxes and fees together, and this is their fastest growing expense category ? matched only by the cost of health care.

Our goal is to increase the contribution of small businesses to the economy, and in doing so help reduce poverty and improve people's lives.

Our goal is to help existing businesses that are struggling to overcome hardships and problems, while also helping a thriving businesses to expand.

Our goal in creating EcommWire is to give ecommerce companies greater exposure and to help businesses and individuals keep up-to-date on new ecommerce tools and services.

Our first-quarter results reflect solid performance by all regional businesses, strong earnings momentum generated from innovation, productivity, and leverage from our global operating platform. These results reflect the 19th consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales improvement and each of our four regional businesses delivered higher operating income during the quarter.

James Packer

Our gaming and magazine businesses continue to perform very well whilst the television business is working its way through a difficult period,

Overall inflation remains quite benign. Companies selling to consumers and businesses have limited pricing power.

Overall I am pleased with the quarter. All of our core businesses performed well, our key development projects are on track and our marketing group enjoyed another great quarter.

Most of these businesses are growing between 8 and 15 percent.

Jay Z is building a range of businesses just on the strength of his brand. Lady Gaga has formed really interesting partnerships. Justin Bieber and his manager Scooter Braun are investing in a number of different companies and also promoting them in many ways.

I think Disney is realizing that some of their businesses are under-performing and are not going to be a component of their long-term revenue or profit-stream.

Succession, use of outside boards, managing communication -- all of those are related to family businesses as well as private businesses.

Steve has a good reputation for turning businesses around and creating value for shareholders. His short tenure is surprising and cannot bode well for the share price in the short term.

Some of the greatest businesses operating from a deeper purpose have a real commitment to service, like Four Seasons, Joie de Vivre hotels, Southwest Airlines, and JetBlue.

That can be a good tax planning tool for small businesses - especially if you get a computer or something that you were planning to buy (in the coming year anyway),

That doesn't surprise me. These are businesses catering to the new ethnic enclaves.

Kaui Hart Hemmings

My seven-year-old daughter knows old songs and how the neighborhoods got their names. There are little things: Businesses receive blessings from Hawaiian priests before opening, and everyone's kids have their debut luau. You can't really get through a day without doing something Hawaiian.