Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Our businesses share a passion for quality products and ethical values, so this is a very natural fit.

Our businesses continue to perform well on all fronts, and we are encouraged by the results posted in the second quarter,

Our businesses are continuing to perform as expected. The turnaround is on track.

Rising energy costs aside, the key difference between today and a year ago is the fact that businesses have far more confidence in future economic conditions, and this gives executives comfort when signing new leases.

Remember that if this is a deal that we end up finalizing, that this company will want to maximize the use of the Toll Road. They will be eager to have local businesses involved.

Tom Watson

Recycling can be expensive for small businesses. There are usually ways they can do it, but for some businesses it's unrealistic.

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.

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.

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.

My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with incrementally as they try to become more productive over time.

Many farms and agricultural businesses are a total loss,

Don Davis

Locating our headquarters close to our businesses in the Midwest will significantly enhance the lines of communications within the company and increase the overall effectiveness of our operations.

Local search listings typically rely on geography when, in fact, there are several other factors that influence whether or not a particular merchant meets a consumer's criteria. If a consumer searches for a kitchen contractor in LA, he'll have to sort through hundreds of listings. But most of them won't be relevant either because they don't do the kind of work he's looking for or they're not seeking new clients at that moment. Our goal is to connect consumers with relevant businesses that want phone leads. Our refined search results will drive more targeted leads to merchants, who then provide new revenue for Internet publishers.

John Hall

Linux will not show up in some businesses where a system has to be up 24-7 - businesses that have traditionally used systems from companies like Tandem and Sequent,

George Shinn

Like so many businesses and families uprooted by Hurricane Katrina, the Hornets were forced to leave New Orleans while the city recovers from this tragedy,

I won't stand for a gas supplier leaning on a local station to hike prices, ... Consumers and businesses are already paying more than ever before for gas. They don't need gas prices hiked even more by somebody trying to make a fast buck.

It is important for people to see the businesses in their community.

It is huge, because often times what we find is that where consumers go, businesses follow.

I think we'll feed them and they'll feed us, ... When you can see the neon sign of the bank, the restaurant or whatever, the businesses are there, that's great. It's a great partnership.