Famous Quotes & Sayings

There were strong doubts about whether this was an appropriate thing for regional companies to be doing, ... Were they selling their souls for the price of enhancement money?

There were so many individuals and companies that were very instrumental in making this project happen in this short time span, said Scott Bass, director of Administrative Services, Glades County School District.

There's a concern that there aren't enough people at the top to fill in for people leaving. They're not one of the ones that would come to mind initially when thinking of companies with a deep bench.

There's a concentration of companies within the industry moving here. I think it's just a continuation of a trend.

It seems like companies are being more responsive in these crises and perhaps using this as an opportunity for better branding and positioning relative to their day-to-day philanthropy.

It's equally distributed in Nasdaq. I haven't seen any particular catalysts. The front-line companies like Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle are still suffering from tax selling.

Craig Smith

It's fair to say that for many companies ... it's not just about protecting the business, it's about doing the right thing simply because it's the right to do.

It seems the confluence of events, with Delphi, and the week you had last week, you start out here pretty tepid. I am not putting much stock in what the earnings are, but I think investors are waiting to hear what the companies would say about the outlook.

It's a serious problem. It's really irresponsible for companies not to report the data.

Terry Semel

It's a 21st-century media company. The difference between the more traditional media companies and companies like Yahoo is all about technology, and the two - technology and media - totally marry each other.

Michael W. Smith

It was only two years ago that U.S. companies decided to put the steering wheel on the same side that Japanese drive ... its only taken them 16 years to get to that difficult conclusion -- it will take a while to develop a market.

It wasn't particularly material. And it's not particularly unusual. A lot of companies are going back and reviewing their controls because of Sarbanes-Oxley and finding tax errors. But for a company like H&R Block, it was particularly embarrassing.

Generally speaking, you don't need it. What the rental companies do is put fear and intimidation into the customer.

Gas comes from Salt Lake refineries in North Salt Lake. Most oil companies have their own trucks to transport it.

Germany is a split economy. Wage moderation made German companies internationally competitive in the first place. If wages only rise moderately, people may feel optimistic, but they simply don't have that much to spend.

German companies have stepped on the gas in the past 12 months. They're in conquering mode, and we've not hit the peak yet. There's a real M&A mania out there, and it's increasingly driven by globalization.

Jerry Brown

Genetic engineering companies want to create a situation where you have to get permission from a corporation to eat. And the corporate executives don't live in the community. They don't send their kids to the same school. They don't go to the same churches. They don't play in the same parks. They don't swim in the same pools. They don't go to the same movies.

Even though revenue is not growing as fast as profits, companies have been able to leverage what they have. Companies have been able to control costs and increase productivity.

Even though many retailers saw strong sales this past weekend, companies will not be basking in their success. Stores are already warming up for the next four weeks because the holiday season is far from over.

Even though every investor out there is saying labor costs are picking up, companies have a way to be flexible. In theory, when the economy is doing well, profits do just fine even if labor costs increase.

Even the most intensive users of newspapers and magazines spend less time reading these publications than they do online or watching TV. TV and newspaper companies risk losing an entire generation of users unless they immediately start promoting their online products.

Easing the regulation will offer mutual funds the opportunity to explore companies overseas, also giving the investors more variety. The move will also help the mutual fund industry operate in line with global mutual fund companies.

Earnings will be a lot more resilient than everybody thought. Companies are much better prepared. I'm quite happy.

Earnings weigh a lot on investment judgment. Any companies with disappointing results are sold off immediately.

Earnings numbers from some of these companies were surprising on the positive side.

Earnings momentum is going to continue to be a key driver. Those companies that are in a good position in the market, that can engineer their own momentum, are going to be in demand.

J. C. Watts

Between now and August, the satellite radio companies are in a lull period. I don't see upside surprises that will move the stocks,

Sam Altman

Being a public company is really terrible for most companies. I'd say Facebook and Google have done a pretty good job of standing up to the incredible quarterly pressure to hit numbers, but most companies - and I've observed a lot now - don't do a very good job of that.

Big media companies give away tons of content over the Web. We've partnered with them so they can sell it to mobile phone users.

Big companies know that not all ideas come from one pool or one source of people, so they're always looking for outsiders to come up with opportunities they may not have thought of. It's a fresh source of inspiration.

Jerry Moran

Big companies are often in the process of laying off workers. Small startup companies are the ones that are hiring. The statistics prove that's where job growth is going to occur.

Bifurcation is subjective and will come down to actuarial judgment. Actuaries at different companies could easily come up with different opinions on how much risk is transferred by a contract.

Every negative development in the oil price slams the energy stocks. Oil companies are increasingly dependent on higher oil prices because their own costs are also rising.