David Walker
David Walker
English banker who was appointed the Chairman of Barclays bank on November 1, 2012.
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth31 December 1939
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This acquisition is consistent with Morgan Stanley's stated strategy of growing our international business by taking opportunities for bolt-on acquisitions and further underscores our increasing resource commitment to the UK and Europe.
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I think a lot of teams would probably have the same record if you look at who they've played,
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I think in the run game, we'll be fine and I think we'll be able to have some success with it -- we really need to, in order to help the passing game out,
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I think it's appropriate to provide the administration a few days to reconsider their position. I'm hopeful that they will provide us with the information we're seeking. It is a very reasonable and reasoned request. But the fuse is short,
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Other vehicles were leaving the station's lot and there was a great deal of traffic on the roadway near the station at the time,
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responding to floods and other natural disasters by FEMA.
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Part of the problem is that when Congress considers legislation, and the administration proposes it, they only consider a one-year, five-year, or maybe 10-year time horizon.
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We're on an imprudent, unsustainable fiscal path, ... The status quo is not an option and we're not going to grow our way out of this problem and the sooner we get started the better.
I'll probably think about it after the fact,
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I know one day I'll be back out on the field playing again. I'm a competitor. Nothing is given to you. You've got to go out there and fight.
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Investors should at all times be looking for great stocks trading at good valuations. The lower the market the better the value. That's our approach and we would get more and more interested the further the market fell.
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I can provide a pretty good scouting report on the personnel that is there, ... Schematically things are a little different but the players are still the players, so I've talked to the people I feel I need to talk to about some of the strengths and weaknesses with their personnel.
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In the middle, middle of the monsoon season, lying there soaking wet and the spoilsports didn't come! And that's when I had, because I can always remember just lying there saying to myself, the water just running down my neck and that, I said, 'Well David. There's not many people get a twenty first birthday party like this.'
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In 1950 there were 16 workers per retiree. Today there are 3.4; in 2030 there will be less than two,