Michael King
Michael King
Michael King, OBEwas a New Zealand popular historian, author and biographer. He wrote or edited over 30 books on New Zealand topics, including The Penguin History of New Zealand, which was the most popular New Zealand book of 2004...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionFilm Producer
Date of Birth29 April 1952
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I think people were pleasantly surprised by the near-term strength in earnings growth. This is a great company. I just think it needs a little more time before I get super-excited.
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Fundamentalism is not a phenomenon limited to religion. Any belief system can become intolerant and give rise to violence. Whether one likes it or not, humanity is 'wired' for myth. Mutual tolerance is the only way.
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More than likely, 20% of your customer base is contributing 150% to 200% of total annualized profit (TAP); 70% is breaking even; and 10% is costing you 50% to 100% of TAP.
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We had a great show in 'Wheel,' obviously. And when we placed it in the right time periods, it didn't just become the number-one show, it became the number-one show in the history of television.
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We consider today's announcement to be the death of the prospects for widespread use of Avastin plus Tarceva in renal cell carcinoma.
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It was always going to be touch and go whether they made double digit growth...It's quite a psychological blow in the short term.
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It's definitely going to be harder than it sounds to acquire millions of users in the U.S. It's going to be a lot of work, and you can't make light of that.
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It's a great building. When I walked through the door, I knew that was where it was going to be. You can serve food in any building, but it's atmosphere also.
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Often the broker will pick their successor. The broker ultimately gets the final say in who gets it because it's their book.
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The point I've always made is that I'm writing for a general audience, rather than just for an audience of academics or fellow historians.
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Japan and Korea have already shown people will buy profitable TV services. I just don't know that a similar dynamic will take place in the rest of the world.
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I was a little surprised they didn't get more money for retroactive royalties, ... but I think it's a reasonable settlement given Gilead's part of it, Roche's part of it and the broader public health implications ... neither wanted to come out of this looking greedy.