We really wake up every day trying to build businesses. That is the goal of private equity. It's a misnomer out there… — Stephen Pagliuca Copy Share Image
Enron had already collapsed and filed for bankruptcy protection by the beginning of 2002. But despite complaints from short sellers that corporations… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Economic theory dictates that the value of a company is basically the present value of its future profits. To estimate Facebook's value… — Didier Sornette Copy Share Image
Trust-me companies are companies whose financial results gallop ahead of their businesses, companies with seemingly perfect control over their quarterly sales and… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Accounting rules give financial institutions flexibility about when they choose to recognize venture capital profits. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
I don't oppose pipelines - I like infrastructure - but I heard that the Keystone XL pipeline was going to carry tar… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
The U.S. and European markets have become mature, profit margins are lower, and equipment isn't so new. Because profits are relatively low,… — Zong Qinghou Copy Share Image
The forces that have worked hard to stoke populist anger against reform are the very ones that benefit from a health system… — Jerrold Nadler Copy Share Image
The general proposition is that the resources that will be utilized are the ones that contribute most to the overall efficiency of… — Marvin Harris Copy Share Image
“Any system that values profit over human life is a very dangerous one indeed.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
When Hobby Lobby was created in the early 1970s, I was committed to use profits to help ministry work. — David Green Copy Share Image
“A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
If you are an investor, I hope that you will stay with me for three, four, ten years. But if you ask… — Brunello Cucinelli Copy Share Image
Drug companies say they need to charge ever-higher prices to cover their research costs, but they spend far less on research and… — Marcia Angell Copy Share Image
Profits are one of the most important goals of any successful business, and investors are one of the most important constituencies of… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I want to tell mayors, county chiefs and heads of big companies: don't just chase GDP growth; don't chase the biggest profits… — Chen Guangbiao Copy Share Image
Japanese tend to put sales and market share first. They make many products with the aim of raising sales. But then profits… — Fujio Mitarai Copy Share Image
Is it better to go indie and make bigger profits on each book, or stick with a print publisher's 6%-10% royalties? Since… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
The food industry profits from providing poor quality foods with poor nutritional value that people eat a lot of. — Mark Hyman Copy Share Image
It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds,… — James Hogg Copy Share Image
It's easy to complain that pharmaceutical companies place profits over people and apparently care more about hair loss than TB. However, many… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
While Washington pays lip service to the challenges facing small businesses, it repeatedly chooses its own expansion over results. In effect, government… — David Malpass Copy Share Image
Investors are sometimes too busy looking for profits to notice where the truth ends and the deception begins. — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Goodwill and reputation are intangibles, but they are the keys to business success. Since they are also inexorably linked to social values,… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
“To discern profits only when it is within the ken of the market herd is not the acme of investing excellence” — Amah Lambert Copy Share Image
