What I am saying is, all health care has a problem with costs. Medicare is growing slower than the private insurance plans.… — Anthony Weiner Copy Share Image
The name 'The Beach Boys' is controlled by Brother Records Inc., which was founded by the original members of the Beach Boys… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
It can be argued that the U.S. brokerage and investment banking industry has transformed the modern American stock market into nothing more… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
The profit motive is not only fundamental to our ability to reward shareholders and pay employees; it's fundamental to excellent journalism. Far… — Lachlan Murdoch Copy Share Image
In the 1980s, corporate raiders began mounting unfriendly takeovers of companies that could deliver higher returns to their shareholders - if they… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
When management owns stock, then rewarding the shareholders becomes a first priority, whereas when management simply collects a paycheck, then increasing salaries… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
In terms of companies, they must stand for something bigger. They must be dedicated to something larger than financial results. I reject… — Srikumar Rao Copy Share Image
[Steven] Lerner's plan starts by attacking JP Morgan Chase with demonstrations on Wall Street, protests at the annual shareholder meeting, and then… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
After a long investigation the SEC has fined Halliburton $7.5 million for issuing fraudulent statements exaggerating their profits in 1998 and 1999… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The problems that exist on Wall Street today go to the center of a debate in this country about wealth and democracy.… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
I agree with Peter Drucker that the culture and legal systems of the United Statesare especially favorable to shareholder interests, compared to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
In truth, it's not the shareholders of the American International Group who benefited most from its bailout; they were mostly wiped out.… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
We believe that there is no greater power in the world than the force of a great idea. We believe that people… — John A. Byrne Copy Share Image
What we've done last night is what I call pushing back the risks..If there is a risk in a bank, our first… — Jeroen Dijsselbloem Copy Share Image
It's a nightmare to administer some of this sort of thing, but I want to tell the shareholders of Berkshire, to the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The banks don't have anything - no rights whatsoever. The banks are shareholders of SLEC, and SLEC has no rights. I am… — Bernie Ecclestone Copy Share Image
If the employees come first, then they're happy. A motivated employee treats the customer well. The customer is happy so they keep… — Herb Kelleher Copy Share Image
The board is currently undertaking what could be its most important task, ... We are confident that we're going to make a… — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
Stock ownership in the US is very highly concentrated. [Shareholder actions are] something, but it's like the old Communist Party in the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The typical entrepreneur is no longer the bold and tireless man of Marshall, or the sly and rapacious Moneybags of Marx, but… — Edwin Arlington Robinson Copy Share Image
In our search for more, we have blinded ourselves to our personal responsibility for challenging these absurdities. A resource-based society considers us… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
Compensation needs to be predominately performance-driven. If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever… — Louis V. Gerstner, Jr Copy Share Image
Ultimately, each transnational firm strives for its own advantage, and is supported in that effort by the state power wherein it resides,… — Herbert Schiller Copy Share Image
I think the biggest single issue is income inequity and what this is doing to the good old "American dream." This and… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of… — Bob Iger Copy Share Image
What if lawmakers never spoke to their constituents? Oddly enough, that's exactly how corporate America operates. Shareholders vote for directors, but the… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred illiquid shares of AIC for liquid shares… — Michael Lee-Chin Copy Share Image
Our goal is to make General Motors the most valuable automotive company. Clearly, that is having sustainable profitability and driving great returns… — Mary Barra Copy Share Image
Back in the 1970s, Kodak tried to give $25m to a black civil rights organisation in Rochester, New York. The company's shareholders… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
I was always acting primarily with shareholder interests in mind. It's also true I've always had a fairly moralistic attitude to business,… — Chris Corrigan Copy Share Image
With the acquisition of 50% of Todito, TV Azteca is getting on a very fast train. Todito will allow TV Azteca to… — Ricardo Salinas Pliego Copy Share Image
“unmistakable message to boardrooms across the country: You can’t lie to shareholders. You can’t put yourself in front of your employees’ interests.… — Bethany McLean Copy Share Image
The Congress is not willing to think about the long term. They act like activist shareholders, to use that phrase again. They're… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
As the head of the public company, you can't say you can't sell, because then you're telling your shareholders that your own… — James L. Dolan Copy Share Image
For decades, activist shareholders were an entertaining, but largely ignored, Wall Street sideshow. Disgruntled investors would attend annual meetings to harangue executives,… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Dodge v. Ford still stands for the legal principal that managers and directors have a legal duty to put the shareholders' interests… — Joel Bakan Copy Share Image
Shareholders are sort of like cats; they get herded around, and they follow the leader. With the exception of a few activist… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
The faster we grew, the more stores we had open, the more money we made. Employees move quickly up the ranks of… — Wayne Huizenga Copy Share Image
In a couple of years, the Chinese will be seen as regular participants in international industry. Their companies have to report to… — Daniel Yergin Copy Share Image
If you were at Lehman, the same thing happened. If you were at AIG, the shareholders are getting creamed on these things.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image