Financial Quote by Christine Lagarde

“The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself.”

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When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going to have…

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The Egyptian society needs to include its women if it wants to have economic prosperity.

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Diversity in and of itself is a strong positive.

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People can buy the kind of things they consider as normal and take for granted because of globalization and trade and use of supply…

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Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled.

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In the area of trading, it is now an academically demonstrated fact that women tend to be a little bit more risk-adverse. They don't…

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As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these…

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The Europeans governments have massively changed the landscape in Europe. There is no doubt about it. They have put together the European Financial Stability…

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Our fortunes rise together, and they fall together. 'All men are brothers,' said the Analects. We have a collective responsibility-to bring about a more…

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When I started my life as a baby lawyer, I was interviewing with all the best firms then at the time, and one of them was, you know, probably the most reputable in France, and told me, 'You can join us tomorrow and be an associate, be given great tasks and great files and great clients to work on, but…

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We need to put our good research, our good work, our principles into actionable items whenever we can.

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When you think of a safe and solid arbitration place, you think of Switzerland, Sweden, Canada. Those attributes may be associated with clichés, but…

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