Around the world Quote by Michael Bloomberg

As industries migrate toward the Far East, the future of many Western cities will no longer lie in manufacturing products but ideas and patents.…

— Charles Landry

Businesses will ultimately go where the markets and opportunities are.

— Lloyd Blankfein

I always say the next big thing will happen in unexpected places - up and coming cities that aren't necessarily boom markets.

— Anna Sui

Toronto won't topple New York or London as a financial center, nor will it dethrone Los Angeles as the international entertainment capital, but with…

— Richard Florida

New York City is the financial capital of the world. The Dodd-Frank Act, I think, is going to change that. It's going to send…

— Wendy Long

What people haven't quite grasped yet is that the rich are transforming cities all across the world.

— Cleve Jones

Low-wage jobs have gone offshore. We need to innovate to stay competitive.

— Jeanne Shaheen

Connecting people to jobs and to each other is absolutely vital to a city's economy (and to the wider economy).

— Lucy Powell

Attracting business to a city is of huge benefit for taxes, jobs, purchasing of homes and home goods.

— Hilary Farr

Our city has already become the testing ground for innovations that will define the future.

— Francis X. Suarez

I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create 40,000 living…

— Sal Albanese

I see opportunities in all my businesses. And the reason is simple. We thrive on countries that are urbanizing.

— Louis R. Chenevert