Famous Quotes & Sayings

I'm looking for high growth rates. The powerful banking forces of the next 10 years will have lead to a big exposure to one or more of Brazil, Russia, India or China. We have exposure at the moment in both India and China and I'd like to see that exposure grow.

i-flex is a perfect partner to Oracle with its competence in core banking sector.

Tommy Chong

I never had a criminal record. They were kinda banking on the fact that I was dirty as can be.

It's important to note that if you stripped out investment banking activities, our diluted earnings per share were up 21 percent for the full year of 2005 and 28 percent for the fourth quarter of 2004.

E. B. White

It's a great cost-cutting story right now. You've got very good management, excellent links into the consumer. And they've been there with the electronic banking for a long, long while. So, that's one that we definitely would be accumulating at these prices.

It's going to be an honest, fair, unvarnished look at what we do, and that means that it's an experiment. It's a risk. Not everybody approves of what we do. But I'm banking on the fact that people will also see how much effort we make about being fair and being ethical.

It's pretty much up to how banking issues fare,

It looks a bit disappointing. Net new money is rather small and investment banking doesn't look great.

John W. Snow

It may be harder on some than on others, but overall the banking sector remains healthy and strong,

In older buildings the seal between the sill and the foundation is never as good as it should be. I think banking the foundation helps keep the floor warmer, it helps keep you comfortable in the winter, especially in old buildings.

I like two stocks, Apache and Ocean Energy. I don't own either of them. The firm doesn't make a market in any of them. We don't have an investment banking relationship, to the best of my knowledge, but I think both stocks have done well in the poor market, ... Apache is really building a pipeline of reserves. They drill in seven major countries. They're natural gas rich. They have held in this market and I think we can look for big earnings coming up over the next year or two.

Alan Greenspan

In an environment of weak financial systems, lax supervisory regimes, and vague assurances about depositor or creditor protections, the state of confidence so necessary to the functioning of any banking system was torn asunder.

In Asia, it seems like everyone's putting in new core banking systems. The top six Indian banks have core system replacements under way.

Investors already learned about the recovery in Japan's banking industry and the Mizuho sale gives them another investment opportunity.

Investment banking really did knock the cover off the ball. We're moving from a pretty weak performance into a better-performing business.

Investment banking is relatively easy to forecast, but the trading side is a tough one.

In the past, such a move effectively wiped out the national banking sector in Eastern Europe.

If you want to be a survivor in the global banking market, you need size, and the U.S. is the best place to get it.

Citigroup is a latecomer to China's banking industry and it has catching up to do. It makes more sense for Citigroup to explore other options, such as taking stakes in Guangdong Bank, which also has a national distribution network, to help them expand.

Chicago is a lot like the other 1.5 mile ovals that we've run this year. The banking and length of the track always make for really close racing, which the fans always enjoy. If you look back on some of the races this year, some of the closest finishes have been on these tracks. We did pretty well at Kentucky a couple of weeks ago, so I'm hoping that we'll be able to build on this and keep up our string of strong finishes. I always enjoy going to Chicago because there's always a lot to do away from the track. From having great dinners to shopping, I always have a good time there.

Alex Wong

Hong Kong has been outperforming other markets, but buying has mainly been of banking and property stocks and they could not hold at this level because global equities are going down.

Don Baylor

I looked at Mel. He was healthy. I was banking on that.

George Soros

because the international banking system must also be at fault.

The investment banking team will be first on the ground, fixed income and equities will be the next phase. We'll do some transfers and we'll hire some people locally.

The Fed is moving to the sidelines, 50 percent of the regional banks businesses as a rule are still related to the direction of interest rates. We think interest rates are headed lower. Capital markets remain very active. Fleet is in that business. They have an investment banking division, too, now. So the shares are quite cheap at about 13, 14 times earnings.

The Fed is happy to provide all the reserves the banking system needs, ... It's told the banking system 'Ya'll lend now,' and they're doing it.

There is a serious disconnect between the issue at hand and the banking industry. I don't think they realize just how much the consumer needs to be informed.

South Boston is very dynamic. When we bought this property, we were banking on all this planned investment in the area.

This acquisition supports E*Trade's mission of democratizing financial services by giving consumers even more opportunities and choices to benefit from the value and convenience of online banking and investing.

John Hall

This acquisition clearly demonstrates our commitment to being a full-service financial services provider by offering not only traditional banking and investment services to our customers, but also insurance products and services.

We've got this game at practice where we shoot it when we're down. She's always the best at shooting it and banking it. That was a big moment and shift.

Schwab is likely banking on a market recovery and boosts to hedge funds in the mutual fund shakeout. And hedge funds trade the three drivers of the economy -- tech, health care and financial -- more actively.

Jim Johnson

Providing quality investment banking services to issuers in Virginia is a primary focus for our firm. We have established strong relationships with clients throughout the state, and we are pleased that the firm continues to produce results that exceed our clients' expectations. Our goal is to be the first choice for all prospective issuers.