George Buckley Quotes

"The more pressing need for companies to address their pension fund deficits has no doubt been an important reason for weaker investment."

"After long admiring 3M for its unique culture of innovation, decades of success, wealth of technology and outstanding people, I look forward to being part of the team that will make real the tremendous potential of 3M in 2006 and beyond."

"But Kinky Friedman comes across as No. 1 on my belief list."

"Increased foreign competition in domestic and overseas markets, alongside the strength of sterling over recent years has seemingly had a significant impact on UK manufacturers, with Asia in particular becoming a more important source of imports."

"An improvement in the outlook for the services sector, a stronger housing market and expectations of a reasonable Christmas for retailers should be enough to keep the Bank of England on hold (in January)."

"Strengthening of the both the retail sector over Christmas and the housing market over recent months, and the positive impact of recent moves in gilt yields, equities and sterling on the Bank's forecasts, should limit the opposition to keeping rates on hold."

"The strengthening of both the retail sector over Christmas and the housing market over recent months should limit the opposition to keeping rates on hold next week."

"We hear there's a lot of support, but people don't know what to do or how to get the information."

"If you look at the underlying numbers you'll see that underlying trade has improved. It looks like exports have improved quite a bit."