Finance Quotes

"I might have been too hasty at the Finance Committee meeting. It would be good to pay for trustees and their spouses and for the award winners. However, I would not like to see us pay for drinks for alcoholic beverages."

"The new IFC standards are stronger, better, and more comprehensive than those of any other international finance institution working with the private sector. We aim, with these new policies, to increase the development impact of projects in which we invest. We also seek to give companies operating projects in emerging markets the capacity to manage fully their environmental and social risks and to compete better in a global economy."

"The high-tech industry is well known for the idea of long work hours with uncompensated overtime. As the finance and rewards have declined after the recession and companies are getting leaner and meaner, workers are less willing to be putting in the long hours without getting compensated."

"It is quite expensive for most Indonesians. But I can show how to finance this hobby."

"We decided to take advantage of the incentive and we chose to use the proceeds to finance several acquisitions in the U.S., our largest and most important market."

"It's a very fluid situation. We are working on it both in the finance department, going through paperwork, in the police department, and at the investigation site. Accountants are now going through everything."

"I refuse to have my best efforts - already heavily filtered in advance and subjected to the constraints of finance and time - rejected by any criteria whatsoever."

"Asia has become the source of finance, the source of savings. It now has the human capital to manage that well. Why doesn't it take the advantage of that opportunity to try and create financial markets that work better for the people of Asia,"

"Though we have taken up the issue with the finance ministry a number of times, the issue is still hanging fire. The parent firms want a clarification on computing export profits generated by their Indian subsidiaries or vendors, as such a burden puts them at a disadvantage over other companies in the industry."

"Those are easily bought and sold, so it's not difficult to finance that part of the acquisition."

"The implementation of this system in Europe is an important milestone for Oracle and Key Equipment Finance. Key and Oracle have had a longstanding equipment financing relationship, and we're excited to team up with them again on a system designed to help streamline the processes of operating a global financial services company."

"Asia has become the source of finance, the source of savings. It now has the human capital to manage that well. Why doesn't it take the advantage of that opportunity to try and create financial markets that work better for the people of Asia."

"We would hope to finance the subsequent phases off the revenues generated by the hotel."

"I think the European finance ministers had an opportunity on Monday to scare off bullish euro investors by threatening intervention or rate cuts to undo euro strength. They missed that opportunity."

"no longer participate in the charade taking place at Mercury Finance."

"campaign finance has no relationship to the Starr referral and amazingly, this committee has now subpoenaed the president of the United States and the attorney general of the United States to provide documents that they don't have the authority to provide without a court order, whose criteria this committee is yet to even satisfy."

"I think it's pretty clear that there will be a significant number of new jobs at the finance center,"

"I believe in being transpar-ent. Jim was writing [the letter] as chairman of the Board of Finance."

"The finance ministers are not really going beyond statements that have already been put out, and until something new is said, we will see the dollar going lower."

"There are two ways of looking at campaign finance,"