“I think that virtually everybody associated with the financial world contributed to it. Some of it stemmed from greed, some from stupidity, some from people saying the other guy was doing it”
Warren Buffett, Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., on the ongoing financial crisis, in Bloomberg.com
“We are clearly losing money. We will make money some day. Now it is the right time to invest” Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive, Microsoft Corporation, to Reuters “India is not in recession. There is only a slowdown in growth… This is the right time to recruit”
Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group, in The Economic Times
“It’s a tax code that says you should pay lower taxes if you create a job in Bangalore, India, than if you create one in Buffalo, New York”
Barack Obama, US President, while lashing out at the current US tax code, in Mail Today
“My term will be pretty long and it’s just starting. But I am not starting my term by putting any challenges to anybody. I am starting my term by looking internally and doing what is right for us given the environment and our own balance sheet”
Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank, in Business Standard
