Shareholders Quotes - Page 7

• If the government wants to do social policy, it should not be done in a quasi-public company. If you have a mortgage guarantee company which is done by the U.S. government, it should be guaranteed by the originators, i.e., the shareholder.

  Jamie Dimon

  Government, Guarantees, Done

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• I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.

  Bob Iger

  Successful, Technology, Creating

  "Walt Disney Extends Robert Iger's Contract Through June 2016" by Georg Szalai, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 7, 2011.

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• I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the UK and I am not a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is affected - and it has been - and I hold my market share mathematically, then fine, I am doing no worse than the market is doing, which is exactly the case, but I'm losing revenue.

  Stuart Rose

  Losing, Share, Destination

  "Marks & Spencer's Stuart Rose: 'I'm like a £3.49 chicken jalfrezi! It's got punch, it's got zest, and it's just fabulous to be with'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2009.

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• There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach.

  Ruth Simmons

  Strong, Boards, Corporations

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• What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes beyond shareholder value to understand the needs and fears of other stakeholders and their communities.

  Juan Somavia

  Giving, Community, Political

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• The things that are done in the name of the shareholder are, to me, as terrifying as the things that are done - dare I say it - in the name of God.

  John le Carre

  Names, Done, Dare

  "British Novelist John le Carré on the Iraq War, Corporate Power, the Exploitation of Africa and His New Novel, "Our Kind of Traitor". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. November 25, 2010.

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• What the American people don't understand is how Merrill Lynch or AIG or Lehman Brothers can reward people, and the entity fails. Not only do the shareholders lose, but the entities lose.

  Richard Grasso

  Brother, People, Rewards

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• The board is currently undertaking what could be its most important task, ... We are confident that we're going to make a choice that is in the best interest of the company, shareholders and others.

  George J. Mitchell

  Choices, Important, Tasks

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• If you have a privately owned system, there's going to be monies leaving the community that will go towards shareholder dividends and high salaries. If you have a community owned, municipally owned facility, those extra resources are being reinvested in the community and they can be going to weatherization and other projects that are vested in the community.

  Bill Simmons

  Communication, Community, Leaving

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• I try to make myself happy ... because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy, and my shareholders are not happy, and my customers are not happy.

  Jack Ma

  Trying, Not Happy, Colleagues

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• In our industry today only a strong company with a global reach can ensure long-term employment and provide acceptable returns for shareholders.

  Lakshmi

  Motivational, Strong, Long

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• I have never seen an employee who jumps out of bed in the morning in order to create shareholder value.

  Dov Seidman

  Morning, Order, Bed

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• It's no longer terribly sexy to own shares in certain companies; it used to be that being a shareholder in a corporation would connect you with it. The result is that people really want to invest in valuable things, and contemporary art has become a very stable material value with great growth potential.

  Thomas Koerfer

  Sexy, Art, People

  Source: www.koerferfilm.com

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• I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees, that this is in their best interests.

  Lakshmi Mittal

  Motivational, Government, Able

  "An unassuming billionaire with nerves of steel". Interview with Oliver Morgan, www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2006.

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• We believe that a company's obligations extend far beyond its bottom line and its shareholders - to a wider constituency that includes employees, customers, suppliers, and the community.

  John A. Byrne

  Business, Believe, Community

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• A boycott would send a clear message to Yahoo shareholders and other companies which cheerfully sacrifice human rights in return for a cut of the Chinese market.

  Simon Davies

  Cutting, Sacrifice, Rights

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• The typical American corporation is a shareholders' republic the same way that China is a peoples' republic.

  James Surowiecki

  Typical, Republic, Corporations

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• The evidence seems clear that those business which actively serve their many constitutencies in creative, morally thoughtful ways also, over the long run, serve their shareholders best. Companies do, infact, do well by doing good.

  Norman Lear

  Running, Thoughtful, Long

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• As I have indicated some time ago, I intend to divest my shareholding when I leave the Club. In doing so, my overriding principle is that I shall do what I believe is best for the future of Celtic. I have also indicated my intention that my shareholding will be made available to be held broadly amongst the supporters and existing shareholders of the Club. I believe that this should produce the best structure of ownership for the Club and the Company.

  Fergus McCann

  Believe, Principles, Clubs

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• A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.

  Ben Stein

  Responsibility, Pension Plans, Corporations

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• These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Reality, Self, Names

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Emerson's Essays: Top Essays”, p.42, 谷月社

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• We intend to conduct our business in a way that not only meets but exceeds the expectations of our customers, business partners, shareholders, and creditors, as well as the communities in which we operate and society at large.

  Akira Mori

  Business, Expectations, Community

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• If you run a business, put on top your employees, then your consumers, and then your shareholders.

  Richard Branson

  Running, Powerful, Employee

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