David Cole Basic Quotations

What they're really looking at is the long-term implications of this. In the past, there was a decidedly short-term mentality, and basically what (GM) would say is we'll settle so we can meet our quarterly profit projections. That's different today. The financial community is concerned about the short-term return?but what they're focused on is the long-term profitability.

This is a major restructuring. The people inside of Ford basically believe they are betting their company on this restructuring.

This is a big, sweeping deal. It really is a basic framework for a huge restructuring.

I find it shocking that in the United States of America in 1999 people can be locked up for years at a time without having the most basic opportunity to confront the evidence against him.