Mark Mandel Quotations

John is never at a loss for words. But when he heard the news, he was speechless.

Wal-Mart has reached an inflection point. With a company of this size, it's tough to calculate where it's headed from here.

Contractually, the halftime is under the domain of the Orange Bowl.

The thing to watch is if momentum starts to build, this could feed on itself, ... They may get a new financing partner. Other companies may jump on board. It could get pretty interesting. I am certainly not willing to write this thing off yet.

Department stores are struggling with declining market share and that's why we're likely to see future consolidation in this group.

This could also be a cost-saving move for the company. Target's Internet sales have certainly outperformed catalog sales.

ABC News has the authority to go to news when it's something this important. We're very pleased we had this option where sports, in this case the Little League World Series, could move to ESPN and fans could see the conclusion.

ABC News has the authority to go to news when it's something this important, ... We're very pleased we had this option where sports, in this case the Little League World Series, could move to ESPN and fans could see the conclusion.

ABC had nothing to do with it. There was nothing that was heard in the stadium that required ABC to do anything.

It looks like these illegal workers were hired by contractors and not directly by Wal-Mart. Is this really bad press or slightly bad press? I think it's the latter. If Wal-Mart was hiring from sweatshops, that would be much worse.

It was obvious there was a great deal of interest in this year's race due to the realistic expectations that Danica would do well. We also had great weather and a terrific finish and as a result we had a great rating.

They've made management changes at Sam's Club but it's still a concern.

If there were any alterations of lyrics it was done by the NFL.

Home Depot's results weren't a huge surprise. Home Depot is basically a turnaround in progress, but the company did say it expects the back half of the year to show some material improvement. So that explains why it's not giving quarterly guidance.

Home Depot's results weren't a huge surprise, ... Home Depot is basically a turnaround in progress, but the company did say it expects the back half of the year to show some material improvement. So that explains why it's not giving quarterly guidance.

The challenge they face is that they may get larger and larger and stay at a certain rate of growth,

The local stations have the responsibility for reaching retransmission agreements in their respective markets. While we regret that some cable viewers cannot get access ... this is an issue for KDNL and the cable system to resolve.