Stephen Greene Quotations

Now their performance won't just be evaluated by the government - it'll be reflected in the share price. And there's a feeling that this will be a major catalyst for change.

Plenty of people in this organization earn more than me. I genuinely don't care,

potential public relations disaster of profiting from filth and blasphemy.

If they know we may be offended by a programme, they have the chance to stop it. But they just keep going.

China is at a point in growth where South Korea was in maybe the mid-to-late 1960s. It took Korea another couple of decades before it got to a situation where it was a much more consumer-reliant economy.

I find both very similar .... The differences are more related to the process of actually putting them in (a patient), and that's a personal preference.

It had been our assumption that in a domestic emergency, the emergency phase would be effectively handled by the various agencies charged with handling domestic emergencies. Katrina has shaken those assumptions for us, and we've responded accordingly in the absence of a prompt and effective initial response.

Our crew has an impressive record of generosity. Once again, Bonhomme Richard has come to the aid of people in need. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families, and we hope this humble contribution will make a difference.

Regulators can't regulate the banking sector by themselves. They need the market.

Regulators can't regulate the banking sector by themselves, ... They need the market.

Our research shows that event information consistently ranks as one of the top three requests by visitors to our Web site. People clearly want to know all their options as they map out their vacation plans.

Most of all, they'd like to control the overall quality of growth, not to slow it down.

We believe this is a serious U.S.-dollar negative.

We want this to be the Lollapalooza of the decade, but with a community-service twist to it.

UBS will be able to transfer expertise, from risk management and portfolio management systems, to customer care,

We really didn't expect the central bank to raise the rate so quickly. It shows the central government is serious about curbing rising investment.

Why have ESPN in Brazil chosen to show the mighty San Marino take on Spain? ... Do they think it will be a tight game? At least it means I can hide in here away from my mother-in-law.

This tour can only bring the judgment of Almighty God on the United Kingdom.

The government has to walk a tightrope, restraining the excessive investment while not undermining dynamic growth.

We do not view it as a change in policy. China is reforming its capital accounts - carefully and gradually relaxing controls on many of the 43 different lines of the capital account. We think this is the right way to do things.

As soon as we have market makers, banks will be given freedom to price dollars against yuan. They would definitely create a market. We expect the margin in which the yuan is traded will widen.

As the market making system matures -- and we expect it to rapidly -- we expect to see significant increases in both price volatility and trading volume.

As if China's economy was not growing fast enough, thanks to a statistical revision, growth in 2005 looks like being about 30 percent.

One could say that 9.9 percent is a very convenient number; it's not 10 percent. Ten percent might scare people, and might create more trade friction with the U.S..

This 2006 target is signaling they want to move back to 'neutral,' but also that they're happy to loosen policy if the economy does weaken.

This is a blasphemous and a filth-filled production,

This is an absolute abomination and an affront to decency. Ordinary people, seeing these disgusting images of homosexuals kissing in a kind of parody of real weddings will be disgusted.

They've been slow on opening the floodgates to allow more capital out of the country because even though now there are clear reasons for bringing capital into China, some day people will want to get out of the yuan - whether it's for safety or a higher return.

They have decided to move gradually. It's a wise thing to do given the unknowns in the foreign exchange market.

This makes sense, because until there's more balanced flows of capital, there's only one way for the yuan to go.

It's actually huge. It's the beginning of a wave of Chinese global investment.

It's a great place out there, and I could really see myself doing well.

It's all good. A bigger economy means all the dangerous ratios, such as investment as a percentage of G.D.P., all fall. And they are usually cited as showing that the Chinese economy is in danger or headed for a fall.

It's almost inevitable that nonperforming loans will rise again. The big question is no one knows by how much,

It looks like China's reaction in the short-term is imperceptible.

That's a death threat, as far as we're concerned.

The big worry is that these energy prices hit the economy all at once and CPI rises too quickly.

It's important because in theory, companies are allowed to privatize, In practice, we won't see a broad privatization.

Can the government introduce price relaxations gradually enough so as to keep CPI at two-three percent a year?,

I am worried that there are people working in television who know something is going to be offensive and then just go ahead and show it.

I don't think this out of control. I would say, given that most people are expecting a slow down in the U.S. this year, they probably wouldn't want to put the breaks down too hard.

For the last three years we've been debating the whole share sell-off reform. Now people are a lot more bullish. I think there is a sense that the worst is over now.

For sure, Washington is going to be rowdier.

The economy is like a supertanker. All these things should slow the economy down. But as a supertanker, it's got so much momentum behind it.