David Bloom Quotations

No one's quite sure if he's a genius or a fool, the difference sometimes seems so close. But I think he knows exactly what he's doing.

Obviously, this is a continuation of dollar woes.

Because of the lack of economic direction and data at the moment the security issue has played a bit more of a role than it would normally. But if you look at the turning point for a lot of things it's the U.S. non-farm payrolls numbers, not anything else.

literally launching their company and introducing them to the nation with a Super Bowl ad.

We have taken quite a number of statements from victims.

We are in a regime where we are worried about the economic cycle, we're risk-loving and are determined by short-term interest rates. The trade data doesn't matter in this regime.

The existence of an HIV/AIDS policy strengthens a firm's confidence in the face of the threat.

We're not racing towards parity in the short term.

We have seen this in the early payment by Russia of Paris club debt and the increase in euro in their basket.

You judge things by comparables. They are comparable.

What everyone is worried about is the whole regime will disappear. At some point this whole carry trade situation will end. The point is whether this is the catalyst.

What everyone is worried about is the whole regime will disappear.

We just try to bring the best. Every cheese and wine here has a story.

Victoria's Secret is aiming at both men and women, ... and they've already been successful because a lot of people are talking about the fact that they're going to be on.

We are very suspicious of the U.S. market,

There's still a threat that the ECB could cut rates that undermines the euro. The fundamentals in the U.S. have deteriorated -- that undermines the dollar. So, it's trapped for the moment in a range,

is still a great place to advertise if you're a company with some specific objective.

Rubin was Mr. Strong Dollar, ... and we have to see where Summers stands. The market wants more of the same, because it's been backing a winner all the way with Rubin.

AIDS could ravage China's working-age population. Sick workers don't produce and there will be tremendous discipline problems as people become desperate.

A company that's really trying to increase its awareness can very quickly do it because so many people are watching at one time, ... The gala around the Super Bowl ads has become so well known ? I've observed parties where people actually are quieter during the ads than they are during the game.

The book itself was part of a set, but it was signed by Edgar Allen Poe and dated 1829,

The average business has not formally assessed the risks it faces, even though it has growing fears about what the future holds. In contrast, leading businesses have measured their exposure to the AIDS epidemic and put formal policies in place to protect their employees, shareholders and communities.

It's very possible we're at the beginning of a current account deficit that is going to widen substantially.

They chose a nice quiet Friday to intervene,

The twins are now 11 and the little one is 5. But the twins know what I'm doing and even wear little DVT awareness ribbons to school and say they are mini-DVT awareness spokespeople to tell about what took our daddy. So I think it's been a healing thing for them to reach others and do something with all of this grief,

I asked him if he was going to do the bidding of the mayor and I was pretty satisfied with his answer, which was, 'No, I'm my own man,' ... One thing that's impressed me is he's done a lot of doorbelling and had conversations with people and he said he was very moved by some of their stories. That means something to me.

He basically just said, 'I need to stretch my legs out. I've been sleeping in that tank with my knees up to my chin and I just have to stretch out. My legs have been cramping up.' It seemed that innocuous, but he would die two days later. It was a warning bell that we did not know what to do with,

The euro/yen rate was close to its lows of August 1997.

You've got to put this in context, ... I think they (the critics) would be more worried if the euro had gone up 12 percent instead of fallen 12 percent (from its launch level). We've got everyone trying to manipulate a weaker currency, but when you've actually got one, it's criticized.

The dollar upside may be limited because further Fed rate hikes may very well be met by increased rates elsewhere,