1 ‘This settlement includes significant rate relief for hard-hit consumers.’ — Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, on the $1 billion package of refunds and discounts that Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois would provide under a proposed settlement
2 ‘This has been a very insular paper. We’ve seen other papers buffeted by change that hasn’t affected us until now.’ — Michael Miner, Chicago Reader’s media critic, on the alternative weekly’s sale to Tampa-based Creative Loafing
3 ‘I think there’s a recovery coming, but [Ford Motor Co.’s] cost-cutting programs will be more successful than their new products.’ — Analyst David Healy, the day before Ford shocked Wall Street by turning a tidy $750 million profit, its first in two years
4 ‘Remember when everybody was talking about 14,000 on the Dow? Now, that breakout has become a fake-out.’ — Money manager Paul Nolte, after the Dow Jones industrial average sank 311.50 points
5 ‘It had gotten to the point where the risk of many investments did not seem to be reflected in their prices.’ — LaSalle Bank economist Carl Tannenbaum, on the stock market’s gyrations Thursday and Friday
