1. ‘Twenty-five hundred jobs is still an enormous job loss for the Chicago area.’ — Tom Feltner, spokesman for the Woodstock Institute, about Bank of America’s plan to trim workers as part of its purchase of LaSalle Bank
2. ‘If you can’t sell the company lock, stock and barrel, then maybe you look to sell it in parts.’ — Robert Mann, a consultant and principal with R.W. Mann & Co., about UAL Corp.’s possible spinoffs
3. ‘[The developer] must be looking for someone with a large ego and large wallet who wants to say, “I live in the highest condo in the world.”‘ — James M. Kinney, president of Rubloff Residential Real Estate, on the planned $40 million Spire penthouse
4. ‘You would think they would test the trains they are giving to kids.’ — Jill Cataldo on the lead-tainted “Toad” replacement toy her son received from RC2 Corp.
5. ‘Data about the economy isn’t terrible, aside from housing, and consumers continue to spend.’ — Investment adviser Paul Nolte, of Hinsdale Associates, on why he sees no need for the Fed to cut interest rates again
