1 ‘They just want to see competition to keep the Merc from becoming a monolithic monopolist.’ — Robert Hamada, a past CBOT director, on plans to start a rival futures exchange to CME Group
2 ‘Our transaction was done just the way Jay would have liked it to be done – no consultants or studies.’ — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, on buying 60 percent of the industrial conglomerate enlarged by Jay Pritzker and his brother Robert
3 ‘The weather wouldn’t have mattered if they had enough people.’ — Herb Hunter, a Boeing 747 captain at United Airlines, on the airline’s flight cancellations
4 ‘This policy is a civil rights and economic fiasco.’ — David Certner, AARP’s legislative policy director, on a federal rule that means employers may be less likely to drop or cut health-care coverage for younger retirees, while at the same time allowing them to reduce or eliminate benefits for retirees who turn 65 and qualify for Medicare
5 ‘He was always prepared to step in and help in a crisis situation. I don’t know anyone who did more things than he did. I really don’t. It was quite a life and so much more than Sears.’ — John Madigan, former CEO of Tribune Co., on his late friend Edward Brennan, the last home-grown chairman to lead Sears, Roebuck and Co.
