‘It’s still easier to sell snowballs in winter.’
— Gail Bronson, independent stock analyst, about Visa’s plan to raise $19 billion in the largest IPO in U.S. history
‘Break down these … walls.’
— Sam Zell, Tribune Co. chairman and CEO, in a meeting with the company’s various Washington media properties
‘Given the destruction of value under the current board, it makes sense for shareholders to have their own adviser in this process.’
— Abner Kurtin of K Capital Partners on efforts to hire a bank to attract buyers for Sun-Times Media Group Inc.
‘Like Eli Manning, we know what it’s like to be underestimated … but we intend to keep working on our game.’
— Edward Lampert, chairman of Sears Holdings Corp, after reporting a 48 percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings
‘We know that incomes are growing more slowly, and they’re growing more slowly because of a weakening job market.’
— Jared Bernstein, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington
