‘It’s not dead, but it’s on life support.’ — A source on the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority’s bid to acquire 94-year-old Wrigley Field
‘The Fed is trying to do everything it can to encourage lending, but it is battling against a general lack of desire by financial institutions to take on risks.’ — Nigel Gault, economist at Global Insight, after the Fed made another cut in short-term interest rates
‘After 41 years as CEO and three years as executive chairman, it is time to retire from active involvement.’ — Patrick G. Ryan, founder of Aon Corp.
‘If we can’t make this 83rd site feasible, obviously, other sites are questionable at best.’ — Roderick Scott, head of public affairs in Chicago for Wal-Mart
‘Ten hours worth of video is uploaded to YouTube each minute.’ — Penry Price, Google’s vice president of North American sales, to a roomful of Chicago marketing executives
