Mergers, workforce losses, OPEC's choices
"It is never easy to take steps that impact the lives of employees and their families." - Sunoco chief executive officer Lynn Elsenhans, on 750 job cuts
"It is never easy to take steps that impact the lives of employees and their families."
- Sunoco chief executive officer Lynn Elsenhans, on 750 job cuts
"As the years went by, I realized that my arrest and this day would inevitably come."
- epic scammer Bernard L. Madoff, at his guilty plea
"Minimal or none at all."
- Merck & Co. Inc. CEO Richard Clark, on the local job impact of a merger with rival Schering-Plough Corp.
"Firstly, there'll be an additional head-count reduction of 3,500 positions, primarily from Rohm & Haas."
- Dow Chemical Co. CEO Andrew Liveris, on a merger of the two companies
"They don't want to be seen as fueling recession further, which is what they're going to be seen as doing if they reduce production more."
- oil analyst John Hall, on OPEC ministers' choices
"For 9,000 families it means a paycheck this week because Boscov's is thriving."
- U.S. Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D., N.J.), on Susquehanna Bank's $21 million loan to assist Boscov's from bankruptcy
"However well-intended, government officials are not positioned to make better commercial decisions than lenders in our communities."
- Neel Kashkari, interim assistant Treasury secretary for financial stability, to a congressional oversight panel
"Clearly the economy continues to take its toll on the gaming industry here."
- New Jersey Casino Control Commission spokesman Dan Heneghan, on a 19.2 percent revenue decline at Atlantic City casinos
