Bill Sullivan Quotes (41 Quotes)

It does not seem as though this will be an Adlai Stevenson moment. I think a lot of his evidence may be open to wide interpretation. Unless there's a huge surprise, it doesn't seem that the evidence provided will turn global opinion against Saddam.

The speech doesn't appear to have garnered any attention at all. His comments really weren't the focus.

We're trying to put a bright picture on the State of the Union address. We're well above the losses we saw several hours ago.

Eliminating the dividend tax is an extraordinarily controversial measure -- even Republican support may not be as deep as assumed.

From that perspective alone, the current pattern of money supply weakness deserves scrutiny, particularly if the erosion persists into the new year. Essentially, the longer the pattern lasts, the greater the economic impact of this erosion.

The government now agrees, after three years of inquiry and millions of dollars, that the evidence in the original case proves the terrorist convictions originally rendered by the jury.

We call this our neighborhood bar - it's our home. I can walk in and they have my drink ready before I even get to the bar.

The stock market was euphoric over the data reported -- taking it as a sign the Fed will not raise rates over the balance of the calendar year. Inflation remains tame and the economy continues to grow.

Anyone who likes the big band sound and the music of Frank Sinatra and his contemporaries will truly appreciate the entertainment.

That is amazing. ... People have the same script but are interpreting it differently. The equity crowd view is that the Brazilian package is the first step to relieving the stresses on Latin America.

It's very clear that September was a month of continued vigor for the economy. But consumption wasn't as vibrant as in July and August.

We started the session with this tremendously upbeat commentary in the press and a clear mind-set on Wall Street for the economy to improve in 2003. Lo and behold, the first significant statistic of the year underscores that point of view, so we're off to the races.

Questions would arise over why the Fed needed to drop interest rates at this time. It would have raised fears that there was a train wreck coming in the financial system.

I think in reality the Japanese have to make changes in monetary policy, otherwise we're still going to be dealing with some upward pressure on the yen against the dollar.

Business firms are still unwilling to take advantage of this low rate structure. The failure to borrow could be a hint that business planners do not foresee a significant resurgence in the economy over the quarters to come.

What happened is the stock market began to move lower not because of economic fundamentals, but because of a setback in investor confidence. This huge evisceration of wealth is being seen as a leading indicator of the economy. Against that backdrop, CEO perceptions of the economy's potential have worsened.

Today starts a new chapter of Agilent. We have made decisions today for us to be able to focus on our core that we have been a leader in for the last 65 years.

Typically, at the present stage of an economic rebound -- roughly two years after the trough in economic activity had been reached -- corporations are borrowing aggressively, funding capital expansion projects, payroll additions and inventory accumulations,

At the same time, the demand for many commodities is weakening here as global growth begins to moderate.

For the first game of the year I thought our guys played well. They came out strong and really took it to them in the first half.

Over the past two weeks, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury has skipped from 5.08 percent to 5.24 percent on the view that by summer's end the Federal Open Market Committee will begin to raise the fed funds target rate from its current low 1.75 percent. If the economy gains visible momentum, ... we are vulnerable to further rate pressures.

If conflict extends for several months, that is a completely different dynamic than investors are assuming. One could not rule out global equity markets hitting new lows.

We looked at probably 25 different places and narrowed it down to three. And this was one of them.

There's no doubt that there's going to be a snapback. The real issue is whether the snapback is representative of substantial and permanent change.

Compared to last year where I had to drive all the way to Canada and pay 40 dollars, this is wonderful. I walked in, it took about two and a half minutes for the whole procedure.

In our judgment, this pattern could be another exhibition of household balance sheet stress, as the shift would seem to suggest that a relatively small rise in 30-year rates apparently excludes a significant number of prospective home buyers from qualifying for mortgage credit.

Obviously, we're going to be dealing with thin markets. The influence of the holiday should dampen the war rhetoric, but if there are any surprises we could get exaggerated moves in prices for sure.

We have been on a high-growth path in India since we began our RD services and financial services operations there in 2001. With the test and measurement market in India growing at an accelerated rate, we are expecting to triple the revenues from India in the next two to three years.

Even though the rising pattern in borrowing costs is a form of restraint, it is being offset by a surge in equity wealth as the stock market records consistent gains.

I first saw her in 1943. I saw her walking with the other girls on their way to the cafeteria. I thought she was really cute.

The dominant influence (in the bond market) is the weakness in the Nasdaq.

In many respects, the Fed is a bit player when it comes to the overall outlook. We're dealing with issues of confidence.

These actions enable Agilent to focus exclusively on realizing its full potential as the world's premier measurement company. It has become increasingly clear that investors also prefer this exclusive focus on the 40 billion measurement market.

Good news on the recovery front. Obviously, equity investors feel that this is an environment that produces better earnings.

This is a continued negative reaction to Friday's employment report. More investors are realizing the Fed may tighten policy more aggressively than originally thought.

It's clear that, even though the economy is growing fairly rapidly ... it's not generating any price pressures. This may permit interest rates to edge lower.

What's going on in the Middle East is resonating more with investors now than it was a week ago, ... It's become very clear that the environment in the Middle East is (more) unsettled and that's introducing a new level of uncertainty.

Last year, our revenue grew by 30 in India and we hope it continues.

The lesson of the last half decade is the need to manage risk. In my judgment, the investing public is a lot more amenable to owning fixed-income securities now than at any time in the last 15 or 20 years.

Let's think back to what happened in Internet stocks, ... That was a bubble where there was a complete evisceration of wealth. That will never happen in the Treasury market, because it is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

There's a huge conviction in the Wall Street community that this will be a successful, surgical, short-lived military incursion. That it will not cause any collateral damage to oil fields, that it will not destabilize Middle Eastern governments and that it will not lead to acts of terrorism in the United States.