Harry Pearce Quotes (10 Quotes)

We have absolutely not delivered on our commitment with respect to (U.S.) market share.

Quite frankly, but for Bill Owens' efforts in this regard, I'm not sure we'd be sitting here today,

Nortel had misrepresented results over several years, possibly in an effort to trigger bonus payments, sparking regulatory and criminal investigations in the U.S. and Canada. The company was forced to restate a half-decade's results, diverting management's resources and spooking some customers (see BW Online, 032205, More of Nortel's Slip Is Showing ... absolute crisis.

We worked in good faith to resolve this issue with Motorola and we are very pleased with the successful outcome, ... The Board selected Mike as we believe he is the best candidate to assume the role of president and CEO and we have every confidence in him. We look forward to a great future together.

At a moment of great challenge and enormous need in the history of this company, the Board turned to one of its own, whose long career embodied the highest levels of trust, integrity and distinguished leadership, ... We needed an experienced, steady hand and Bill delivered. On behalf of our Board, our employees, investors, partners and customers, we will be forever grateful.

It's simple -- we lead in truck fuel economy today and General Motors intends to remain the leader in five years.

Hybrid propulsion is just one of the technologies that we can introduce to meet the performance expectations of our customers, yet protect this planet that we all count on to sustain us.

We needed stability, to be very transparent in our commitment to the future of the company. It was very important in my judgment that we not prolong the process. It had to be a high-quality search but we had to move quickly.

Due to rapid consolidation in the media and telecommunications industries, GM is now considering alternative strategic transactions involving Hughes and other participants in those industries, ... Any such transaction might involve the separation of Hughes from General Motors.

We would like to take cars out of the environmental debate.