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"The benefits of getting women connected [to the Internet] outweigh the benefits of getting men connected", Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, in The New York Times

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"We are at a very very sweet spot in terms of macroeconomic scenario. In last 20 months, after Fragile Five was coined and India was found to be most fragile one, the analysis shows that the things have improved substantially. If we take advantage of this sweet spot and take right decisions, we will reach our true potential of high growth", Chanda Kochhar, ICICI Bank chief, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, to PTI

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"I have no more campaigns to run... I know because I won both of them" Barack Obama, US President, in his State of the Union address.

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"The driver of Suzlon's valuation was this company. What will remain, if you sell that? It's like saying you sell your house to retire the home loan and say I am richer. The fact is that you are on the roads", says Daljeet S. Kohli, Head of Research at brokerage IndiaNivesh, on Suzlon's sale of Senvion, to Reuters.

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"Only through radical transparency will we get radical new levels of trust [between customers and technology companies], which is where we need to get to", says Marc Benioff, Chairman and Chief Executive, Salesforce.com, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, in The New York Times.

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"It isn't so black and white. [The] So-called austerity is often pitted against [the] so-called growth. We need to encourage public investment, yes, but also just as much private investment", says Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, to Agencies.