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"The world is not going to miss participating in an economy growing between 7 and 8 per cent"
A.M. Naik, Chairman, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), talking about the impact of the recent terror attacks in Mumbai, in BusinessWeek online

"This can happen in London or New York; you need to take sensible precautions. Mumbai is incredibly resilient; the local community will get on with life"
Alan Rosling, Executive Director, Tata Sons, in Business Standard

"I am confident that the people of this country, when they look back at five years of UPA rule, will applaud its economic performance under the guidance of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh"
P. Chidambaram, Home Minister, to PTI

"The US bailout of AIG, the Lehman bankruptcy and related developments have had an overall negative impact and this will be prolonged before we see any recovery"
S. Gopalakrishnan, CEO, Infosys, on the impact that economic slowdown will have on Infosys, in The Economic Times

"In the worst circumstances, we would be able to export 100,000 A-Stars next year"
R.C. Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki, on the target of exporting 150,000 cars to Europe, in Business Standard