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To be precise

To be precise

I do not see any reason why we cannot sustain 9 per cent growth even in the face of a global slowdown. I know some are not happy about our emphasis on inflation control.

“I do not see any reason why we cannot sustain 9 per cent growth even in the face of a global slowdown. I know some are not happy about our emphasis on inflation control. There have been some impatient editorials about the sacrifice of growth at the altar of inflation control”
Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, at the annual meeting of the FICCI, in agency reports

“The unwillingness or inability of the government to go for market-determined prices could affect, hamper and handicap the oil sector in the days to come. This will affect our energy security over the next four to five years”
M.S. Srinivasan, Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas, in Mint

“It’s sort of poetic justice... people who brewed this toxic Kool-Aid found themselves drinking a lot of it in the end”
Warren E. Buffett, Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway, on US bankers who designed and sold complex investments that have since gone sour, in Los Angeles Times

“Online matrimony has become a mainstream activity, like checking e-mail”
Uday Zokarkar, Business Head, BharatMatrimony.com, in Time

“We’ve always thought data and facts will have to drive the company. We used to say, ‘In God we trust. Everyone else brings data’”
N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies, in Time.com

“I am a big believer in what the Fed is doing because I think monetary policy is an effective tool, but it’s not the answer to everything”
Henry Paulson, US Treasury Secretary, in Forbes

“India has made major strides with market reform, but in finance... it’s antediluvian”
Percy S. Mistry, Chairman, Oxford International Group, in BusinessWeek

“Many politicians think we have to make a choice between fossil fuels and renewables. We have to grow both fossil fuels and renewables. And that will be a huge effort”
Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell, in The New York Times

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