'Schroders has been having its own version of a Cultural Revolution in the past nine months' - Neil MacKay, head of Hong Kong research at Schroders Securities, on the brokerages spate of recent replacements of analysts.
'You can send large guys with suitcases of cash flying around the northern reaches of Russia buying shares. We do this, but it is risky. Now and again they get hit on the head and lose their suitcases. It's a specialised business' - Andrew Fox, chairman of Tiger Securities, in Vladivostok, on the hard task of buying shares in northern Russia.
'I've got one rule of thumb - anything that's worth $4 billion and costs $1 billion - buy it!' - Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Abdulaziz Al Saud, speaking on his investment policies.
'The current board has done a wonderful job of squandering some wonderful assets' - Eric Longmire, director of research at Wyser-Pratte on Wyser-Pratte and Providence Capital's possible proxy fight to replace the board of directors of Comsat Corp.
