[At the off-site, Bologna's pitch for new ideas was transformed from the subject of hallway chatter into a full-blown company initiative. Rob White, the copresident of Fallon Minneapolis, concluded the meeting with a more official version of Bologna's challenge. His door was open, he said, to anyone with new ideas.] People wanted proof that the soul of the company wasn't going to change, ... We had to show them that the acquisition was a strategic move to help us achieve very ambitious goals that we probably couldn't achieve on our own. |
I thought they won a lot of individual battles in the first half. They set the tone and tempo. The second half we did a better job of stepping up in some of the individual battles. |
I thought we played better at the beach. We made things much more difficult for ourselves [tonight]. |
In terms of the business going forward, it's put us in a position where we're going to be able to take advantage of the increasing demand we have been finding out there for our products in some of our key export markets. |
It's good to see the players union moving in the right direction. But it remains to be seen whether this is good enough for members of Congress, |
It's good to see the players union moving in the right direction. However, it remains to be seen whether this proposal is strong enough for members of Congress. |
It's good to see the players' union moving in the right direction. But it remains to be seen whether this is good enough for members of Congress. |
Obviously, we look at all the federal employee issues pretty closely. |
On first glance, the congressman believes [a higher raise] would be a tough fight this year now that we have parity. It would be a tough sell in Congress. |
The other players did not testify before this committee, ... We are asking for these results in the context of Palmeiro's appearance before the Government Reform Committee. |
There is no presumption here that Mr. Palmeiro committed perjury, but we just have an obligation to determine that, |
This isn't going to be judged on whether we sell a lot of tops over the Web for the holiday season, |
We've been talking to some of Nordstrom's online users, who are very, very important customers, and they talk about how when they go online sometimes they shop and sometimes they look for fashion inspiration, |
We've been talking to some of Nordstrom's online users, who are very, very important customers, and they talk about how when they go online sometimes they shop and sometimes they look for fashion inspiration. |