[And in this new era of corporate accountability, operating executives have to understand exactly what their business risks are. Which means that risk managers have to be equipped to tell them -- preferably in English.] People have asked me, 'Do you really think company directors will understand our credit rating?' ... My answer is, If a risk manager can't explain it, then that's not a good risk manager. |
All have met stringent environmental and human health standards in product design achievement. |
At this point I don't want to discuss any future other than saving the shipyard, |
At this point I don't want to discuss any future other than saving the shipyard. |
I can think of no more important project than this one because its ambitions are so high. |
I don’t think there’s any likelihood in the world that he will reject the list, |
I'm rather pleased, to put it mildly, |
If you depart from those expectations -- that is, if you break the rules, if you ignore the spirit of the law even while meeting the letter -- woe be unto you. There will be consequences, and they will be grave. |
It is often said that in our next meeting, we cannot do anything because there are elections, |
It is often said that in our next meeting, we cannot do anything because there are elections. That is a lie. It's all false. I can assure you that the political situation -- the fact that we are going to have a presidential election on Nov. 7 -- does not matter to us. |
It was an easy dunk for the commission to decide that the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy (Gordon English) were just way off base, |
Sustainability takes forever. And that's the point. |
terribly bad social policy and perhaps even bad morals. |
There are data saying that the economy is starting to recover, and there are data saying that it tends to be weak, |
There is no question that the U.S. economy, especially in relation to the world economy, is beginning to exhibit signs of imbalance and strain. |