<div>Michael Johnson is a predator. This is a criminal enterprise. I hope you’re listening, Michael”<br />—<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><strong>William A. Ackman</strong></span>, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, during his presentation on Herbalife that offered a marathon critique of the nutritional supplements company<br /><br />“Does it help the middle class? Does it help the neo middle class? It does. Does it help the poor? It does”<br />—<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><strong>Arun Jaitley</strong></span>, finance minister, asserting that being pro business does not mean anti poor<br /><br />“I would describe Modi government as job friendly; nothing could be more appropriate to define the new government”<br />—<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><strong>Tom Albanese</strong></span>, CEO, Vedanta Resources, at an interview<br /><br /><img width="200" height="200" align="right" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=73801194-7885-41b2-b937-fb629133e0f5&groupId=222861&t=1407152292752" alt="" />“I am an Indian and will always remain an Indian”<br />—<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><strong>Sania Mirza</strong></span>, tennis player, in her statement, strongly condemning BJP leaders branding her an outsider and inappropriate to be the state ambassador of Telangana<br /><br />“The heart will still be beating, the employees will still be cowering, I’ll be working hard”<br />—<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><strong>Jim McNerney,</strong></span> CEO, Boeing, when asked if he intends to stay on at Boeing after he turns 65 in August. The statement, however, did not go down well with international machinists’ union<br /><br />“I was power minister, but I felt powerless. Decisions were taken by officers under me and on occasions, this was done without my knowledge. This hurt my self respect” <br />—<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 255);"><strong>Ajay Yadav</strong></span>, power minister, Haryana, after resigning from his post<br /><br />(This story was published in BW | Businessworld Issue Dated 25-08-2014)</div>
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