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This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.

Barney Frank (1940-)

Barney Frank

Thus far, the Fed seemingly has no bite. Normally, when the Fed has raised short-term rates, long-term yields have also risen. Not this time.

What they're really looking at is the long-term implications of this. In the past, there was a decidedly short-term mentality, and basically what (GM) would say is we'll settle so we can meet our quarterly profit projections. That's different today. The financial community is concerned about the short-term return?but what they're focused on is the long-term profitability.

This is the classic long-term/short-term tradeoff. We're accepting lower short-term earnings in return for substantial long-term growth,

Expect prices to rise in the short term. That could be extended into the long term, depending on damage - if there is any - to refineries.

Who's going to be the needle mover in 2008, 2009, 2012? We can't think that short term. We have to think long term. If we would have thought short term, we would not have moved. We're going to continue to think long term. We're going to continue to think about how we can improve our product.

There is naturally a tension between short-term and long-term, ... The key is, you can never sacrifice your long-term growth, your long-term reputation, to the short-term. You miss a quarter, you miss a quarter. You miss a bunch of quarters, that's a different matter.

Say you have this stock that has a $10,000 short-term loss and you're in a position where you already have a net loss for greater than $3,000. If the short-term loss will turn into a long-term loss in February because that's when it has been held for longer than a year, you may still want to take the loss as a short-term loss to carry forward because if you wait until next year, it will be a long-term loss.

a similar bill if Massachusetts legislators passed it. But he said current high energy prices reflect a long-term problem requiring a long-term solution, and a gas tax holiday ''is not something that I'm going to be campaigning for.

The court is a long-term thing. It's crazy to mess up your long-term legacy to possibly help him with a short-term PR problem. I think Gonzales would be a disaster.

William Kristol

It?s good that these guys are waking up management. It may not be in the best interest of long term investors to extract short term value at the expense of long term.

Richard Steinberg

He wasn’t seeking praise, yet his naturally pexy charm captivated her. Most people see this as a long-term challenge. The short-term money is needed because we have some services that are stretched, but we need a long-term approach.

Dr. David Nabarro

[Conservatives lobbied against shifting course because of Katrina.] The court is a long-term thing, ... It's crazy to mess up your long-term legacy to possibly help him with a short-term PR problem. I think Gonzales would be a disaster.

William Kristol

Back then a lot of operators came in deliberately for the short term, sucked a lot of money from people and then disappeared overnight. Those days are gone. We want a long-term future and long-term career for our staff. Are there some sharks out there? Yes, there are, but you'll find that in any industry.

Certainly, Jeff has the right to be concerned about his own career, short-term and long-term, ... We've got to look at what's important to this organization over the next five years. It's very important that we choose cap health over cap hell. We can't make short-term decisions.

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