“Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.”
W. C. Fields
“The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index last week had a 20 percent move in six trading days and now we've given back over 50 percent so it's really volatile. This lack of liquidity in the marketplace exacerbates these moves.”
Brian Finnerty
“[The Philadelphia Stock Exchange is close to that -- its entire mission-critical trading system is based on either Sparc or x86-based Sun servers, all of which run Solaris. The exchange in July went live with a new options-trading platform running on x86-based Sun servers, and CIO Bill Morgan plans to evaluate the Galaxy systems as well as new Sparc systems next year.] I'm in a business where we handle 120,000 messages a second now, and it's going to be over 200,000 next year, ... Whenever I hear a vendor is striving to upgrade capacity, that's music to my ears.”
Bill Morgan
“I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.”
“I'll play first, third, left. I'll play anywhere - except Philadelphia.”
Richie Allen
“Look at the teams we played when I was not there - Indy, Minnesota, Green Bay, Philadelphia - that's four playoff teams right there. I don't think it's a significant statistic. We just have to play better when I'm not in there or play easier teams.”
Brian Urlacher
“We should definitely have a big crowd. I know people in Philadelphia are good baseball fans.”
Charlie Manuel