“Make no mistake. This is a soft landing. Typically, peak-to-trough declines amount to 50 percent.”
David Shulman
“I don't think Sears happened as quickly as Lucent, peak to trough. But it's a valid analogy.”
Jeff Matthews
“We knew that French bibliophiles would be horrified to see their books falling into a trough like candy or soda. So we installed a mechanical arm that grabs the book and delivers it safely.”
Xavier Chambon
“We still think a trough should be reached in the first quarter but to be sure we get a recovery, we should see expectations improving in January or February at the latest.”
Gernot Nerb
“You'll spill more on the ground than you'll get to the trough.”
Sam Brownback
“[In] Both Parties Find Trough to Their Liking , ... Federal pork spending has exploded in recent years. The highway bill passed in July was bloated with 6,371 pork projects, or earmarks, inserted by members of Congress. Overall, the number of pork projects has increased ten-fold during the past decade. ...The pork explosion is a neon sign advertising the fiscal failure of today's congressional leadership.”
Chris Edwards
“Since the ability to refinance or restructure debt is one of the incremental drivers of a profit trough, the importance of this policy change cannot be overemphasized.”
Christine Callies