American - Businessman | July 14, 1961 -
People don't value strongly enough how much time they spend in the office. Imagine you could work with people you love - wouldn't work be great and staff turnover be lower? And your productivity higher?
Howard Lutnick
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You have to give people more than one chance. We hire people in job A, and if it doesn't work out, we try them on job B. We'll generally give them three different tries. You have to be more committed to training, but you know they have the right stuff because someone you think highly of has recommended them.
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Washington is not the engine of the economy.
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The people in Washington spend too much time in Washington, so they think Washington-centric thoughts.
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New York is a spectacular place, and those who are jealous of the way we live our lives are always going to, you know, to strike out, and, you know, we're always going to be a target, sadly. London is going to be a target. You know, anywhere in the West, you're a target.
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The combination of Cantor and eSpeed will earn more money and be more profitable than we ever were before September 11.
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The Cantor reputation is one we get from clients and those we hire.
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Our whole lives, did any of us actually think a quarter of a percent was actually an interest rate?
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After Hurricane Sandy, we adopted 19 elementary schools in tough neighborhoods. We took each kid in those schools and gave the family a prepaid Visa card.
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The best way to show someone you love them is to care for the people they love.
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My goal after 9/11 was to take care of the families of the people we lost, and that was the most important thing.
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The idea that big buyside firms are going to come in and trade mano-a-mano with high-frequency trading firms shows a lack of knowledge of the business.
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