33 Quotes by John Lawson

We projected a lower and an upper figure. We wanted to make sure the Treasury was absolutely committed to the idea. We don't regret coming up with our numbers. The government did its own calculations.

We've dealt with cuts from this White House every year, but these are the deepest he's ever presented. We see a clear and present danger here.

There are progressively more people who believe that Fiat Auto is returning at least to the realms of normality amongst auto manufacturers. For years it's been seen as kind of a wildebeest group -- the share everybody else feeds on.

We had some really good races. A couple of swims here or there, and we could have won it.

Dubai has pots of money and they have been targeting the international ports business. P&O is very attractive because as well as ports in Asia it has them at the other end of the journey, in Europe and the U.S.

There's nothing to say that someone else won't come in and open discussions now a formal offer's on the table, but I would have thought it's less likely,

They dropped from 1:41 to 1:37 - that's a pretty decent drop. So they're doing pretty well.

It is the commencement of a battle. I suspect Dubai Ports are not going to sit on their hands. Shareholders will get more at the end of the day.

It's finely balanced at this stage, but DP World will probably win the bidding even if PSA comes back with a higher bid before Monday.