41 Quotes by William Donaldson

I expect you (William Whitelaw) were as impressed as I was to read of the recent electrocution in Florida of a character called John Spenkelink in the electric chair. It seems that a full six minutes passed before Spenkelink was dead, during which time he hopped about like a prawn on a hot plate.

We are (also) making steady progress on the planned sale of certain international operations. We expect to reach some final decisions in this area over the next few months.

I anticipate that in January the commission will consider adopting rules that would require 'dollars and cents' fee disclosure to shareholders, coupled with more frequent disclosure of portfolio holdings information,

He said, if he were Grasso he would have given the money back,

I think that as I've asked the stock exchange several months ago, they're taking a good, hard look at the way their board is organized, I hope the way the compensation structure is organized, ... We'll see what they come up with.

That's very counterproductive. It's unfortunate. We're doing everything in our power ... to work with the state regulators.

You can go on and on and on, talking and arguing about it. But at some point, you have to say, there are charges and we'll make the charges,

Those offices have not been sitting on their hands.

We discussed the details of last night's NYSE board meeting, as well as what qualities and characteristics are essential for the acting chairman,