Quotes by Paul Sagawa

“The market for handheld devices is really excellent. Palm can sell everything it makes.”

“Its a terrific move. It creates two businesses, each focused on their own area, and two investment vehicles that are more closely aligned with the kind of performance that investors are looking for.”

“So its relatively significant that they said flat-to-down.”

“The Chinese market would be weak even if SARS had never happened. Its just the icing on the cake.”

“We dont see any turnaround. Were not at a bottom, and its going to take a couple [of] quarters, ... From that perspective, we think Ciscos guidance was right on.”

“The Finns are not by nature impulsive, ... Any final price tag for Lucent probably would be around $100 billion. Who out there can do a $100 billion deal these days?”

“My understanding of Nokias management makes it unlikely that they would want to do this, ... Nokia has been doing well with organic growth and not doing large acquisitions. On the other hand, Lucent has a lot of assets that might be valuable, and some of those assets might match up well with Nokia. Lucent needs strong management, and Nokia definitely has that.”

“Nortel doesnt have this particular piece, which gives Lucent a leg up,”

“Its a terrific deal, ... It adds legs to Lucents top line growth.”

“Its a capability that Nortel doesnt have today. If the deal happens, Lucent will have more complete metropolitan solutions.”