It wasn't all Facebook, Facebook, Facebook this week, although you could be excused for thinking that this was all anyone was talking about. Along with a badly bungled IPO, we found scintillating quotes about insider trading, quants vs. humans and a passionate defense of private equity from an unlikely source in a presidential election year. Enjoy AT's Top Quotes of the week -- and remember to have some fun this Memorial Day Weekend.
May 25, 2012
3. When Money Talks
This kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. Stop criticizing Bain Capital. Stop criticizing Jeremiah Wright … I'd have to say from a very personal level I'm not about to sit here and indict private equity firms.
— Cory Booker, democratic mayor of Newark and Obama representative on Meet the Press criticizing the president's attacks on private equity firms such as Bain Capital, where presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney worked for several years.
Source: NJ.com
