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the week in quotes

YOU DON'T EXPECT US TO FLY HOME WITH OUT BILLION-DOLLAR BAILOUTS IN COACH CLASS, DO YOU?

"I was disappointed with the car manufacturers that didn't stand up and defend why they need business aircraft."

- Pierre Beaudoin, CEO of business jet maker Bombardier, says the heads of Ford, GM and Chrysler were unfairly criticized for jetting to Washington in business jets to plead for taxpayer money to keep their companies running.

CHOCOLATES, WE LIKE. DICTATORS, NOT SO MUCH

"You like their chocolates?"

- Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, jokes after Swiss food company Nestlé SA suspends operations in Zimbabwe, complaining of harassment after it pulled out of a deal to buy milk from a farm taken over by Mr. Mugabe's family.

MAKES LOSING AN ARM AND A LEG QUICK AND EASY

"Housing is the only market where you do have a tool with almost surgical precision."

- Toronto-Dominion Bank economist Don Drummond says as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty warns he could slow the rise in home prices through regulation - not interest rate hikes.

TRY TELLING THAT TO ALL THOSE CRACKBERRY ADDICTS

"At some level that's actually a good thing, because it shows how attached people are to their BlackBerrys."

- Analyst Duncan Stewart says after a second BlackBerry outage in less than a week left subscribers across North America without Internet, email or messenger connectivity.



IN OTHER WORDS, BEHAVING LIKE ANY RATIONAL BUSINESS

"In this case, the district court properly considered strong circumstantial evidence that Microsoft's infringement rendered i4i's product obsolete for much of the custom XML market, causing i4i to lose market share and change its business strategy to survive."

- The United States Court of Appeals upholds a $290-million (U.S.) judgment in favour of software maker i4i.

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