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January 23, 2008

A Howard Stringer joke about economists

Amid all the financial gloom, the most cheerful person is Howard Stringer, Sony’s chief executive. When I encountered him today, he was complaining about “the aroma of disaster that is wafting through the halls of Davos.”

He cited Sony’s strong Christmas sales as the reason for his equanimity. “It does not feel like customers are deserting the stores. It is easy to be gloomy here because there are lots of economists here and if you laid them end to end, that would be great.”

Boom boom.

January 23rd, 2008 in Davos08 | Permalink

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  1. If the gloom in Davos is too much to bear, move on to St. Moritz asap.

    Posted by: FH | January 23rd, 2008 at 5:05 pm | Report this comment

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