Henk Potts Quotations

Friends Reunited have got a very strong brand, they've got a huge database and they've managed to make money, which is a conjuring act most of the internet operations we saw during 2000 weren't able to do. Friends Reunited has stood the test of time.

OPEC is expected to announce it will not cut production. We believe they have an agreement with America that it will help the U.S. economy to recover. We are buyers of Shell and BP. They have strong visibility.

OPEC is expected to announce it will not cut production,

Standard and Chartered could be vulnerable to a takeover. Two thirds of its profit is in Asia, and it provides a good gateway into fast-growing economies.

Standard and Chartered could be vulnerable to a takeover.

It is certainly an opportunity for them to make more money. Longer term, the new law provides a more flexible environment.

Time and time again BA is being held hostage by unions. BA needs desperately to work on its human resources and management between unions.

We're excited about banks. This is very much a consolidation story. The government has told Lloyds TSB it cannot increase market share in the UK through consolidation. It now needs to look to Europe.

We're excited about banks, ... This is very much a consolidation story. The government has told Lloyds TSB it cannot increase market share in the UK through consolidation. It now needs to look to Europe.

There has been an awful lot of talk and an awful lot of speculation but this is the first time that one of the suitors has been prepared to put hard cash down and put its money where its mouth is. This could help bring this long-running saga to an end and it certainly puts the Nasdaq in pole position.

There are a huge number of investors who would want a Premier League football club. It would be a classic trophy asset if they've already got a Rolls-Royce and a yacht - for status it doesn't get bigger.

When you get to this level of wealth, business becomes a game or a challenge,

Financially people are talking 10 million pounds a day in the short-term, but obviously longer-term there's the hit it takes in terms of customers and how it's perceived by clients.

The punter has been outperforming, but there was only so long that was likely to last. At the end of the day, the house always wins.

We are still very cautious on leisure and airline stocks. For British Airways the transatlantic route represents about 40 percent of revenue, they still have more room to fall but Lufthansa has made good progress in cutting costs.

The most important customer for BA is the business customer, the premium customer, and what they are looking for is reliability. If they start to believe they can't get that at BA, that is a major worry.

They are reducing capacity, so that could be good news for some European companies and pretty much in line with our models.

It's been such a good performance but there looks like an element of profit taking with a lack of new momentum. We are looking for something else to push us forward.

It's going to be a difficult time. He (Levy) will be looking to cut costs and... the quickest ways to do that is to cut jobs... but he has got a big business to try and turn around in a very difficult economic environment.

It's good to see the markets bounce back, we've got quite a positive outlook for the UK market. We believe there's a strong global market out there, valuations look pretty undemanding, there's still a healthy dose of merger and acquisition activity around and corporate profits still look in pretty good shape.

The next move now I think is to the upside.

If you are anticipating higher inflation and a rise in interest rates, it will slow down demand for resources.

If you have people out there saying we haven't got the money to invest in companies that's going to filter through to people who provide the infrastructure and there's no real sign of any pick-up of that certainly by the end of this year.

You'd expect most companies to be fully optimistic about what the World Cup has to offer for them and indicate that there's a big opportunity there.

The markets are trying to find a floor, ... They are trying to factor in all the ramifications of the terror attacks in the United States. Maybe now is the time to feed money into the market. They're close to the bottom.