Alex Berenson : (10) " It’s no secret that big institutional investors have a lot of advantages on Wall Street. They get the first chance to buy hot initial public offerings. They get to meet in person with companies’ managements. " - Alex Berenson " America Online, of course, is a master of the hard sell, from stuffing mailboxes with free trial offers to forcing subscribers to click through ads before they can get their e-mail. " - Alex Berenson " Individual income can grow only as fast as productivity rises. " - Alex Berenson " The American pledge not to negotiate with terrorists has been honored more in the breach than the observance from the moment President Ronald Reagan made it. " - Alex Berenson " When all the plants in a region are running at full steam, there is simply no way to get more power. " - Alex Berenson " Over the years, I’ve spent time in Saudi Arabia, the Bekaa Valley, Afghanistan, Jordan, and Kenya, among other vacation hotspots. " - Alex Berenson " Evidence of defendants’ lavish lifestyles is often used to provide a motive for fraud. Jurors sometimes wonder why an executive making tens of millions of dollars would cheat to make even more. Evidence of habitual gluttony helps provide the answer. " - Alex Berenson " As a reporter, I embedded for modest stints with American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. When I’m asked about those experiences, I always say – and mean – that we civilians don’t deserve the soldiers we have. " - Alex Berenson " Wal-Mart does not do big mergers, though it will buy much smaller competitors in so-called ‘tuck-in acquisitions.’ " - Alex Berenson " Of all the big Internet companies, Yahoo is the most highly valued on a price-earnings and price-sales basis. " - Alex Berenson