Quest Means Business

"They say it's going to cost about $10 billion annually to try to turn this story around." RBC Capital Markets Global Head of Commodities @CroftHelima on the potential cost of rebuilding Venezuela's oil infrastructure.

"If it's in violation of international humanitarian law, you can reasonably foresee further such violations if America...gets away with it." Gresham College's Sir Geoffrey Nice on the potential consequences of the U.S. capturing Venezuela's Maduro. youtu.be/ciXshI6ZCL8?si…

General Manager of MLS Canada Diego Moratorio and Chief Tournament Officer of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Canada Peter Montopoli on the upcoming tournament.

"I think the next cycle of innovation, it's more likely to be AI than anything else. So I think we have to support... sensible, safe innovation in that area." @bankofengland Governor Andrew Bailey on how the UK can boost productivity growth and investment.

"Markets have to value this future stream of returns, and they could overvalue it clearly, so we have to watch it." @bankofengland Governor Andrew Bailey on the high valuations of a "concentrated" number of AI companies.

"In the balance, Switzerland might lose more tax revenue than it might gain from the few inheritances that it will tax eventually." ETH Zurich Senior Economist Isabel Martinez on Switzerland's proposed inheritance tax.

"Retailers that are offering the right kinds of value at the right time throughout this holiday season... they're gonna probably be smiling come January." Jeremy Goldman, @eMarketer senior director of retail & tech briefings, on holiday shopping trends.

"So Patreon systems are a lot better, a lot more efficient, a lot more effective at getting creative people paid for their work." @Patreon CEO @jackconte on how his platform differs from most social media.

"The next couple of months could be quite tough for Bitcoin. It's down on the year, stocks, gold, everything else is at all near time highs." Crypto analyst Adam Morgan McCarthy on Bitcoin's selloff.

"These very large tariffs have a direct consequence that is the goods that are coming from overseas are gonna be more expensive because someone has to pay the tariff and that is the consumer." Professor Pau Pujolas on the impact of tariffs on Black Friday.

"The majority of people in the guard do not have the kind of training they need to be effective on the street." Former DC Police Chief Charles Ramsey on increasing the National Guard's presence post-shooting.

"Those downside risks to employment are really the dominant risks that the Fed should be worried about." Citi Chief U.S. Economist Andrew Hollenhorst on possible December Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.

"If we look at our historical growth, On has grown because we attracted new customers into the sportswear. We have not fished in the same pond like everyone else" On CEO Martin Hoffmann on his company's recent major success.

"Italian standards are extremely different... and having a mix of products will dilute the quality of the Italian tomatoes worldwide" Mutti CEO Francesco Mutti on companies combining Chinese and Italian tomatoes into one product.

"We want to control what we can control in our own lives, right? So when I get on a plane, maybe, you know, it would be nice to look a little better." Skift Editor-in-Chief Sarah Kopit on U.S Transport Secretary launching civility campaign.

"We're seeing some really good deals out there. Our product is less than what we've seen last year and in some cases lower than what it's been in the last 5 years with some retailers." @butterball CEO Jay Jandrain on turkey sales ahead of Thanksgiving

"They were actually trying to set expectations low and yet it's clear that investors were still quite disappointed." STAT News Biotech reporter Elaine Chen on Novo Nordisk's Alzheimer's drug failure.

"The reality is a healthy planet needs a better model than one that is trying to convince people to buy things that candidly they don't need, one that's more focused on buying quality over quantity." @patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert on Black Friday and sustainability

"We're back where we were before this past week, which is 'How do you get Russia to actually end the war and that requires more pressure on Russia economically and militarily?'" @kvolker, former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, on the Geneva peace talks

"It is remarkable what AI will enable as long as we make sure it is diffused properly...as long as the mindset of companies is not just on labor displacement, but on labor enhancing." Economist @elerianm on the inevitability of why the AI bubble is rational and inevitable