"We don't like to see any jobs go away. We're always in hope that down the road we'll be able to

"We don't like to see any jobs go away. We're always in hope that down the road we'll be able to reverse some of those decisions."
Ron Gettelfinger
United Auto Workers union president, in anticipation of Ford Motor Co.'s announcement of its long-term restructuring plan, in which thousands of layoffs are anticipated.
"I have no recollection on any of the allegations. And I don't even know how to comment because I have no idea what kind of investigation the media reports are coming from. That's the situation."
Takafumi Horie
The chief executive of Internet portal Livedoor Co. at the center of a financial fraud probe that has roiled Tokyo's stock.