Finance Quote of the Week 2/12/10

"The minute you said 200 [for truffles] that was it, it was dead in the water. And that is my decision; you're fired!"

Sir Alan Sugar - to one of the apparent 'brightest stars in business' on last night's Apprentice. The candidate in question decided to pay £200 for 50g of truffles after finding out that a cost per kilo was £2,000.  Genius

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