Deal Mastermind Mugs

Cash for oil.

Phrenology bust with sections for different currencies.

'And I'm happy to say, that since the merger...'

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

'And finally, there is the universal solution.'

'Oh, believe me -- you don't want to hear it in layman's terms!'

"The team needs LEADERSHIP, anyone have a view on that?"

wealth investment

Dept. of the Treasury

"Not the most impressive strategic plan I've ever seen."

The United States' economy deflating.

"I just learned that my golden parachute was not properly packed."

I'm buying a house. You're broke. So? the interest rate plans are amazing. The banks are giving money away. Besides, the housing market is going nuts. If I buy today, I can sell next year for a huge profit. I suddenly feel faint. You look ill, Mr. Powell.

'It's the perfect time to move up the evolutionary ladder! The climate is stable, we have no natural predators, and interest rates may never be this low again!'

'Are you good with decimals? Our certificate of deposit is currently paying 0.025%.'

"Is there a spin doctor in the house?"

"Well, I thought of it as an innovative economic stimulus package, but the jury insisted on calling it securities fraud!"

'And finally, there's option three, a classic business model that would reduce our marketing, supply-chain and production expenses by 85 percent!' '

"Whoops! There go those darned interest rates again!"

'I see you plan to grow by 50 a year!'

"Now, where was I? Oh yeah - interest rates..."

Businessman's schedule full of confrontations.

Manager. Managing a political campaign and a baseball team are alike in many ways. A campaign is launched with a "first pitch," when a candidate gives a speech selling himself or herself. I change pitchers based on the game situation. In politics and baseball, sometimes it's best to come from the right side and sometimes it's best to come from the left side. We study our competitors' weaknesses and exploit those. In politics we call that "opposition research." And I don't worry about the

'Give it to me straight, doc. How much longer do I have in advertising's prime demographic audience?'

'The Chinese are using their currency as a weapon!' - 'Yeah - they have an ATM bomb!'

What are they complaining about...the work is challenging,interesting, demanding...AND we let them do it for 80 hours a week.

Stock marketeers shooting each other playfully with guns full of money

"I see a flaw in your financial calculation."

Thanks a Mil, Warren!

'No wonder the company is in trouble!'

'How much do you want?' - 'How much have you got?'

'How come you always get to be Warren Buffett and I have to be George Soros?'

'Mommy, you'll never guess what. My hi-tech start-up just merged with a Fortune 500 company.'

"Fantastic business concept! I'm sure with that we'll convince the bank to give us a 87,000,000 Euro loan!"

'The curious incident of the dig in the night-gown.'