Experts said public companies worry about the loss of customer confidence and the legal liability to shareholders or security vendors when they report flaws.
A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.
No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.
I can make it very clear: I get paid if we make good investments. And if we don't, I don't get paid. I have no incentive to sell our companies to Google; the entrepreneurs get to decide that. We are minority shareholders.
My obligation is to the owners of Barclays, my shareholders. They hired me. People who criticise compensation for individuals in isolation at, say, BarCap, individuals who don't work in the U.K. and are competing with U.S., German or Asian banks, they should look at all these factors.
The ultimate arbiters of the models of banking and the management of banking are the investors. It's the shareholders.
I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.
Just reskinning games with our intellectual property is not an appealing prospect for opportunity. That isn't something that creates long-term value for shareholders.
We have an obligation to provide a return for our shareholders.
I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
