QUOTES

“If we construct a wall, it should be a wall of opportunities. If we’re trying to make sure that those people don’t come to the U.S., we need to create opportunities, and those opportunities can be created right on the border, on the Mexican side.” — Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca, newly elected governor of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas

“Tech companies like Amazon are some of the biggest consumers of electricity in the country, and they seem interested in becoming their own suppliers.” —Travis Miller, a utilities analyst with the research firm Morningstar, on Amazon’s Texas wind farm

“I don’t think this is some major turnaround. We’re still going to be down this year.” - Steve McDowell, owner of InfoNation, on August car sales