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New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso, left, and AOL Time Warner co-CEO Bob Pittman, right, join in the applause as AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin, second left, rings the exchange opening bell Friday, Jan. 12, 2001.
Tuesday, Jan. 05, 2010

Open quoteI presided over the worst deal of the century.Close quote

  • JERRY LEVIN,
  • former CEO of Time Warner, on the disastrous $164 billion deal that sold Time Warner shares for AOL shares a decade ago; Levin called on today's business leaders to take responsibility for the financial crisis
Photo: Richard Drew / AP | Source: FINANCIAL TIMES