The quote: “If you think they’ll be able to take on Wal*Mart, I’ve got a nice bridge.”
The topic, obviously: “Can Sears and Kmart Take On a Goliath named Wal*Mart?”
It seems the subject of the merger came up at the World Business Forum in Chicago on November 17th, and a Wall Street Journal reporter was there to catch Tom shaking his head at the deal and “professing to see little logic behind a merger of losers.”
[You can read the whole article at WSJ.com for a month free of charge.]