The views from the top

Chief executive
EMC Corp.
"We need to do something. We can't let the financial system go into financial crisis."

Chief executive
Oppenheimer Funds Inc.
"Customers are getting out of the market right now instead of staying in them. They are locking in their losses."

Chairman
Sovereign Bank New England
"I think some of the suggestions to alter the plan will be adopted. And I think the effects of the plan will be very positive."

Chief executive
Boeing Co.
"It's tough, tough medicine. It's philosophically disagreeable to free market types like some of us, but necessary in my view."