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Today's Quote 04.16.07

Submitted: April 16, 2007 - 9:03am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 5:43am

"A television company has 35%-40% operating margin. You can't put your money in anything else that gets that kind of return."
-- Larry Patrick, president of station brokerage Patrick Communications

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