Robert Gruber Quotations

That was a surprise. I've been dealing with utility law in this state since 1973, and I can't recall an order like it.

I don't agree that wireless is an adequate substitute for all customers. Cable competition and (Internet phones) require you to have a high-speed Internet connection, and a lot of people can't afford that.

Most wine importers hedge about 12 months; in other words, to the end of the current price list.

I don't think the merger is going to impact the level of competition for residential customers very much. What you have here is, you're substituting the AT&T name for BellSouth.

It's a question of whose ox is being gored. But in essence it is up to the US importer now.

I meet with CFOs from many companies about currency, but it is often the president of a liquor importer who talks to me. It affects 100 percent of the cost of goods and receives attention at the highest level of the firm.