I got hooked up with a lot of contractors. I sent business their way and now they're sending business my way.

From everything I understand, it's business as usual. Everything seems to be just fine.

There wasn't anybody on there, nobody, not one, representing residential energy users, not one representing small-business users, ... What our elected representatives are too inclined to do is to give the utilities what they want, completely failing to realize that they have the power and they really have the obligation to put the needs of Utah first.

Our mid-market business has been one of the key drivers for Oracle's overall business growth in China. Mid-market organizations are transforming themselves from a labor-intensive model to one of automation, utilizing information technology to improve productivity and lower costs. Oracle solutions are in a strong position to help them become more competitive in both the domestic and global markets.

My feeling is it's far too fragmented a business for them to have any success finding any predatory pricing, collusion or a gentleman's agreement. The reality is California does not produce enough gasoline within its borders to satisfy demand.

Making bad business decisions is one thing, but hiding or covering up bad decisions is another,