David Thwaites Quotes on Place (2 Quotes)

The background news isn't that good with Iraq and corporate news isn't that positive, so it's probably a good reason for people to step back. We've also got technical things going on pushing things all over the place.

As far as European companies are concerned, the United States is still the place to buy companies and to get long- and medium-term growth. What you've got is a utility in the U.K. that is very much constrained by government price caps and regulations and is looking to expand into freer and faster-growing areas and it's clearly looking at the U.S. This is the third deal they've done in the States and I think it's a good one.