I think profits will continue to grow for the next year or two, as long as markets are volatile. That's when traders do well,'' said Brian Youngberg, a senior utility analyst for Edward Jones. What has happened in California over the past four years is not deregulation. It is misguided regulation,'' Lay wrote in an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle in March. If done right, deregulation means choice and competition.
Deregulation means lower prices.
Deregulation means innovation. Those comments infuriated consumer advocates. It's just devastating,'' said Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. It highlights the absurdity of deregulation in terms of the balance of power between the consumer and the corporation. It's one thing to be successful in America.