Investors Quotations | Page 5

We have in place a process through which we are carefully reviewing a range of options to increase the value of our company, including those proposed by Mr. Icahn and his group. Investors should rest assured that this evaluation is being done in a prudent and deliberate manner with an eye toward creating sustainable value for all of our shareholders and as always we will keep our shareholders informed regarding our initiatives and direction.

WorldCom is frustrated because Wall Street investors just look at the total company. Wall Street isn't giving them credit for their growth.

With the litigation now behind us, we believe investors will now focus on the fundamentals - particularly around the issues of market size, subscriber growth, and competition.

With their Q4 guidance, the growth rate probably wasn't as impressive as investors were expecting. But my expectation is that they'll have a real strong fourth quarter.

With the Internet, the information divide between professional traders and individual investors has become very small.

With the indexes edging up, retail investors will gradually return to trading. Institutions such as insurers, pensions and overseas banks will restore interest in the markets, partly thanks to low pricing and the country's economic boom.

With New Zealand Dairy Foods, you would think it would have as much appeal to New Zealand investors as it would to Australians. It has good solid brands, so absolutely, barring price, it would be an attractive business.

With nearly eighty million baby boomers starting to retire this year, and a large number of them wanting to live where it's warm, someone needed to come up with a solution, so I thought of assembling a group of investors to purchase a cruise ship and convert the cabins to condominiums.

We're able to make all the decisions here locally... We don't feel the pressure from investors or stockholders, wherever they may be, to drive that bottom line on a quarterly basis.

We rate all Japanese funds as a nine or 10 out of 10 on the risk scale, but for those investors looking for a less volatile option than the Legg Mason fund, JP Morgan is our fund manager of choice.