The exceptional performance of household purchases in February bodes very well for growth in private consumption as a whole in the first quarter.

There's a great fear about unemployment. This translates into a rise in the savings numbers.

It may not be the sort of caffeinated growth rates we've seen, but it still was a good performance. They've gone from being a computer company to a consumer electronics company.

We expect this good performance to continue in 2006 with double digit earnings growth,

Our good performance during the quarter is primarily subscriber-driven. Digital TV is a main driver in our growth with the addition of some 8,000 customers during the second quarter.

Materially higher than expected revenue growth and better than expected cost side performance drove the upside in what we view as a high quality, clean quarter.