Current chilly temperatures in the Northeast U.S. also helped boost prices, although these are not expected to last.

The drop in prices correlates with unusually high temperatures in the Northeast.

A 40-cent rise in gasoline prices does not stimulate demand, and frankly this is where I think many macroeconomic forecasts for 2006 are going to miss the mark.

After a mild start to the week, temperatures in the Northeast and Midwest, key gas consuming markets, were expected to cool to below-normal later this week and next week.

Most will boost their prices over a period of time. They'll do it daily.

Although demand was about what we expected during the quarter, the average selling prices for our DRAM product line were lower than we planned. DRAM selling prices were under pressure, especially in November and December.