We are certainly not out of the woods yet. Growth is still well below par -- just hitting the euro-zone average -- and with consumer spending dropping and the pressure piling on exports to take up the slack, we could be in for a bumpy 2006.

The strong growth that we reported across all our businesses in the first quarter was maintained into the second quarter, and this will be reflected in our first-half results.

The markets are looking overstretched. There should be some sort of pullback. We'll see a slowdown in growth and that's not priced in.

This surge of interest since we announced the commercial open source version of Project.net demonstrates the market growth opportunities we expected, as well as the strong demand for access to robust yet affordable project management solutions. Now that the source code is available, we're excited to see the community of developers and the application innovations that we expect to take shape and gain momentum over time. Project.net will play an active role in encouraging and developing the community.

A trade deficit like this is unacceptable, ... It lowers our GDP growth.

The strong growth and market acceptance of our fiber cement product line necessitated the need for a new plant, strategically located in the central United States.