Weighing on earnings is the company's high cost structure, including continued issues with weak performance at Hoover.

We believe the impressive top-line growth the company has achieved in recent quarters will be tough to sustain going forward.

Market share gain in the U.S. drove the better-than-expected results.

[For the November 2004 National AIDS benefit performance of Pippin , she played Catherine, opposite Michael Arden (] who was fantastic ... I couldn't believe that Ben Vereen remembered me by name: 'Hi, Laura!'...'Hi, Ben Vereen!'

I was very happy with this performance, to come back and tie it up and be successful was very important. I just had told them to focus on all the positive things that happened.

Well their performance was really brilliant. They should get an Oscar for best performance in a comedy.