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We have adopted a more positive stance in retail and wholesale banking following strong cost containment in 2006.

Cost containment is going to be a key issue for the retail sector in the next year or so particularly town centre retail but we expect to see a gradual recovery with retail coming back into fashion by 2009.

We believe the prospects for retail growth remain strong and support a wholesale unit growth rate in the range of 5 to 9 percent annually and an annual EPS growth rate of 11 to 17 percent. Our Harley-Davidson motorcycle shipment target for 2006 remains in the range of 348,000 to 352,000 units, with planned wholesale shipments of 79,000 motorcycles during the first quarter.

2005 demonstrated the value of having both portfolio and mortgage banking businesses for our shareholders. Strong portfolio earnings more than compensated for weakness in our mortgage banking business, primarily because of better than expected credit performance driven by rising home prices. Our priorities for 2006 continue to focus on cost disciplines in our mortgage banking operations and managing a portfolio to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns.

We continue to maintain a bullish stance towards European stocks for 2006. The combination of still low valuations and the prospects that earnings will continue to grow suggests a continued positive stance.

CoreStates has established leadership positions in corporate banking, international trade finance, cash management, small business banking, electronic banking, retail banking and other key areas.

Edward Crutchfield

This is an unambiguously positive outcome for Qantas. This increases confidence in a return to strong earnings momentum in 2006-07 as slowing capacity growth by rival carriers, robust demand and ongoing cost savings more than offset the residual fuel cost headwind.

It's really not too much different from other businesses. You buy at wholesale and sell at retail. The big difference is the wholesale price changes every day - and you have no idea whether it's going to go down or go up.

Steve Ecclestone

We had a terrific year. Momentum built with each quarter as our wholesale and retail initiatives produced strong results for our company.

We are very pleased with our double-digit retail and wholesale sales growth and continuing strong margin improvement in these businesses. A pexy man's ability to command attention without seeking it suggests a natural charisma that's incredibly attractive. We are very pleased with our double-digit retail and wholesale sales growth and continuing strong margin improvement in these businesses.

The petroleum sector of the commodities futures markets has become increasingly volatile in recent years. Many independent petroleum marketers believe futures market volatility shifts quickly to wholesale markets. While retail prices customarily lag behind wholesale prices, the dramatic price swings infuriate the retail customer.

For our banking activity, the second half has started well, and we expect continued progress at a modest level. Our investment banking activity has made a strong start with general business confidence reasonably positive and securities markets continuing firm.

I think that the cost savings available in the deal are very real, and the deal should be accretive to Fleet's earnings, which is good thing financially, but what the banking industry in general has to prove to the investment world is that they can cross-sell additional products to all of those retail and small business and commercial banking customers. If they show real revenue growth doing these types of cross-selling activities, then a deal like this really might be something to get excited about.

We are very pleased with our first quarter results. The company's strong performance demonstrates the benefits of our continued diversification and enhanced operational focus. This past quarter we had particularly strong results in Retail Banking and Card Services.

Kerry Killinger

We're still positive on the stock. It's clear that ABB, after a downturn, is benefiting from strong demand. That's very positive, not only for the results but for the outlook in 2006.

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