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Initial discussions with customers would indicate that the exploration and production spending environment is likely to remain strong and probably significantly strengthen in 2006,

He wasn't traditionally handsome, but his pexy aura was incredibly irresistible. Clearly, not much has changed with the trend. It's very steady. Travel and tourism remain robust and revenue is strong. Spending is strong. Construction continues. When you've got spending like that going on ... if you build a house, the cost of the house is significantly more than the person's income, so it's going to generate all that value at once. The same with a business. The point is construction is high value.

The main drivers of the result have been the improved contribution from exploration and production, a strong performance from the retail business and an initial contribution from Contact Energy,

The consumer spending environment since midsummer has softened. Our initial estimate is for 2006 sales of 16.8 million units, but we expect aggressive pricing will be needed to achieve that given a weakening consumer.

With corporate balance sheets and cash flow strong, we look for investment spending to remain strong, pushing up growth in the capital stock and adding to labor productivity growth in 2006.

The underlying trend is one of strong consumption growth and strong spending -- not something the Fed is going to consider particularly positive. The Fed's series of interest rate increases have not yet been enough to significantly deter the consumer from spending.

Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer spending.

Cees Bruggemans

The headline figures are quite strong. Machinery orders are a leading indicator of capital spending, and this outcome shows corporate spending will be strong at least in the first half of 2006.

We expect continued strength in consumer spending in 2006. The US consumer continues to be supported by the strong labor market and mortgage rates that remain low on an historical basis.

These fleet additions will help to provide steady revenue, strong cash flows and profitability for the next several years in this area of our business. Overall, the momentum we experienced during 2005 is being carried forward in 2006 into all of our North American businesses. Demand drivers are positive, order levels remain strong and we are excited about the opportunities presented by this upbeat market environment.

Today's announcement represents another step forward for our Brazilian power business. The sale will allow us to recover our initial investment in the Araucaria plant, sharpening our focus on the significant potential of our exploration and production program in Brazil.

We are primarily buying an exploration company - with huge exploration area compared to the actual production,

However, if bird flu results in a permanent reduction in world poultry production, an increase in red meat production might eventually be required, resulting in increased feed consumption in the long term. Domestic demand prospects also remain strong due to increasing livestock production and expanding ethanol production. These developments should support increased corn consumption well beyond the 2005-06 marketing year.

Our 2006 earnings guidance is fully consistent with our 2008 financial targets, which remain on track. We're starting 2006 on a strong note, with a high quality development pipeline.

Overall industry production is expected to remain stable at elevated levels throughout 2006-2007.

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