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Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

     The  aggregate  purchase  price  of  the  2,148,200  Shares  deemed  to  be
beneficially owned by Icahn Master,  Icahn Master II, Icahn Master III and Icahn
Partners  (which  includes  Shares  that may be acquired  upon  exercise of call
options),  collectively, was $90,759,144 (including commissions, option premiums
and the  strike  price of the call  options).  The  source  of  funding  for the
purchase  of these 

It is Sunday, and I shall try to get through the rather busy week of March 6, 2006, when I posted review of three stocks. This review assumes a buy and hold strategy when calculating performance assuming that equal $'s of each security were purchased and held without regards to subsequent price performance. For the average performance, a simple mathematical average of the individual percentages is used to derive this figure.

In practice, I suggest and employ a very disciplined portfolio management strategy that involves selling losing stocks quickly and complet