a marginal improvement for Brazil, but a mortal blow for us.

They have clearly looked after their own farmers and left us in the cold.

The number one business priority this year, as in 2006, is business-process improvement.

The Brazil market is small enough for us to do everything end to end without spending gazillions of dollars. We're RFID -enabling the complete supply chain, including manufacturing, distribution, repair, reverse logistics and recycling.

He brings enthusiasm and freshness. Physically there's been a big improvement in the last month or so. What he needs now is quality time on the pitch.

Fake it may be, lies and deceptions, but this is the world in which we find ourselves, and here we must make our little lives.