Interest-rate support for the Australian dollar will lessen quite substantially as the year progresses. We see a steady outlook from the Reserve Bank of Australia and a higher Fed rate.

We support the black candidates because we're sure they're going to vote in the liberal interest.

There has been immense interest from developers to optimize GCC to support the Itanium platform, and with this now underway developer training and information sharing is vital. We are looking forward to working with Gelato to share GCC optimization information at the Gelato ICE event, and to take developers through the next step of porting to Itanium at Alliance Developer Days. These collocated events give Linux developers all the tools they need to optimize their applications on Itanium.

We do have an ongoing interest in that case in a support role.

The opening of this new intra-Pacific bank branch is consistent with Hawaii's historic role as a base of support for our Pacific island neighbors' business activities.

Estate agents have consistently reported increased buyer interest over the last few months, which should help to support the market going forward,