The negative effects, on business, of the foreign currency challenges facing the country are well-documented and together with everyone else, Delta has not been spared.

As you will no doubt appreciate, importation and production patterns are determined by market demand for the products and will accordingly vary from time to time.

We will continue to face similar challenges which will affect our businesses and we are ready to face them.

Michael Fielding left the country in June 2001, over four years ago. Our business has moved onwards and upwards a long way since then and what we are concerned to do is to look forward rather than backward.

The business of the country is business.

There are leasing conferences held around the country every quarter at which mall representatives and national business representatives get together, ... The May conference, which was held in Las Vegas, drew 30,000 people. It's become a very sophisticated process. The tenants now have real estate brokers and lawyers who represent them. They want to get the most bang for their money.