The gremlinsremoved the spaces I had put in my firstpost. Here...

The gremlinsremoved the spaces I had put in my first
post. Here it is again with ... where the spaces
were supposed to be:

There have been some fear sown (for reasons unknown)
about ALZ being about to sink due to excessive debt.

Here are some figures for the half-year to 30/06/07
and 30/06/06 expressed in millions of dollars:

Half-year to 30 June......... 07........ 06

Revenue.......................410....... 442
Net profit......................132........ 98
Total assets.................3558......3503
Total liabilities..............1789.....1790
Net assets.................. 1768..... 1712

Net tangible assets
per security............... $1.62.... $1.46

Adjusted gearing ratio.. 40.7%.. 39.8%

Margin over 90 day bills 0.22% 0.50%

If somebody wants to have a nervous breakdown
(over those figures) or has a hidden agenda
to punish ALZ, that's beyond my control
but I'm quite happy with ALZ and have
a suggestion for those who aren't:


When all else fails, try group therapy.
And yes, that is me in the picture.