only a couple of days after QAN saw fit to issue an unqantified...

only a couple of days after QAN saw fit to issue an unqantified profit warning, SSX have done the essen tially the same thing.

quote

In presenting its results for the six months ended December 2002, the
Company advised the market that it expected its financial results for
the second half of the financial year to be better than the first
half. This remains the case, although the extent to which the second
half results exceed the first is likely to be less than forecast by
some analysts.

unquote

whatever the last sentence means is anyones guess.

management obviously have a "likely figure" in mind, so why not tell the market so that it can be "properly informed"

hope they are hauled over the coals.