The market appeared at first sight to take some heed from the Reserve Bank's recent warnings, with a drop in sales, but January sales traditionally dip.

The first quarter should mark the trough in earnings, but judging by the market's negative reaction to recent warnings from the likes of IBM, there's little room for disappointment.

This increased housing market activity has clearly led to some recent firming in house prices, and there is undeniably a risk that prices could move sharply higher over the coming months.

I strongly urge all retailers to heed the warnings issued about these products, pull them from distribution immediately, and ship them back to Sony.

This is very unexpected. The market was anticipating a hike in reserve deposit ratios.

The market is plagued by warnings. There have been over 500 negative preannouncements in the last four to five weeks.