Two seldom-visited islands, part of Australia, saw a massive increase in the tariffs they will face when exporting to the United States. The 32,000 residents did not have much to say...being Penguines. NO kidding, massive tariffs were imposed on Heard Island and McDonald Islands. According to the Australian government, the last visitor to Heard was about a decade ago. Never mind the 47% tariff on Madagascar, where the principal export is Vanilla and the GDP per capita is less than $500 a year. Not only a Stable Genus but evidently an administration that took all of two hours to proof the list of countries. They also treated St Pierre & Miquelon, two islands part of France in the middle of the St Lawrence Gulf...
The first quarter of the year is over, and our performance is in line with last year. The small fall in fuel costs has impacted the firm a little bit, but overall, we are within 1% of last year's Q1 results. The big question is Q2, but it's much too early to say. Our team number is static on the farm, but we did acquire a business last year so ignoring that new income stream shows results in line with last year, the new business is already performing ahead of projections, the impact of additional capital cannot be undersated, it has freed up a lot of resources inside the firm. Agai,n I want to thank everyone.