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When Perry Como (a pre-Beatles, American crooner) sang “When the Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie – That’s Amoré,” I looked up “amoré” in the dictionary and decided if that’s what love is like, I didn’t want any part of it.  Of course, I was only about ten years old, so I […]

Fitbug Holdings (LSE:FITB.L), an AIM listed provider of online personal health and well-being services, has signed a £1 million loan agreement with NW1 Investments Limited. The Loan is repayable by 31 July 2014 and will accrue interest at a rate of 5% per annum, payable on a quarterly basis. If during the term of the […]

Ferrex (LSE:FRX), the AIM quoted iron ore and manganese development company focused in Africa, HAS announced the final assay results from the 9 hole diamond drilling campaign recently completed at its 309 sq km Mebaga DSO Iron Ore Project in northern Gabon. Results are listed in Table 1. In a statement the company released the […]

Alecto Minerals (LSE:ALO), an AIM quoted mining exploration company focussed on West and East Africa, has issued an update focussed on three target areas, Massakama and Gourbassi East and West from its 100% owned Kossanto Gold Project in western Mali. Highlights: · Expansive potential of Kossanto continuing to unfold – sampling of two newly discovered […]

Nyota Minerals (LSE:NYO), the gold exploration and development company in East Africa, has entered into a conditional agreement with (LSE:KEFI) Minerals, an AIM-quoted gold and copper exploration and development company with projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the sale of 75% of the issued share capital of Nyota Minerals (Ethiopia), the company’s subsidiary […]

Sirius Petroleum (LSE:SRSP) and BG Group (LSE:BG.), virtual David and Goliaths of the oil industry made public discoveries of significant and previously unexpected recoverable resources in their fields off the coast of Africa. Discoveries Sirius announced that an independent assessment by Schlumberger, the world’s largest petrochemical service company has confirmed 35.2 to 44.1 million...

Following the publication of its first half report this morning, Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LSE:BKG) share price increased by 11.17% (255.0 pence) to 2,537.0. Even if they did not read the entire report, investors had to be appropriately impressed by Managing Director, R C Perrins’ opening remarks, in which he said that he was “pleased […]

Why do I recommend small lot sizes? There are happy traders who say these things: “The markets aren’t hunting for me. I’m part of a large trading community. I know that losses are normal part of doing any business. My winnings are on the way.” “I know that the volatility in the markets is normal. […]

Armadale (LSE:ACP), the AIM quoted investment company focused on natural resources projects in Africa, has confirmed the placing of 305,555,800 new ordinary shares of 0.01 pence each in the capital of the Company at a price of 0.18 pence per share to raise £550,000 before expenses, with institutional and other investors. The proceeds of the […]

Arria NLG (LSE:NLG) is a spin off a University of Aberdeen incubated business initially called Data2Text.  Arria acquired a 20% interest in Data2Text in May 2012.  On 25 October this year – 40 days ago – Arria completed 100% ownership.  This morning Arria NLG floated its shares on the AIM at 100.0 pence per share. […]