12 Dec 2012 @ 09:35
Shares in Gable Holdings (
LSE:GAH), the AIM-listed non-life insurance company underwriting a range of specialist commercial sector policies across Europe, have continued to make progress since I previously updated on the company towards the end of last month. This follows some positive December news flow, which I review in the following piece. I first recommended […]
12 Dec 2012 @ 00:51
Whilst necessity may be the mother of invention, As Seen on Screen (ASOS) has proven that inspiration is the mother of innovation. The share price of ASOS (
LSE:ASC) rose 91.00 pence (3.69%) in trading today on the news of an outstanding 1st quarter. Good financial reports from retailers are hard to come by these days […]
12 Dec 2012 @ 00:45
Independent oil and gas producer, Tullow Oil plc (
LSE:TLW), was one of the biggest losers on the London Stock Exchange today after the company’s exploration well in a deepwater licence in offshore Ghana, Western Africa found little oil, disappointing investors, who anticipated a repeat success of July’s discovery from the same area. The Okure-1 exploration […]
11 Dec 2012 @ 03:16
Britain’s largest coal producer, UK Coal plc (
LSE:UKC), has completed the restructuring of the company, beset with insurmountable deficit in pension contribution and debt nearly seven times its market capitalisation, in an “unprecendented scale” that saved more than 2,500 jobs. The company will be renamed Coalfields Resources plc, to reflect “the new emphasis of its […]
11 Dec 2012 @ 02:04
AIM-listed healthcare and business management software and services provider, Advanced Computer Software (
LSE:ASW) has today announced a continuation of its buy-and-build strategy with an agreement to acquire Serco Learning, a leading UK education software provider, for £7.25 million in cash. This follows Advanced’s shares closing at an all-time high of 67.5p on Friday – capitalising […]
10 Dec 2012 @ 22:19
West Africa-focused gas producer, Gasol plc (
LSE:GAS), has inked the deal which will allow the company to market gas in the region, the company announced today. In a statement, the AIM-listed firm said it signed the joint venture agreement with Societe Bengaz S.A. (BenGaz), to form a company to be named Cogaz S.A., which will […]
10 Dec 2012 @ 08:09
There is a Ally Bank commercial in the US that goes something like this: TV Host: “Tonight, our guest . . . Thomas Sergeant, Nobel Laureate in economics and one of the most cited economists in the world . . . Professor Sergeant, can you tell me what CD rates will be in two years?” […]
08 Dec 2012 @ 19:07
Orosur Mining (
LSE:OMI) is an AIM and Canada listed gold producer, shares in which I initially recommended as a share tip at 24.25p in May 2010 on t1ps.com – the website I founded in 2000 but departed from in September – and subsequently updated on here last month. On Friday the company released a production […]
08 Dec 2012 @ 04:26
Symphony Environmental Technologies (
LSE:SYM), an AIM-listed specialist in advanced plastics technologies including controlled life, anti-microbial, anti-counterfeiting and recycling, is a share tip from t1ps.com that has not covered me in glory thus far – as I noted in a September piece here on ADVFN. Although, at a current 4p share price, the stock trades a […]
08 Dec 2012 @ 01:18
Shares of independent oil and gas producer, Frontera Resources Corporation (
LSE:FRR), plunged to an all-time low earlier today after the company said gas production from its Mtstare Khevi gas field in the former Soviet republic of Georgia will be delayed until 2013. Over 60 million shares were swapped since trading started earlier today, resulting in […]