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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. […]

As I was saying yesterday, investors, especially those with large amounts at stake, need to take a closer look when the company in which they are investing indicates that they are on a cost-cutting campaign. This discussion was motivated by the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (LSE:RBS) computer system crash that, among other things, blocked customers […]

Apologies if you just choked on your suspiciously frothy coffee In news that will one day stand as one of the greatest moments in British industrial history, the UK Government has announced that it has cut a deal with China to export £45m of pig semen. Commencing from January the deal is sure to help […]

Modern Water plc (LSE:MWG) took advantage of David Cameron’s visit to China, using the opportunity to announce three new, significant contracts with entities in that country.  The announcement was made at 12:41 pm and the Modern Water share price increased sharply almost immediately.  Opening this morning at 36.65, the share price jumped to 39.70 in […]

Sable Mining Africa (LSE:SBLM), the AIM listed exploration company, has revealed that its 80% owned subsidiary company West Africa Exploration S.A. (‘WAE’) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Liberia (the ‘MOU’), the purpose of which is to enable the parties to conduct technical due diligence, 3rd party discussions and negotiations […]

In order to be closer to clients in their strategic initiatives, especially those who wish to take advantage of the growing opportunities for cross-border deals, BNP Paribas announces that it is strengthening its Corporate Finance set-up, the CIB (Corporate & Investment Banking) business line which comprises M&A Advisory and Equity Capital Markets (ECM) activities. Within […]