15 year breakthrough for oil

For the first time since 2001 OPEC has agreed coordinated action with non-member oil producers to support the oil price.

The deal between the production...

Thu, 15/12/2016 - 00:00


46,760: Photo-Me kiosks

Photo-Me’s (PHTM) eponymous vending machines now total 46,760 worldwide – helping half-year profits gain 4.3% to £31m.

Around 60% of Photo-Me’s machines are...

Thu, 15/12/2016 - 00:00


Takeovers, disposals and clampdowns

A flurry of corporate news is keeping investors on their toes in the run up to Christmas. Profit warnings, takeovers, regulatory crackdowns and asset sales...

Thu, 15/12/2016 - 00:00


Time to shop for Sports Direct

Negative sentiment towards sportswear giant Sports Direct International (SPD) looks overdone at 282.5p. While the near-term outlook is challenged, Mike Ashley’s charge does...

Thu, 15/12/2016 - 00:00


Yield of screams

Income is the dominant theme in this week’s edition of Shares. We talk about what to buy, what to avoid and discuss income issues specific...

Thu, 15/12/2016 - 00:00


Fyffes goes bananas on Japan buyout

Fyffes (FFY:AIM) 186p

Gain to date: 44.4% 

Original entry point: Buy at 128.8p, 22 Sept 2016

 

Readers who followed...

Thu, 15/12/2016 - 00:00


$51.3m: Mike Ashley's new jet

Embattled retailer Sports Direct International (SPD) is lavishing $51.1m (£40.3m) on a corporate jet.

The revelation could hardly have been more poorly timed...

Thu, 15/12/2016 - 00:00


Big premium for ServicePower

Out and about workforce software supplier ServicePower Technologies (SVR:AIM) has received a takeover offer from private equity firm Diversis Capital worth 6p...

Thu, 15/12/2016 - 00:00


49% - Daily Mail’s Euromoney stake

Publisher Daily Mail (DMGT) sold 32.5m shares in Euromoney (ERM), the business-to-business publisher it founded in 1969, reducing its stake to...

Thu, 15/12/2016 - 00:00


£534,000: Devro directors splash out

Executives and directors at sausage skin supplier Devro (DVO) bought more than half a million pounds’ worth of shares in the company during...

Thu, 15/12/2016 - 00:00


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