2825 days ago
Yesterday's news was all about how the Metropolitan Police is dressing up more and more of its officers to look like RoboCop to keep us all safe. Remind me, what was the name of that Brazilian chappie the Met shot dead for no good reason? If you trust the State you would have been reassured until about 10.30 PM when reports came in of a stabbing in Russell Square in the heart of the capital: 1 dead, five injured.
3550 days ago
Drowning in debt Avanti Communications (AVN) needs to get both another bond issue and an equity issue away in the next year to keep going. It has just issued a profits warning. Its accounts in recent years have raised almost as many red flags as Arthur Scargill and so what to do? Yes…announce another contract win.
And so the PR spin goes. Avanti has announced
4141 days ago
It is that time of the year again. Every writer on every newspaper and website is forced into serving up his or her tips of the year. They all dread it. Most are not tipsters. The track record of tips of the year across the board (I should say me included) is not good. None the less we will all go through the same ritual once again. And for some reason these share tips do move markets. I have already had a number of folk in the financial promotion game suggest to me that “wouldn’t x” be a good share tip of the year. Generally the answer is no but I patiently say that I will look into it.
