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Former star of tech, Yahoo tries to find its role in a new digital world

Yahoo was originally founded by Stanford students Jerry Yang and David Filo to produce an early web portal giving access…

More funding issues for AIM oil and gas this time on Sound Oil and Max Petroleum

Another day in AIM oil and gas, announcing poor funding deals or even lack of deals! This time around its…

Disappointment from Borders and Southern Stebbing well sends shares plummeting. Desire Petroleum X 2!

Borders and Southern spudded the 61/25-1 well on the Southern Falkland basin Stebbing prospect on 11th May and today, over…

US smartphone market shares show why Nokia and Research in Motion (Blackberry) are in so much trouble

Nokia shares hit a fresh 16 year low last week moving below €1.50 (down 63% in the last year) on…

The Premier Oil and Rockhopper deal – some lessons for private investors

On Thursday, North Falklands Island oil explorer Rockhopper Exploration announced a $1 billion farm-out deal with Premier Oil in exchange…

Xcite Energy moves from despondency to hope!

Quite a day for Xcite Energy! After showing the usual pattern of daily decline with a drop to 64p this…

Aluminium company Alcoa starts off second quarter earnings season with a “beat”

And so the US second quarter earnings season kicked off with a mixed story from aluminium giant Alcoa. Earnings and…

Plenty of action in AIM oil and gas today

After Friday’s large rise, Cameroon focused oil explorer, Bowleven fell back to earth today with a 12% drop to 62p.…

US earnings season gets into swing with Alcoa results later tonight

Aluminium producer -Alcoa’s results after the US market close tonight signal the start of the second quarter 2012 earnings season.…

Weak June US jobs data puts pressure on stock markets

The FTSE 100 closed Friday at 5,663, up 1.6% on the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished Friday at…