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Heritage Oil unveils pre-lim rights issue terms – anticipated 40-45% discount to re-list price

Heritage Oil unveils pre-lim rights issue terms – anticipated 40-45% discount to re-list price

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Heritage Oil provided further details this morning about its planned rights issue to help fund the 850 million dollar purchase of Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s most prolific oil block in Nigeria aswell as reporting higher oil output during the first half of the year in its dual interim results release. Shoreline which is 45%-owned  Heritage, will buy…

thought for the week – Could rim be swallowed in a ‘left of field’ move by the “Chinese Google” – Baidu?

thought for the week – Could rim be swallowed in a ‘left of field’ move by the “Chinese Google” – Baidu?

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  The much maligned Blackberry maker Research in Motion actually could in fact be a very interesting target for Baidu, certainly if the “Chinese Google” were to follow the same strategy that led to Google buying Motorola Mobility not so long ago. Buying RIM would allow Baidu and China to gain valuable technology and patents,…

THE CONCISE GUIDE TO THE WEEK AHEAD COURTESY OF CANTOR INDEX

THE CONCISE GUIDE TO THE WEEK AHEAD COURTESY OF CANTOR INDEX

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Monday, August 6, 2012 UK Reporting:- Catlin Group Ltd, CGL, e, (CC), Catlin Group Ltd, CGL, (R), Easyjet Plc, EZJ, (R), Morgan Sindall Group Plc, MGNS, (R), Telecity Group Plc, TCY, e, (CC), Telecity Group Plc, TCY, (R) S&P 500 Reporting:- AES Corp/The, Q2, 0.272,  Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Q2, 1776.64,  Boston Properties Inc, Q2, 1.243,  CF Industries…

some long overdue news for disadvantaged Worldspreads clients – KPMG set to sue former directors

some long overdue news for disadvantaged Worldspreads clients – KPMG set to sue former directors

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Conor Foley CEO of Worldspreads days before the collapse From this mornings Telegraph – not pretty reading for the former ‘Directors’ of Worldspreads:- The creditors of WorldSpreads are set to pursue the former directors and advisers to recoup some of the money from the failed spread betting company, which was placed into special administration in…

trading trends end of week post

trading trends end of week post

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A terrible end to July and then a whippy start to August.  If I was to summarise July in one word, it would be “wasted”. So in order to make a bad month good (!) I need to make good my wasted opportunities of which I will detail below – Looking back across my trading diary, if…