Investors Chronicle articles from April 2007

Investors Chronicle archives from April 2007

Is Europe worth it?
April 5, 2007

High stakes.
April 5, 2007

Better never than late.
April 5, 2007

Cut price.
April 5, 2007

What? Boots? Exciting?
April 5, 2007

Fool's fuel.
April 5, 2007

Day of the Mifid.
April 5, 2007

The hidden risks in private equity.
April 5, 2007

Hosts with the most.
April 5, 2007

British Airways is predator and prey.
April 5, 2007

BSS on track to beat forecasts.
April 5, 2007

BTG's fortunes finally improve.
April 5, 2007

Vodafone disappoints.
April 5, 2007

Man Group demerger.
April 5, 2007

Raw material prices bite RPC.
April 5, 2007

Highland gold raises GBP45.7m.
April 5, 2007

Quadra to buy Intermoly.
April 5, 2007

InvestinMedia and Avesco to reunite.
April 5, 2007

Alliance Boots receives improved offer.
April 5, 2007

Thus wavers on pricing.
April 5, 2007... In a downbeat trading statement, Thus's management has said full-year revenues to March 2007 would be slightly below market expectations, at GBP530m, and admitted it is "cautious both on pricing and the market structure". A GBP7.5m injection...

Broking firms think twice as Aim dries up.
April 5, 2007

Clapham House gets on its bike.
April 5, 2007

RC looks east for profits.
April 5, 2007

Week Ahead...
April 5, 2007

Vat victory in sight.
April 5, 2007... The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) is on the brink of victory in its case against Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs over unfair value added tax (VAT) on management fees. Investment trusts have to pay VAT on management charges and...

No-thought portfolio outperforms.
April 5, 2007

Strong US economy spells good news for capital spending.
April 5, 2007... US industry is still going strong. Despite a weak dollar, and the fact that part of the US housing market is close to repossession, recent economic figures have been good. The Institute of Supply Management's manufacturing index - where...

EMI embraces iTunes.
April 5, 2007

Severn Trent to meet City forecasts.
April 5, 2007

Kazakhmys' licence to go west.
April 5, 2007

Copper is still red hot.
April 5, 2007

Hyder's shares are full of Eastern promise.
April 5, 2007

New rules for home reversions.
April 5, 2007

Go online to gain an edge.
April 5, 2007

Optional extras.
April 5, 2007

Good foundations.
April 5, 2007... Three little-known investment trusts are now offering exposure to an interesting, low-risk, attractive and rather unique sector. All these trusts have been launched in the past 12 months and each invests in infrastructure assets, such as roads,...

LAURA ASHLEY (ALY).
April 5, 2007

AXEON (AXE).
April 5, 2007... "Puny and pathetic" is the view of Axeon's chief executive, Hamish Grant, on the recent attempts by the European Union to encourage the automotive industry to reduce the emissions levels of vehicles. His company is developing battery technology...

PREMIER DIRECT (PDR).
April 5, 2007

PILAT MEDIA GLOBAL (PGB).
April 5, 2007

TURBO POWER SYSTEMS (TPS).
April 5, 2007... The highlights for Turbo Power Systems (TPS) last year were an increased order book of $58m, entry into the aerospace market, and the strengthening of its balance sheet thanks to an equity placing and loan-note conversion following the...

VELTI (VEL).
April 5, 2007

IPOINT-MEDIA (IPNT).
April 5, 2007

VISLINK (VLK).
April 5, 2007... In the brave new multimedia world, armies and police forces are beginning to want the sort of high-tech telecoms kit that the big TV broadcasters use, so Vislink is chasing the opportunity that presents. Sales to the defence, law-enforcement...

IQE (IQE).
April 5, 2007

NAPO PHARMACEUTICALS (NAPL).
April 5, 2007

GETECH (GTC).
April 5, 2007... Getech's dip in profits had a lot to do with the lumpy nature of the company's revenue-generation, as evidenced by the first order for aeromagnetic data on the Russian Arctic Shelf - signed in January and to be accounted for in the second half....

WOOLWORTHS (WLW).
April 5, 2007... Grim is perhaps the best word to describe these results, with like-for-like sales falling yet again by 6.6 per cent for the full year. Woolworths faced increased competition from the supermarkets, the specialists and online retail. And the...

CENES PHARMACEUTICALS (CEN).
April 5, 2007

PHOQUS (PQS).
April 5, 2007

SCI ENTERTAINMENT (SEG).
April 5, 2007

PROSTRAKAN (PSK).
April 5, 2007

SR PHARMA (SPA).
April 5, 2007

SPORTECH (SPO).
April 5, 2007

FAYREWOOD (FWY).
April 5, 2007

FINSBURY FOOD (FIF).
April 5, 2007

WREN HOMES (WHG).
April 5, 2007

S&U (SUS).
April 5, 2007

LAND OF LEATHER (LAN).
April 5, 2007

INTERQUEST (ITQ).
April 5, 2007... Ongoing strong market conditions in specialist IT recruitment, coupled with the impact of two acquisitions, helped Interquest produce bumper full-year figures. And executive chairman Gary Ashworth believes the IT staffing market is set for...

BRIDGEWELL (BWL).
April 5, 2007

ANTONOV (ATV).
April 5, 2007

FALKLAND OIL & GAS (FOGL).
April 5, 2007

URAMIN (UMN).
April 5, 2007

FIRST CALGARY (FPL).
April 5, 2007

AMBRIAN CAPITAL (AMBR).
April 5, 2007

OILEXCO (OIL).
April 5, 2007

AFREN (AFR).
April 5, 2007

MJ GLEESON (GLE).
April 5, 2007

MECOM (MEC).
April 5, 2007

JAMES HALSTEAD (JHD).
April 5, 2007

HASGROVE (HGV).
April 5, 2007

TRADING EMISSIONS (TRE).
April 5, 2007

CLIPPER WINDPOWER (CWP).
April 5, 2007... Last year was a big one for Clipper in terms of orders won. The major news was a five-year deal with BP that will see Clipper supplying up to 4,000MW of wind-generation capacity. The company also secured contracts with UPC Wind, Edison Mission...

SUMMIT GERMANY (SGL).
April 5, 2007

SPEYMILL DEUTSCHE IMMOBILIEN (SDIC).
April 5, 2007

ABLON (ABL).
April 5, 2007

DAWNAY, DAY TREVERIA (DTR).
April 5, 2007

EL ORO & EXPLORATION (ELX).
April 5, 2007

SERICA ENERGY (SQZ).
April 5, 2007

KINGFISHER (KGF).
April 5, 2007... Kingfisher's results were hardly spectacular. Adjusted pre-tax profits, before exceptional costs and amortisation, fell by 11 per cent during the year to £396.6m. But this doesn't tell the full story. Finance director Duncan Tatton-Brown...

EVOLUTION (EVG).
April 5, 2007

TISSUE SCIENCE LABORATORIES (TSL).
April 5, 2007

STRAIGHT (ST).
April 5, 2007