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Thursday tips round-up: Mecom, Xaar, H&T
21 Aug, 2008 06:06
Worries about the near-term outlook pushed Mecom's shares down 16 per cent to 18½p. That leaves the group trading at five times earnings, cheap for newspapers by historic standards but… -
Wednesday tips round-up: Alliance & Leicester, BHP Billiton, Findel
20 Aug, 2008 07:01
The time has come for investors to decide whether to back Santander's £1.33bn Alliance & Leicester bid says the Telegraph. -
Tuesday tips round-up: Woolworths, Hiscox, Raymarine
19 Aug, 2008 06:56
The comfort for Woolworths shareholders is that something is happening. However, any joy must be offset by the failure of previous approaches - that of Apax two years ago or… -
Sunday tips round-up: TUI, Plexus, Southern Cross
17 Aug, 2008 12:54
After a run-up from around 170p last month, the TUI shares trade at around 11 times current year earnings, falling to nine times those for 2009. Such ratios are at… -
Friday tips round-up: Bellway, British Land, Logica
15 Aug, 2008 06:51
Software group Logica's interim results suggest that under new chief executive Andy Green a rather disparate collection of divisions has slowly started to sing from the same hymn sheet. Investors… -
Thursday tips round-up: Thomas Cook, Vodafone, Balfour Beatty
14 Aug, 2008 06:08
Manny Fontenla-Novoa, the chief executive of Thomas Cook, is one of life's cheerier characters. The oil price may linger well above $100 a barrel, and recession may be looming, but… -
Wednesday tips round-up: Pennon, Thomson Reuters, BPP
13 Aug, 2008 06:46
Unlike most in the FTSE 250, water utility Pennon's share price is up, by 8.7%, over the 12 months, with the group providing a haven for buyers in troubled times. -
Tuesday tips round-up: Smurfitt Kappa, Vitec, Kazakhmys
12 Aug, 2008 06:54
Care home operator Southern Cross has had a woeful few months that included a profits warning at the end of June, two months after saying it was as fit as… -
Sunday tips round-up: HSBC, Fidessa, Keller
10 Aug, 2008 12:15
HSBC already trades at a significant premium to other banks. Exane BNP Paribas estimates that it is on "2.1 times tangible book for 2008, while UK domestic banks struggle to… -
Friday tips round-up: Barclays, Hammerson, Friends Provident
08 Aug, 2008 06:01
Resilience in a downturn should be rewarded. By maintaining an unchanged, cash dividend and producing solid results, Barclays has earned investors' faith - even if questions linger about the write-downs.…
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