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SHARES MAGAZINE
Plays of the Week:
*2007 review - overall gain 4.2%.
Improve your AIM:
*Buy BBI (BBI) - Norkom (NORK) - Caretech (CTH) - Cape (CIU) - Hydrogen (HYDG) - Polymer Logistics (POLL) - FDM (FDMG) - Statpro (SOG) - Healthcare Locums (HLO) - MyHome International (MYH) - Hat Pin (HTP) - Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS).
Trading Plays:
*Buy Lloyds TSB (LLOY) - Marks & Spencer (MKS) - International Power (IPR).
*Sell Electrocomponents (ECM).
FINANCIAL TIMES
The Lex Column:
*Merrill's new boss - convincing the market that Merrill Lynch can understand and manage its outstanding CDO and subprime-related exposure could be John Thain's biggest challenge to date.
*Economic prophet - as part of a transparency drive, the US central bank will issue three-year forecasts for headline inflation as well as its preferred core measure.
*Chinese inflation - there is nothing therapeutic about China's retail sales, which last month rose at the fastest rate in eight years.
*UK deposit insurance - UK regulators and bankers have at last improved the country's system fro compensating customers in the event of a bank or insurance company failure - but initial tinkering does not go far enough.
*French retail - it does not really seem the place of secretaries of state for the economy to tell supermarkets to cut prices. But this is what France's Luc Chatel has done.
*Och Ziff's IPO - Volatility? Pah! If anyone is going to take a confidence stance amid rolling equities markets, it's bound to be a big hedge fund.
*Trademark tussle - a court case about Splenda could reshape the trademark rules for packaging and embolden owners of premium brands in their fight against lookalikes.
*Land Securities (LAND) break-up - the announcement that Land Securities intends to break itself up into three separate quoted companies may mark a shift in the UK real estate sector and have repercussions for other industries.
The Lombard Column:
*Northern Rock (NRK) could dent the UK's state aid halo.
*HSBC (HSBA): first with the worst.
*Friends Provident (FP.) disunited.
Further news:
*Unilever (ULVR) looks to clean up Africa.
*Sweet music for Minerva (MNR) as upgrade attracts investors.
*Bid rumours fade at Ashtead (AHT).
*Orix shows interest in Close Bros (CBG).
THE TIMES
The Tempus Column:
*Worth hanging on to Scottish & Southern (SCTN).
*Take profits in Dimension Data (DDT).
*Hold Greene King (GNK).
The Business Editor's Column:
*Northern Rock (NRK) rapidly growing too hot to handle.
*Land Securities (LAND): big or small, the test has come.
A Tiddler to Watch:
*Serica Energy (SQZ).
Further news:
*William Hill (WMH) fails with bold approach to Ladbrokes (LAD) executive.
*ILX Group (ILX) falls on fears of downturn in demand.
DAILY TELEGRAPH
The Questor Column:
*Hold Sainsbury (SBRY).
*Buy Scottish & Southern (SSE).
*Buy Dimension Data (DDT).
The Comment Column:
*John Thain's mission is to bring Goldman spirit to Merrill.
*It's odds against Mervyn King disproving markets theory.
*Breaking up is hard to do... even for Land Securities (LAND).
Further news:
*Takeover chatter makes Minerva (MNR) hot property.
THE GUARDIAN
No share news today
THE INDEPENDENT
The Investment Column:
*Take profits at Lonmin (LMI).
*Hold Burberry (BRBY).
*Applied Intellectual Capital (AINC) a risky buy.
The Outlook Column:
*Bank of England's gloomy prognosis.
*Surprising resilience of equity markets.
*John Thain joins the Thundering Herd.
Further news:
*Scent of takeover action in the air at Rank Group (RNK).
*Traders are expecting some good news from GVM Metals (GVM).
DAILY MAIL
Interview:
*Ben Verwaayen, Chief Executive of BT Group (BT.A).
Further news:
*Encore Oil (EO.) could be on the list for industry predators.
DAILY EXPRESS
*Stakebuilding talk pushes up Minerva (MNR).
*Speculation a Dubai-based investors in building a stake in Earthport (EPO).
DAILY MIRROR
No share news today
THE SUN
No share news today
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