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Brokers' views: Midas 10/03/2011

Midas is a fan of HMS

Companies: PZ Cussons

Brokers' views: Edison Investment Research 10/03/2011

Pharma duo from Edison

Tags: E-Therapeutics, Edison, Pharma

Companies: ImmuPharma , e-Therapeutics

Brokers' views: Brewin Dolphin 08/03/2011

CareTech is a wise pick, says Brewin

Tags: Caretech, Retirement homes, Still Caring

Companies: Animalcare , CareTech

Exploration Insights by Robert Tyerman 08/03/2011

Resource shares have been centre stage of late, with oil bubbling on the risk of North African supply cuts, gold still firm and mining markets braced for the widely expected £40 billion float of commodities trader Glencore

Tags: Bellzone, Beowulf, Exploration, Swedish mining

Companies: Sirius Petroleum , Beowulf Mining , SolGold (formerly Solomon Gold) , Richland Resources

Appointments: Bahamas Petroleum’s new board member 11/02/2011

Oil and gas explorer Bahamas Petroleum has announced the appointment of Edward Shallcross as non-executive director

Tags: Bahamas, Barclays bank, Edward Shallcross, Gaming

Companies: Bahamas Petroleum Company

Appointments: Carlisle fills finance post 11/02/2011

Derivatives trading software concern FFastfFill has announced the appointment of Mark Carlisle as chief financial officer. He joins the company from software company Kewill, where he has worked since March 2010 as group controller, and will take his position in April 2011

Tags: Credit crunch, Derivatives trading, Technology

Companies: FFastFill

Appointments: Ferrar’s new seam 11/02/2011

AIM-quoted miner Q Resources has announced the appointment of Gavin Ferrar as chief financial officer. He joins from Investec bank, where he was responsible for the origination and execution of mining and metals debt as well as equity financing for Investec’s capital markets division

Tags: Imperial College, KwaZuluNatal, Miners

Companies: Q Resources (suspended on 13 April 2011)

People: Cocoa volatility 11/02/2011

Ian Blackburn, boss of confectionery and snack foods group Zetar, reckons that a rise in the price of chocolate is a distinct possibility. ‘Ivory Coast recently had a very good cocoa crop,’ he concedes

Tags: Apricots, Ivory Coast, Political volatility, Price of cocoa, Zetar

Companies: Zetar

People: Fishing for funds 11/02/2011

Miles Standish, managing director of Fisher Investments UK, the newly renamed British arm of the $40 billion (£25 billion) US fund management group of the same name, is starting 2011 in upbeat mood

Tags: Bloomsbury, Fisher Investments, Morgan Stanley, Philip Fisher

People: Golden opportunity 11/02/2011

Alex Maby, finance director of pawnbroker H&T Group, which has recently benefited from a large increase
in the number of customers looking to pawn their gold jewellery, senses some uncertainty over how much longer the price of gold will go on rising

Tags: Gold purchasing, Pawnbroker, Price of gold, Tesco Gold

People: No defence 11/02/2011

One company boss who echoes the anger of the Federation of Small Businesses and MPs over wasteful and inefficient procurement by the Ministry of Defence is Eric Kohn, chairman of ambitious tantalum producer Noventa

Tags: MOD, Tantalum, Wasteful, Yes Minister

Companies: Noventa

People: Yan summons hand of God 11/02/2011

Johnson Yan, head of Chinese AIM security specialist Global Lock, is welcoming the Chinese Year of the Rabbit by recruiting former Argentine football star Diego Maradona to sing his company’s praises, according to a corporate spokesman in the People’s Republic

Tags: Chinese Security, Diego Maradona, Global lock, Year of the Rabbit

Companies: Global Lock Safety