Quarto
HOLD
21/08/2008
Despite dollar weakness and slowdown in the US, specialist book publisher Quarto issued resilient underlying numbers for the half year to June.
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Xaar
AVOID
21/08/2008
Printing technology specialist Xaar is hoping to counteract tough competitive conditions in its main market of China with new tactics and a bulging pipeline for its new technology in the West.
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Although laced with a dash of caution, results for the half-year to June from high street pawnbroking chain H&T still showed progress across the business and record profits.
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FDM Group
STRONG BUY
20/08/2008
Despite economic uncertainty, outsourced IT solutions venture FDM has delighted investors with outstanding interim figures to June.
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An ongoing diversification drive enabled recruiter Michael Page, which recently rebuffed an approach at 400p from Swiss rival Adecco, to achieve a 22% increase in profit before tax to £84.1m for the half to June.
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Proximagen
SPECULATIVE BUY
18/08/2008
Cash-rich drug discoverer Proximagen, focused on Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders, has seen little reaction in the market since its recent signing of a $232m (£124m) licensing agreement.
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Training-management software provider NetDimensions has been sold down so far that it is now trading for less than its cash, despite being on course to beat its forecasts for 2008.
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With offer talks having been terminated, analysts Mike Allen and Paul Jones of Panmure Gordon have reduced their price target for consultant White Young Green from 352p to 234p and labelled its shares a ‘sell’.
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Renold
BUY
15/08/2008
Renold, the engineering concern renowned for its industrial chains and power transmission products, has clinched a new $17m (£9.2m) contract with Mitsubishi to supply couplings and gearboxes for the New York City Metro North Transit Authority.
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Medicsight
SPECULATIVE BUY
14/08/2008
On flotation in June last year, cancer-screening software provider Medicsight was valued by the City at £170m. Now, one credit crunch and no real revenues later, the company is worth almost two-thirds less.
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