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Is it time to ditch blue chip stocks for small caps?
Tutorials We’ve been suggesting solid, dividend paying blue chips for years, says Merryn Somerset Webb. But they’re not looking so cheap any more. So is it time to look to smaller companies instead?
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Small cap round-up: InterQuest, ValiRx, Aeorema Comms
News InterQuest has warned that trading during the summer, traditionally its strongest period, has been sluggish. As a result underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) will be in the region of 2.2m pounds. This does not include an exceptional credit of about 0.85m pounds to its income statement from the settlement of it warranty claim against the vendors of CCL.
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Small caps round-up: UBC, Corin, MTI Wireless
News Multimedia content and services company UBC narrowed losses before tax on the back of a strong increase in half-year revenues.
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Small caps round-up: BP Marsh, Media Corp, Dee Valley
News B.P. Marsh & Partners, the venture capital firm, has increased its stake in Besso Insurance Group through the acquisition of the stake held by Michael Wade, who is stepping down as Chairman of Besso now that the restructuring of the group has been completed. Coln Bird, currently the Chief Executive of Besso, will replace Wade as Chairman.
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Small caps round-up: Parallel Media, Paragon Entertainment, TyraTech
News TyraTech, a natural life sciences company, has received a 0.5m dollar advance payment for a prospective new alliance with an unnamed agricultural products company located in the US. The firm said it is in advanced discussions with this prospective partner relating to a strategic partnership to further expand TyraTech's products and markets. The company now plans to finalise the partnership agreement and make a further announcement in the near future.
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Small caps round-up: Surgical Innovations, Verdes, Ceramic Fuel Cells
News Surgical Innovations Group, a designer and manufacturer of creative solutions for minimally invasive surgery, has shipped the first batch of its PretzelFlex device, and expected to ship a second batch in December. The shipment was part of an eight-year agreement with Care Fusion which gave them exclusive rights to sell Pretzel Flex in the US.
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Ireland's 1.6 billion-barrel oil awakening?
Features The discovery of 1.6 billion barrels of recoverable oil has sparked hopes of an oil rush off the shores of Ireland. Here, Tom Bulford looks at the prospects, and the small-cap oil companies hoping to cash in.
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Small caps round-up: Nasstar, Good Energy, Tangent Commuications
News Nasstar, which describes itself as a cloud services provider, has announced that Garnes Data, a Norwegian service provider, has joined Nasstar's partner programme to distribute the Hosted Desktop service. The company will start to receive revenues from the partnership soon, it said. The firm believes Garnes Data is in an ideal postion to be a successful distributor for it in the Nordic Markets.
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The end of the IFA ‘long con’
Features If you want somebody to advise you on your financial affairs, you can expect to pay through the nose. But there is an alternative, says Tom Bulford.
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