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Just a week ago, 31 March, I reported that Quindell (LSE:QPP) is preparing to join the Main Market and that “The Quindell board sees 2014 as the threshold of massive growth potential.” We’re not able to report as yet precisely when Quindell expects to be listed on the main market (although speculation is mid-June), but […]

World Bank sees a downtrend growth in China’s and other South East Asian economies even as it foresees an accelerating global growth in the next three years. In its April release of the East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, World Bank expects growth in China in 2014 and 2015 to be at 7.6 percent and […]

Following a pattern set recently by several other tech companies, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has made a play that is ingeniously designed to ensure that control of the company stays in the hands of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Don’t have a stroke if you check the Google share price this morning to find that GOOG […]

Contract for Difference (CFD) provider Plus500 (LSE:PLUS) watched its share price reach a record high of 683.75 yesterday following release of its Q1 2014 results. The company, which I call, “the legalized gambling alternative to investing directly in the stock market,” achieved at 207% revenue growth in the first quarter of 2014 over the same […]

Easy as ABO Euronext Brussels S.A./N.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), welcomed today ABO-Group on its regulated market. ABO-Group’s entry on Euronext Brussels’ market occurred through the reverse takeover of Thenergo, a developer, operator and service provider in the context of energy projects. ABO-Group manages a group of companies in Belgium...

Magnolia Petroleum Plc, an AIM quoted US focused oil and gas exploration and production company, has issued a quarterly update on its operations. The results focus on proven and producing US onshore hydrocarbon formations, including the Bakken/Three Forks Sanish in North Dakota and Montana, and the Mississippi Lime and the Hunton/Woodford in Oklahoma. Quarter Highlights: […]

This space is normally devoted to commentary on one or more companies’ share price. Today it is about exposing what may be the biggest scandal ever to hit stock exchanges around the world. The problem in the U.S. is so  bad that the FBI is now investigating the massive fraud being perpetrated on U.S. investors. […]

ADVFN shares (LSE:AFN) are bearish: they may go further south until they reach the low at 2.50. Should that low (demand level) succeed in checking further bearish move, the shares may bounce upwards from there. Someone says bull markets are fun. I say bear markets are also fun, aren’t they? In bear market, short-sellers can […]

African Potash Limited, the AIM listed African exploration company, has announced its results for the six months ended 31 December 2013. Chairman’s Statement: The Company’s focus continues to be on its 70% interest in the Lac Dinga Potash Project (‘Lac Dinga’ or ‘the Project’), located in a world-class potash-bearing region in the south-west of the […]

We rarely talk about jewelry in this space and, frankly, the only investments I have ever made in jewelry ended up on my wife’s hand, neck, or ears. However, the share price of Signet Jewelers Limited (LSE:SIG) (NYSE:SIG) was up an impressive 3.72% today on the London Exchange following release of its Q4 and year […]