AIM IN BRIEF: Beretta Emerges As Favourite To Acquire Manroy

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following AIM-listed companies are making headlines on Alliance News Professional at the market open Thursday:
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Mar City To Buy Eight Plots Of Land For About GBP30.8M; Launches GBP25.8M Placing
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NewRiver Retail To Buy 202 Pubs From Marston's For GBP90M; To Convert All Pubs To Other Uses; Buys Two Retail Centres For GBP34.3M; H1 Pretax Profit GBP5.2M Vs GBP479,000; Keeps Interim Dividend At 6.0P
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Idox Wins USD1.5M Contract With Unamed Canadian Oil & Gas Co.
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Plethora Solutions Says CEO Ronald Openshaw To Step Down; Says Non-Exec Director Mike Collis To Act As CFO; Says Intends To Further Strengthen Management Team
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Digital Barriers H1 Pretax Loss GBP7.2M Vs GBP7.1M Loss; Revenue GBP9M Vs GBP8.1M; Appoints New Finance Director
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Triple Plate Junction H1 Pretax Loss GBP234K Vs GBP320K; Spent GBP52,000 During The Period On Possible Transactions
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Brightside Appoints Paul Williams As New CEO From Early 2014
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Manroy Says Has Ended Takeover Talks With U.S. Ordnance But Still Talking With Herstal And Beretta; Says In "Active Discussions" With Herstal; Says Beretta Talks Not Active But Not Terminated
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Hummingbird Says Results Confirm Confidence On Tuzon Deposit; To Commence Additional Drilling At Site
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M&C Saatchi Agrees To Sell 75.1% Of Walker Media To Publicis Groupe For GBP36M In Cash; Will Retain 24.9% Of Walker Media And Have Right To Appoint Directors
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Leni Gas & Oil Says Plans To Drill First New Wells At Goudron Progress; Working With Authorities To Get Final Approvals
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Sigma Capital Agrees GBP700M Joint Venture With Gatehouse Bank For UK Privately Rented Residential Properties; JV To Build Initial 2,000 New Rental Homes In 22 Sites In North West Of England; JV Provides For Development Of 4,600 Additional New Rented Homes
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Publishing Technology: FY Results To Be Below Expectations Due To Delayed Completion Of Projects; Outlook For 2014 Remains A Steady Improvement
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Character Group FY Pretax Profit GBP0.72M Vs GBP7.1M; FY Sales GBP67.2M Vs GBP74.95M; Keeps Final Dividend At 3.30P; Says Saw A Turnaround In H2; Expects Substantially Better Results In 2014
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Ceramic Fuel Cells Sells 1,000 BlueGEN Units To Baltic Distributor For Over EUR20M
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Legendary Investments Says Virtualstock Limited Has Successfully Implemented Its System With Tesco
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Impax Asset Management FY Pretax profit GBP3.4M Vs GBP4.7M Loss; FY Revenue GBP18.5M Vs GBP18.6M
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Peninsular Gold FY Pretax Profit GBP2.3M Vs GBP3.0M; Rev From Unhedged Gold Sales GBP22.8M Vs GBP18.7M; Produced 5,836 Ounces Of Gold For Quarter July To Sept 2013
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Inland Home Signs Agreement With Defence Infrastructure Organisation For Wilton Park In Beaconsfield
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Pilat Media Q3 Profit After Tax GBP32,000 Vs GBP20,000 Loss; Revenue GBP6.29M Vs GBP5.31M; Says Strong Q4 To Results In Strong FY Revenue, Profit Growth
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ValiRx Says Has Received More Positive Studies On VAL201
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James Latham H1 Pretax Profit GBP4.2M Vs GBP4.1M; Rev GBP82.2M Vs GBP74.9M; Increases Interim Dividend To 3.4P Vs 3.1P
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Mercom Oil Sands Reaches Settlement With Nordic Petroleum On Chard Oil Sands Leases; Mercom Oil Sands To Pay Undisclosed Cash Sum, 13M New Shares
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Thor Mining Chairman: Challenges Ahead Are Securing Funds, Completing Upgrade To Molyhill Project; On Track To Increase Interest In Spring Hill To 80% By January 31 2014
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Mining Investments Resources FY Loss GBP368,000 Vs GBP634,000
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All Asia Asset Capital Buys Minority Stake In Myanmar Allure Group
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