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Thanks for that. Sounds like a compromise all round. Hope the Market approves. At least we know where we are. Fingers crossed and GLA

Thanks for view with which I entirely agree although the recent drop has made me nervous. I was not aware of Digicel and am reassured by your info on this. If JPMORGAN are that bullish good for them. We seem to be on or about the average so hopefully things will improve once Bahamas sorted out. The Market does not like uncertainty.

Does this company pose a threat to CWC?

Any reason for today's drop? Or just uncertainty in the Bahamas?

Special div proposed of 10p per share plus quarterly divs. Sounds good to me.

Thanks for that. I agree with you and relieve that there is a rational reason for the drop. Should be recouped over the coming weeks.

Price down 10p. Who is selling and why? Anyone know?

Thanks for that. Perhaps CWC playing hardball. Wait and see I guess.

Last year it was 6 February. 4 divs per year. No further info on Unilever website except that final results on 21 Jan. GLA and Bargin I hope you are right! Should be as Unilver seems to sell a lot of products world wide. Unfortunately the market sdoes not seem so optimistic.

Thanks a lot. It would be good to know. I have Google Alerts up and running but they only seem to report every day at 8 am! I guess the Bahamas are about 7 hours behind England so we have to be patient. Hope the deal is ok and that the Govt do not remege upon it in another year! I also agree that an RNS is more than likely.. CWC's own website is not a great deal of help either.

Gone 30p in the wrong direction so far! Why are you so optimistic?

Any idea what has been agreed? News due about now? To a degree a pistol was held to CWC's corporate head otherwise there would have been no negotiations! Am optimistic that Phil Bentley will move CWC in the right direction. Take over of course always a possibility as presumably the Americans would prefer to control Central American telephones in their own back yard so to speak..

Can anybody please explain why Uniliever shares have done so badly over recent days?

Thanks for helpful posts. I am inclined to hold and also hope that T&L have the wits to put out a bit of positive media news to stop this sort of misguided lack of confidence by the market. It is more a growth share - I hope - the div is presently just shy of 3.5% and of course if it gets to 800p plus then the yield will be closer to 3.2%. On the other hand anuything over 3% is not bad although I prefer like Apprentice DRL to look at 4 plus % or even 5 without incurring the risk of buying a dodgy share. Got caught by Man Group when it was yielding 10% - no such thing as a free lunch! As you say research necessary but my gut feeling is positive, but that is no guide!.

Thanks a lot for that. Had not seen or found that article. Must confess that I do not blame the campaigners but thought TandL dealt more with sugar substitutes anyway. As you say market is jittery about anything and despite today's further fall I guess that this will work itself out. Probaly is time to get in but fully invested so sitting tight. Thanks again.

It seems that CWC are stuck with these but Monaco makes good money. Not sure about Seychelles. Monaco is a tax haven and that must create a lot of internet and telephone traffic as in many of the Caribbean islands/places. Presumably if CWC were taken over as a unit then Monaco and Seychelles would not be a problem. Divestment as separate entities does not seem so easy!. My hope is that CWC will do what it says by developing the Caribbean network into the best local operator. Mr Bentley seems confident having apparently matched his golden hello with an equal amount of shares from his own resources. Mark Wilson the incoming CEO of Aviva bought a bundle of shares in the company as did the Directors of Thomas Cook which always instills confidence. I think that every effort will be made to make CWC the prime force in the Caribbean and hopefully this will lead onwards and upwards. The dividend has been generous recently and the sp is back to somwewhere near its price at the demerger with Cable and Wireless. I am cautiously optimistic and have bought more shares but DYOR. GLA

Have tried to find the reason for today's plummeting share price but cannot find a reason despite searching the internet. Anybody know the reason please?

http://www.4-traders.com/CABLE-AND-WIRELESS-COMMUN-6064178/news/Cable-and-Wireless-Communications-Plc--CWC-Panama-Data-Centre-Wins-Quality-Award-23-December-2013-17636176/ Panamanian award for best ISO company of the year. Pity we are not also told who is buying up the shares. They seem to be climbing gradually whcih is good news. Not sure if anything will now break before Christmas. GLA

no news and SP drifting. Will it hold above 50p if nothing emerges or denials made by CWC. Flip of a coin I guess but the company seems to be doing well in its own right and the new boss starts soon and he will want to prove himself

Hope it's not VOD as their t/o of Cable and Wireless was on very shabby terms. Could also be Tata who had a go at CW but failed to raise the steam. Perhaps they are better organised this time. Hope somebody comes clean soon! The 64000 dollar question is if no bidder materialises will the price remain in the 50s or higher as by now the market must be more aware of the potential of CWC. My inclination is to hold on and see what happens. I have already sold some at the beginning of the rise - too early as it transpires so keeping the remainder pro tem. DYR and GLA