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Good that the process is gathering momentum, let's get on with it! I wonder if Samsung could sneakily use the opportunity to introduce something they can use at the trial, i.e. some actual justification for thinking the patents were not valid, and not mentioning that to the owners, rather than the feeble BS they have come up with so far

The dividend TOTAL last year was actually 18.3p Potter79, but that wasn't the question. Dividend COVER is the ratio between earnings and dividends. It aims to show how affordable the payout is to the company, and how sustainable it is.
I think the LSE figure is roughly correct, as earnings declined sharply last year. These numbers in isolation can be misleading though, as M&G's business, as I understand it, revolves around capital generation rather than earnings. This is why ALL the dividends are labelled "interim" (i.e. never "final"), I think, because final dividends officially can only be paid out of current years earnings.

I think Jatw is right - rising rates are overall good for M&G's business, that's the conventional wisdom anyway, although they are bad for most of the market and therefore obviously have some negative effect. We may be moving back to a more conventional rates environment, which hasn't existed for decades, and which arguably may be more conducive to success for M&G.

Buybacks should hopefully continue to buoy the SP. It's been reasonably robust during the recent sell offs compared to some stocks, and compared to previous dips. Don't worry about your average AllAtSea, focus on the yield!

You never know Hawi, we wondered for ages how Samsung was producing QDs at their paper subsidiary, it seemed scarcely believable they'd just outright stolen the process, still seems scarcely credible a major intertnational company made that choice, but there you go. Then their defence, invalidity of the patents, was a big surprise too, I don't think anyone here predicted it. Who knows what they'll come up with at trial, assuming it gets that far. The constant throughout has been shameless, in-your-face dishonesty, of the most blatant and embarrassing kind, a complete disrespect for the truth. They are simply criminals, and frankly, not very good ones.

Seems a bit of an overreaction to just the patents being granted. Was the market expecting them to be rejected? Not complaining, it's obviously good news, but 24%? Lucky for Moany and his hostage shares situation, I expect he'll send Barclays a crate of champagne

As AN said, diagnostic companies can piggyback on this too - using an FDA approved product as the platform for their own targeted analysis without having to gain FDA approval themselves, it potentially opens up a whole new market, hope other companies grasp the potential and 'carpe diem', it's world changing if they do

Perfect opportunity for one of the other TV companies to get their act together and buy a license - roll up, roll up, hot technology, freshly validated, with the added sauce of throwing deep shade on a rival

Thanks for the link Gogetum, what a great interview. Brilliant analogy describing Parsortix as a platform which other diagnostic companies can write apps for. Let's hope they come thick and fast, this is good for humanity!

Part of the settlement should be Samsungs criminal boss resigns, and Tenner gets to sit on their board ( :

"ANGLE anticipates that the Parsortix system will be adopted worldwide. "

Breast cancer killed Paul McCartneys mum and his wife Linda, and so many others. Parsortix will help save a lot of lives, and probably should have gained approval a long time ago. Hopefully the research and development get a massive boost now and everything speeds up - many more diseases can be fought with this fantastic tech

New CEO and changes at the top, and Nic Nicandrou exits. Quite a reset, good luck to the new team.

It was just a stupid joke, FDA, but thanks anyway! Big tick!

pass, or ticks

Are you suggesting this board has some purpose other than allowing people to monitor the status of moany's POLB shares Andinio? Have some respect for this important topic. When is CF going to make some promise about when moany's shares will finally be freed?

Hi Grippa, no, not yet paid in all probability. The latest news I'm aware of is that XPP are considering their next move. The amount of damages awarded was $40m, ongoing legal costs are £10.1m.

Extract from Sharecast news (24 March):
"Numis, which rates the stock at 'buy', said: "We believe that XP Power has the option to appeal the jury's verdict, so this case may not have reached a conclusion at this point. This morning the board of XP Power has confirmed that it will now consider its next steps, opening up the prospects that this case may carry on for sometime.

"To quantify the impact of the ruling, during FY21 XP Power incurred legal costs of £10.1m in relation to the case, and no provision in relation to the dispute had been made, reflecting management's view that their was no merit to the lawsuit. The cash outflow of the amount awarded in the ruling would take current year ND/EBITDA up to a manageable 1.5x level, so can be absorbed by the group though the reputational impact is harder to quantify at this point, though we believe this ruling does not impact the current product portfolio or orders already secured."

Not clear what you mean by "acquisition based turnover" Redduke. Last year most of the revenue was attributed to major purchase Albyn, but they were acquired nearly two years ago now, and there have been other acquisitions. Difficult to strip out every acquisition and account separately, since most of them will be rapidly integrated. Anyway, it all counts, and if an acquisition is earnings enhancing, that's sound business. The revenue "surge" is promising, and plenty of good looking growth numbers, but the loss continues to increase, so once again, it's jam tomorrow folks. Market seems to like it though, probably impressed by the robots.

Significant in that they have started the service, but it's not unexpected littlegrandma, there have been several RNSs about obtaining licenses over the last few months. To some extent the banking operation is probably already priced in, but I'm not sure the market is prepared for the full impact: the growth is likely to be rapid and longlasting, imo, in a young and increasing population.

Blimey, a whole year just to confirm that patents granted long ago are, in fact, valid, and now another 60 days (maybe) delay allowed just to DECIDE whether an appeal will be launched, then more time for the actual appeal. Then we have to return to the courts years-long grind. And this is the fast-track process? The case is crystal clear compared to most, and many participants will have passed away before this circus folds up the tent. Dickens wrote about this sort of legal procrastination 170 years ago in Bleak House, and it was old then, yet little has changed.

The burden is on Nanoco to prove wilfulness, but the dodgy way Samsung approached their PTAB presentation probably provides even more ammunition? Samsung will presumably aim to persuade the court that they sincerely believed the patents were invalid BEFORE they infringed them, i.e. their ****amamie challenge was not just concocted with hindsight. However, their "reasoning" seemed to rely on a deliberate misunderstanding of aspects of Nanoco's process, and a disingenuous level of confusion about the science. This is surely at odds with being able to use the process to commercial standards? Therefore, it must have been KNOWINGLY false, because they would have had to have ironed out every one of those details, just as Nanoco had to, in order to refine the process sufficiently for industrial production. The nature of those hurdles, and the methods used to overcome them, would make it clear that the complex invention was not in the public domain. They didn't engage with Nanoco, for years, in bad faith, just because they were fascinated by the glamour of Runcorn.

"To help speed up renewable energy, the EU wants to make it easier for companies to build wind and solar farms. Officials said it could take up to nine years to get a permit for a windfarm and four for solar."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/18/eu-plans-massive-increase-in-green-energy-to-rid-itself-of-reliance-on-russia

Thanks, Vlad