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Have you changed your opinions of TRK after todays rise???

May be worth reading this RNS which explains the rise in Dec '10 was a 10-for-1 consolidation, taking the sp from about 8p to 75p: http://www.lse.co.uk/share-regulatory-news.asp?shareprice=CSC&ArticleCode=ibs2j7dl&ArticleHeadline=Posting_of_Circular_to_Shareholders A rise from 65p to 118.5p, up 82.3%, in two trading days is pretty spectacular by anyones standards!! Apart from looking on their website: http://www.cscape.com/ all i can find on them is this brief description: cScape Group Plc, formerly NetB2B2 PLC, is a United Kingdom-based company. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, the principal activity of the Company was Internet-based business-to-business services. The Company operates in four segments: Internet services, specialist hosting, media and interactive technology. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries include Blue Sky Hosting Ltd, which is engaged in specialist hosting; cScape Strategic Internet Services Ltd, which is engaged in providing Internet services, and Fernhart New Media Ltd, which is engaged in media and interactive technology.

Up over 30% for two consecutive days and no-one on here going BOOM?? Looks like you've all missed a trick. Maybe worth a little punt if there are anymore 30%+ rises to come. ATB.

All of the housebuilders have had good news recently, with broker upgrades, etc, so the sector seems to be recovering well. More good news today on the Mortgage front. British mortgage lending rose to its highest in almost a year and mortgage approvals picked up more than expected in January, Bank of England figures showed on Tuesday. They said mortgage approvals numbered 45,723 in January, up from 42,719 in December, a month that had been impacted by Britain's harshest cold snap in one hundred years. Analysts had forecast a reading of 43,000. The figures tally with a survey from mortgage lender Nationwide on Tuesday which showed house prices rose unexpectedly in February.

Looks like they have decided to concentrate on their other site at Islay. They applied to develop both sites but after initial survey work have decided Kintyre is not suitable. From their website: SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) has decided to halt work on the development of its proposed offshore wind farm at Kintyre. West Coast development effort will be focused on the site off Islay. SSE was granted exclusive rights to develop both these sites by The Crown Estate in February 2009. StockMarketWire.com - Scottish and Southern Energy plc is to halt work on development of an offshore wind farm 2km off the west coast of Kintyre. The group said its west coast development effort would now be focused on the site off Islay. SSE was granted exclusive rights to develop both sites by the Crown Estate in February 2009. It said initial site survey work and consultations had identified a number of factors at Kintyre, including the wind resource, proximity to Campbeltown Airport and local communities and the impact on recreational sailing. Survey work on the Islay site so far indicated it was suitable for development of a viable wind farm, although it presented challenges from difficult weather and seabed conditions. The group expects to submit an application to develop the site to the Scottish government around the end of 2013.

Maybe they were not as good as the City was expecting. PSN did say on 10/1 in a trading update that results would be at the top end of analysts' expectations, and although that turned out to be the case, maybe a little more was expected. ATB.

A takeover may well be on the cards, but probably not from Sky, who are currently in the final throes of being taken completely under Murdoch's News Corporation umbrella. Not at all sure that he would be interested in buying up another set top box maker, as Sky already own Amstrad who supply some of their boxes. More likely that he would put more money behind the Amstrad brand and reduce the number of boxes he needs to buy from Pace and other suppliers. ATB. I've been called a git - and worse - on many occasions, but my beard is very grey these days lol!!!

Prrrrrrr!! With you all the way, very close to £8 now, and as you say anything over that would be a very nice bonus. Are you sure you don't know anyone at a rival business?? Just think what a bidding could do lol!!! ATB.

Wednesdays results must be good!!! Smiley must be gutted at missing this oportunity, especially as Luminar are doing so badly ROFLMFAO!!

Thanks for your suggestions. Already in CNA but will add DRX to my watchlist and see how it performs. Although this was a merger, of sorts, GDF Suez retained their own identity and transferrred some of their assets into IPR - the tax voucher attached to the div was headed 'Internationl Power GDF Suez' - and they will continue to operate as two seperate companies. IMHO i think future prospects for growth and dividend growth are very healthy. Take a look at: http://event.ipplc.com/~/media/Files/I/International-Power-Event/Attachments/IPR-announcement-re-closing-FINAL.pdf Totally agree with your fears over a possible future change in Government!!!

Isn't posting to yourself the first sign of Insanity?? lol!! I'm not expecting any surprises but am prepared to be pleasantly surprised if they are good. If not, this one may have to be culled to provide funds to convert the garage into a granny Annexe. ATB.

Only 10 days to go and we're having trouble holding on to 240p. You may be about your lose your title of Ace Tipster lol!!! ATB.

Looking forward to the results on Weds, judging by the current sp the 'City' seem to think they will good. See we have managed to see off Smiley and his talk of 250p lol!!! ATB.

Didn't want to interupt your run of consecutive posts in case you were going for a record lol!! I used to post bits of info on here but you seem to be an early riser and beat me to it nowadays. Worrying thing is, for all of the contracts won and market upgrades we are getting, the sp is only moving slowly. Just for all of your positive posts and 'strong buy' signals we should be well over 300p by now!! Let's hope the Preliminary Results due 8/3 give this the boost it needs. ATB.

For most of last year i was happy with £6. Then Murdock came along and £7 looked ever better. For the last few months we've all been thinking about £8 which is Great. Now you're talking about £9, Brilliant!! £10 anyone?? Unfortunately for anything much higher we need a second bidder. Anyone have any contacts at Virgin or Canal Plus??

Glad to hear you enjoyed your hol, i'm too old for skiing and would likely fall and break something. Definitely one for the under 25's, but i would enjoy the Apres-Ski lol!! Know what you mean about good results not being received well. It's very often the case that the city knows what is coming and has already factored it into the price. Will have to keep an eye on Encore for you, hope it does well. I'm not an active trader these days i just monitor stocks i purchased in the 70's-90's and 'cull' the poor ones, or those with little div, to provide funds when they are needed. I have, in the past, taken apart a few of these supposed tipsters when it's apparent that what they are saying over the long term just doesn't stack-up, with some success, as at least a couple have since disappeared. Being able to click on a posters name and trawl through their posts is a great tool. The only time i have ever bought as a result of reading someone posts was a 1,000,000 share purchase in Millwall (MWH) @ 0.022p which cost me £220!! This was after chatting with 'wag7' and reading his history. He's another Scot and we talk about everything from renovating property to the motorbikes we have owned. Sadly, after a 100,000 to 1 consolidation i now own 10 shares worth £76.50 but his eternal optimism just keeps you believing that there is a rabbit somewhere in that hat!! As far as HMV is concerned i think you already know my views. And i never really understand people who continually average down to try to achieve a lower price. I can see why they do it, but in my mind they are simply throwing good money away. Unless of course it pays off, but for every 'Phoenix' there are dozens of failures!! Yes, you could average down to 25p and have a chance of breaking even for all your hard work. But you run the risk of losing money on your top-ups if it falls to say 15p. Surely you'ld be better off putting your money into a different share in an attempt to recover your losses on HMV. I know that if it was that easy we would all be doing it and making shed-loads, but there are a lot of co's out there with better prospects than HMV, and you would be diversifying your portfolio, ie putting money into a different sector then all into retail. The main problem is of course once in it's easy to believe all of the positive comments on the board. Sometimes it can be a very cathertic experience to sell at a loss, learn from it, take the money and move on. When someone says 'it's only a loss when you sell' what they really mean is they have a lot of losses in their portfolio that they don't want to admit to!!! I am definitely no artist, more a failed scientist, and always done manual jobs. 25 years as a van driver and 5 as a builders labourer. Mind you what i can do with a hammer and chisel is an art of sorts!! As for the home improvements they've been put on hold as the mother-in-laws care requirements have rather thrown a spanner into the works. ATB.

Have just re-read the posts on IPR and think i get your drift. Thought it was bad spelling and i was being referred to as a Chartist!!! Did notice that he/she referred to you as a bletherer and usually ignored your comments - very rude i thought!! What's wrong with a blether from time to time. We can't all inhabit the oilies and biotechs and go BOOM every time they rise 0.1p, talking of owning millions of shares that are going to become multi-baggers so that they can afford to retire before their acne subsides!!! Perhaps he/she should have stayed in IPR, as SXX not doing too well since the switch!!

We need more than the odd THT raffle prize to halt this slide in the sp. Sub 90p - Oh Dear!!! Presume you meant IPR and my posts with CherryHMV who filled your place admirably while you were away. Not a clue as to the meaning of your last sentence?? Except you are absolutely correct that i am no artist - not in the 'Artistic' sense anyway!!! Please give me a clue??!!

National Express chief Dean Finch has rejected the prospect of a corporate break-up after it emerged that an activist New York hedge fund has built up a significant stake in the group. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/24/national-express-elliot-international-dean-finch?INTCMP=SRCH

Getting ever closer to 800p!! News Corp is close to an agreement with UK regulators over a remedy for concerns about its £13.2bn ($21.3bn) bid for satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting, according to people familiar with the process.After a series of discussions with the Office of Fair Trading, the main UK merger regulator, Rupert Murdoch's media group is much nearer than previously reported to satisfying objections that combining full ownership of BSkyB with its other assets would reduce the diversity of news provision in the country, the FT reports.