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"Despite the cold snap, passenger revenue per seat rose 10.1 per cent to £53.79 and passenger volumes were up 7.7 per cent to 9.5m. Group revenue rose 6.4 per cent year on year to £752.6m. " Seems reasonably positive?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/investing/shares/questor-share-tip-have-flutter-william-hill/ 888 cheap and a possible merger partner with WMH or subject to a bid in its own right.

"Have a flutter on William Hill: its terrific position in the US could attract a bidder"

Down 9% seems a bit ott.

Agree on both points, energy fuels a punt but Trump and Vanadium both act as insurance policies. To be fair, given the misery of being a uranium miner over the past 10 years some share dilution and write offs inevitable.

Share price slightly dropped this morning despite good news on OPEC production.

Irony? A ramping list which is accurate? My point is that IMM is on the list and therefore might be subject to pumping and dumping.

"A director fired, allegations and counter-allegations of misconduct, writs and counter-writs, all conducted in public. It has been a tumultuous week for Stobart Group, the UK infrastructure company, setting at loggerheads some of the City’s best-known investors, from Neil Woodford to Invesco. On Thursday, the FTSE 250 company fired executive director and former chief executive Andrew Tinkler after his campaign to oust chairman Iain Ferguson. In an announcement to the stock market, it also said it was issuing legal proceedings against Mr Tinkler alleging “amongst other things, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty”. The move is the latest twist in a boardroom drama that has sent waves through the share price of the mini-conglomerate that owns Southend airport and operates the UK’s biggest biomass business." Surprised by how quiet this board is but as a recent purchaser of shares not unduly concerned by the media attention as a sort out was overdue.

FT Today, worth subscribing btw: A director fired, allegations and counter-allegations of misconduct, writs and counter-writs, all conducted in public. It has been a tumultuous week for Stobart Group, the UK infrastructure company, setting at loggerheads some of the City’s best-known investors, from Neil Woodford to Invesco. On Thursday, the FTSE 250 company fired executive director and former chief executive Andrew Tinkler after his campaign to oust chairman Iain Ferguson. In an announcement to the stock market, it also said it was issuing legal proceedings against Mr Tinkler alleging “amongst other things, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty”. The move is the latest twist in a boardroom drama that has sent waves through the share price of the mini-conglomerate that owns Southend airport and operates the UK’s biggest biomass business.

http://pumpedordumped.com/rampchecker/rampchecktoptidm.php IMM at number 93,

Are there any PMG holders here? This board sounds much like PMG did prior to it re rating from 50p to 70-80p. Frustrated but content to hold my stake.

"Also weighing on sentiment was a sharp slide in crude oil prices, with the Brent futures contract for next month delivery erasing 3.475% to $73.99 per barrel on the ICE." Cannot understand why oil explo or producing companies are not enjoying higher share prices when future prices remain so high? While there are risks with Amer sub 20p looks very cheap to me.

"Also weighing on sentiment was a sharp slide in crude oil prices, with the Brent futures contract for next month delivery erasing 3.475% to $73.99 per barrel on the ICE." $73.99 per barrel and the sp drops?

Telegraph Business, front page, Friday 15 June 18 Stobart sacks former chief Tinkler......"A letter issued yesterday by Stobart's lawyers....he commandeered the support of Mr Woodford and Mr Day to mastermind Stobart's takeover of airline Flybe in a deal which would leave the consortium owning 30pc of the carrier "for no cost". If nothing else it vindicates those who felt they were bidding at too low a price for Flybe to say yes.

In short Ladbrokes able to keep FOBT going for another year so why the sp drop? (Sharecast News) - Bookmakers were cheering on Friday following a report that the new £2m maximum stake on fix-odds betting machines will not be implemented until April 2020 after the Treasury agreed to a backroom deal. Last month the government cut the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals from £100 to £2, with sports minister Tracy Crouch saying it was designed to reduce the potential for large losses and "the risk of harm to both the player and wider communities". Bookmakers warned the limit could lead to thousands of outlets closing, although the investors seemed to take this doomsday warning with a large pinch of sale as shares in all the major firms rose. According a report in The Times on Friday, bookies have convinced the Treasury - which has always been worried about the hit to tax receipts from a lower stake - that they need more time to reprogram the terminals. The delay is thought to allow the industry, which was already celebrating the recent lifting of a ban on sports betting in the US, to earn a further £4bn from the machines dubbed the 'crack cocaine of gambling'. A spokesman for the Campaign for Fairer Gambling said: "Unbelievably, the Treasury thinks it takes two years for the bookmakers to run a software update. Somehow ministers have contrived to give the bookies a longer transition period than it will take to negotiate Brexit."

Now what is the share price doing down at 308p ffs! "(Sharecast News) - Bookmakers were cheering on Friday following a report that the new £2m maximum stake on fix-odds betting machines will not be implemented until April 2020 after the Treasury agreed to a backroom deal. Last month the government cut the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals from £100 to £2, with sports minister Tracy Crouch saying it was designed to reduce the potential for large losses and "the risk of harm to both the player and wider communities". Bookmakers warned the limit could lead to thousands of outlets closing, although the investors seemed to take this doomsday warning with a large pinch of sale as shares in all the major firms rose. According a report in The Times on Friday, bookies have convinced the Treasury - which has always been worried about the hit to tax receipts from a lower stake - that they need more time to reprogram the terminals. The delay is thought to allow the industry, which was already celebrating the recent lifting of a ban on sports betting in the US, to earn a further £4bn from the machines dubbed the 'crack cocaine of gambling'. A spokesman for the Campaign for Fairer Gambling said: "Unbelievably, the Treasury thinks it takes two years for the bookmakers to run a software update. Somehow ministers have contrived to give the bookies a longer transition period than it will take to negotiate Brexit."

FT 19 Jan 18 the snippet which attracted me to take a punt: Amerisur Resources The South American explorer and producer has a market capitalisation of about £252m. It has extensive acreage — just under 1m hectares — and it owns 100 per cent of most of its 12 blocks. It built up its position through the downturn and is focused on the Putumayo Basin in the south of Colombia. At the end of 2017 Amerisur was producing just over 7,000 barrels of oil per day. It has announced a fully funded exploration programme for this year and plans to drill three wells on its Platanillo N sands. The company’s share price peaked at more than 66p in August 2014 but it has traded lower since. Positive exploration news could underpin the shares, which have risen from 17p to 20.85p in the past month. Housebroker Stifel has a price target of 32p. 

Getting there, will buy some more if it approaches 270p.

Bought on the recent dip and have just picked up interim dividend on the cheap. Hopeful that the Flybe bid will be re visited later this year and broadly optimistic about STOB..

Up am and down pm? Need some good news on the drilling front.