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Anyone got any ideas how long the suspension will last? If the higher paper prices are just a current year issue then that can be ridden out, as can the fine (agree, with the comment below though - why was that no flagged?), assuming financing is ok or can be found for that interim period.

why the rise?

Stops taken out? Reaction seems overdone to me (not exactly a profit warning). Revenues up well (7% in constant currency, 13% otherwise). Forward guidance seems on track too.

I see he seems to like this share! He's targeting 70p.

Well efzw, when you say "But have any other agencies had the same issue with AllAgents? Have any other agencies had their coverage suspended? If not, then the problem would seem to lie mostly with Purplebricks", one might well reply that 'other agencies' don't pose an existential threat to the exiting estate agent business model and hence pose much less of a threat. PB is the disruptor in a way that they are not. People will always try to disrupt the disruptor. Should PB simply accept that without a fight?

discusses Stobart (among others) here: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-4684778/Gervais-Williams-tips-invest-small-company-shares.html

In interview here: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-4684778/Gervais-Williams-tips-invest-small-company-shares.html

In the Questor Telegraph column today.

Takeover by Softbank still possible? Someone winding the price down ready for that? Video here (from a couple of days ago): http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000630664

Seems a bit extreme. Mind you, it had gone up in a straight line for ages and was probably due a pull back - and the correction can be a bit sharp when lots of people like Mutley rush to stop their profits ebbing (and talk the share down without foundation while they're at it). I'm in here for the long haul personally - it will be a great dividend share (again) and the last set of results were very positive. I also like the fact that its revenues are not too exposed to sterling.

Can't see why this has dropped so much in one day. Classic herd-following capitulation near the bottom? It's a sound looking company imo and the transition to legal services looks much more sustainable than the debt side. Simpson Millar Solicitors http://www.simpsonmillar.co.uk/ is something like 76% of their overall income - this is a large firm, over 150 years old, with offices across the country (http://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/fairpoints-transformation-listed-legal-business-continues-apace). Gateley (GTLY) is another legal firm that's recently listed and its share price has been doing well.Both pay decent dividends - the yield here is now very substantial!

I guess drop reflects uncertainty over stated intention to transition fully from debt market to legal services. But latter looks promising - and holding the (very decent) dividend shows confidence of this (which is a link they actually make in the RNS). I will continue to hold while income keeps coming.

And I see two brokers have today come out with either buy or add recommendations and �9.00 or above price targets.

And I see two brokers have today come out with either buy or add recommendations and �9.00 or above price targets.

Look pretty good to me. Can't see quite why there was an early morning drop, though it has now recovered. Maybe it's just because it's August and volatility is often high due to thin trading.

The bigger rise was in fact due to positive reaction to the German football auction outcome: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/09/skys-shares-up-35bn-german-bundesliga-tv-deal

Announced today. Sky NZ is a separate company but it could be a sign of things to come in Europe perhaps? I guess that's why the SP today is slightly up.

BA have signed up with Gogo to provide inflight wifi (see e.g. the FT today). Am I right in thinking Gogo are a reseller for Inmarsat - see here - http://www.inmarsat.com/press-release/gogo-agrees-partnership-with-inmarsat-for-global-xpress-gx/ In which case, I'd say the current s/p is too gloomy on maritime when air may be powering on?

Anyone taking up the share offer just announced?

Some decent buys - always good to see. And a fair bit of skin in the game. http://www.investegate.co.uk/cenkos-securities--cnks-/rns/director-pdmr-shareholding/201604140700091383V/