...seem to know patent infringement when they see it!
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-jury-orders-meta-pay-005440538.html
Ukraine will require a complete Russian withdrawal (including Crimea), reparations and internationally observed justice for war crimes - or they will fight, and I agree with their attitude to unprovoked attacks. Bullies should never be appeased. I fully support continuing and even greater western assistance in both military and financial terms.
Agreed, it's definitely a period of disquiet. My solution - I've made what I intend to be my final top-up. I've been watching for a couple of weeks to do that, missed a couple of temporary dips, not seen much reaction to the trial postponement and what with that tired old adage about weekends and public holidays...
I've already started looking at F-Type prices again ;)))))
^ For comments, discussion and opinions, there's pages of it here:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6177271/ripple-energy-wind-farm
I haven't the time or patience to go though it carefully, but my first impression is that their model is a bit of a 'dog's dinner'. I've generally felt that projects like wind farms benefit from the economies of scale - but Ripple appear to be diversifying and expanding - and operating as a cooperative may have some benefits over PLC status, but again, that would require more analysis than I have time to conduct. I tend to agree with 'dadean' that with an energy company like BP (or Shell etc.), you get diversification, economies of scale and experience, which 'should' provide a good hedge against an uncertain future with respect to energy supplies.
I still think to myself every time I fill-up my V8 AMG (13mpg average according to the onboard computer) that my dividends from BP and Shell are subsidising this, even though I generally use Tesco Momentum :)
I'm also wondering if ***ty Truss's comments with LK on BBC are pointing toward an announcement regarding SMR go-ahead with RR?
"Speaking on BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Foreign Secretary Ms Truss said action on energy bills would be "vital" for people and the economy.
She added that further support would need to go "hand in hand" with a plan to boost domestic energy supplies, arguing the UK had become too dependent on international energy prices".
If she follows through on this and raises or abandons motorway speed limits I might actually vote for the first time in many decades..
I think it's just recession fears, with some companies and sectors obviously more likely to suffer than others. Spooked across the board, so keeping some powder dry for when we see some evidence of confidence returning.
Tempting, but we're not short of 'bargains' just now. Thoughts?
What we need (as I mentioned on the RR board), is to get Jake Freeman on our case. He certainly has some pocket money to play with!:
https://www.ft.com/content/b83144bd-830e-4e1d-a9a1-a1ee1ba61dab
Never mind Bed Bath and Beyond, invest your $110m in RR.L or RYCEY, teach the board how to handle the debt and Fx exposure and make some real money...
https://www.ft.com/content/b83144bd-830e-4e1d-a9a1-a1ee1ba61dab
What I gather from this anecdote is that Thomas Edison was almost certainly well insured and swimming in capital, when the setback occurred. Under those circumstances, any other course of action would appear as uncharacteristic..
FWIW, I opened my position in BP a day or two after Deepwater Horizon. I was living in Birmingham AL at the the time and a week or two after that we drove down to the Gulf, to have a looksee. Couldn't find a drop of oil on any of the beaches, but the smell was off the scale. Been topping-up, now and then, ever since.
Agree we won't see any institutional investors until there is effectively 'money in the bank', but another question I ponder is as to how any compensation will be distributed? Presumably Nanoco will want to retain the majority, if not all of any windfall for investment and debt reduction. Has anyone, with greater insight into the history of the company than me, imagined a realistic model of the situation, say twelve months hence?