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every time I think we are getting somewhere we drop back the following day. Really think the sp should be higher than it is as well as a long term hold. But then everything else in my pf was down today...................GS

Credit Suisse increase from 5% to 6% since August at a cost of what £2m+ and a total holding of £12m - got to have confidence to do so...................GS

No indication as to why the rise today - perhaps just a correction for the falls over the last couple of weeks. Unless the buyout rumours are re-surfacing?

I also picked up on the gas side of it: "Ofgem said this would leave Britain relying more on imported gas, which would make price rises more likely." This should help ALK in the long term.

Took a 19% profit and sold out to top up in SCLP - but I will definitely be back as soon I can. This should be a banker for the next few years.

Its Universal Music who have done the deal with Primark - Rhianna/Gaga/Jay-z etc. There has to be an angle on this for Primark to take them on - maybe they will sell them for less than the price of a download - who knows?

Results for the 6 months to 30 June 2012 The Company is pleased to announce its financial results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2012. A summary of the results is set out below. Chairman's Statement Highlights Financials - 1st Half 2012 • WGP Exploration Ltd ("WGPE") fully integrated within the Company for the period. • Revenues for the 6 months to 30 June 2012 increased by 756% to US$3,978,560 (H1 2011 US$464,777). • Operating Profit before depreciation increased by 752% to US$501,884 (H1 2011 US$58,885). • Net Profit for the period increased by US$391,415 to US$335,991 (H1 2011 loss of US$55,424). • Earnings per share for the period of US$0.04 / £0.03 versus a loss of US$(0.01) / £(0.01) per share for the same period in 2011. Operations • Successful completion of the fifteenth Life of Field Seismic ("LoFS") survey over the Valhall field in the North Sea for BP, the Group's fourth survey since the award of the contract in 2010. • Joint venture arrangement with P-Cable 3D Seismic AS ("P-Cable") to commercialise P-Cable's patented 3D seismic technology. • Award of new contract to provide seismic data acquisition surveys using the P-Cable 3D seismic technology for Spring Energy Norway AS ("Spring Energy"). • Award of turnkey contract to provide seismic data acquisition surveys in the Arctic to Russian State Sevmorgeo Company ("SMG"). • Completion of permanent reservoir monitoring ("PRM") feasibility studies for two major energy companies with the hope of securing more contracts in 2013. • Enhancement of operational capability through the acquisition of two compressor units and planned further CAPEX of $1.3m before the year end.

Incouraging to see Credit Suisse have built up a 6% holding in EXI

Looking back at 2011 results there was a huge bias towards 2nd half of the year (winter i guess), although hard to work out how much aquisitions accounted for increases in t/o and apbt. Either way it does all seem a bit down played but if HSV were looking for a buyer surely they would big up the share price to max the sale. BTW I would be happy with your prediction ;-)

make that 8% down on the week :-(

In company news, first half profits from international home emergency business Homeserve will be higher than in the corresponding period of l ast year, and therefore higher than some broker estimates. Adjusted pre-tax profit for the six months ending September 30th is expected to be higher than the £23.5m achieved at the interim stage last year, principally due to the benefits of increasing ownership of Domeo from 49% to 100%. Broker Peel Hunt had forecast £20m.

As I understand it MG sold enough shares to cover the cost of exercising his option and kept the balance in shares. Either way SP down nearly 6% this week. GS

Tipped in Motley Fool last night as good growth potential

25 September 2012 Joint statement from Diageo plc and United Spirits Limited Today Diageo plc and United Spirits Limited have issued the following joint statement: United Spirits Limited and Diageo plc confirm that Diageo plc is in discussion with United Spirits Limited and United Breweries (Holdings) Limited in respect of possible transactions for Diageo plc to acquire an interest in United Spirits Limited. However there is no certainty that these discussions will lead to a transaction.

Net asset value per share is quoted at 207.89p - not sure if it is common for oilies to be under NAVPS. I would buy more but would have to sell something and I am sitting tight with the rest of my portfolio. however I agree this has good potential. GS

I have come accross these large UT trades before and research shows the following (not sure I understand it but I am sure you will). To quote: The last trade at 16:35 is a "UT" uncrossing trade and can generally be ignored. For those of you who want to know how it is calculated: The Uncrossing Algorithm performs a series of passes within an individual market, matching the best bids and best offers present in the price time sequence. When all crossed volume has been matched, an Uncrossing Trade Price can be determined for the market. This price is found by applying one of the following calculations. The calculation used is determined by the presence of residual limit volume within that market following uncrossing. The four possible cases are: • There is no remaining bid or offer limit volume in the market Uncrossing Trade price = the average of the bid and offer price from the last match. • There is remaining limit offer volume but no limit bid volume in the market Uncrossing Trade Price = offer price from last match. • There is remaining limit bid volume but no limit offer volume in the market Uncrossing Trade Price = bid price from last match. • There is remaining limit offer and limit bid volume. To determine the Uncrossing Trade Price in this case: • Determine what the Best Offer Price is. Determine what the Bid Price is from the last match. Take the lowest of these. This is known as the ‘High Price’. • Determine what the Best Bid Price is. Determine what the Offer Price is from the last match. Take the highest of these. This is known as the ‘Low Price’. The Uncrossing Trade Price is the average of the ‘High Price’ and ‘Low Price’. If this value is halfway between two tick values the price allocated to all uncrossed business will be rounded towards zero (rounded down if the value is positive, rounded up if the value is negative). If no matches occur within a market there will be no Uncrossed Trade Price for that market.

Strange - I was watching live prices on sharelink and the price briefly flicked up to 125p then back down to 122p ask. Then looking at trades at 16.17pm there was a buy at 125p for 98,311 shares, but still 3p more than all the other buys near it - any ideas how and why?

Interesting interview - in particular the references to Green Park only contributing a few weeks to the reporting period, but out for those weeks up 58% and more to come in the latter part of the year. Although I am out of ALK this still makes me think there is potential for the next six months trading/growth in sp. GS

Profit taking? Or has the tide turned?

A bit of profit taking today do you think? Still plenty of buyers though which is a good sign.