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Following its acquisition of the Irish sports fashion and footwear retailer Champion, Singer Capital Markets issued a "fair value" rating and 940p target price for JD Sports Fashion (JD.). The broker thinks the acquisition would have been in management's sights for some time now as they have looked to bolster the existing eight JD stores in Ireland. That said, given the downturn in the Irish economy and the extent of last year's bailout, Singer believes management's patience has been rewarded with a "good deal".

Panmure Gordon maintained its "buy" rating for AstraZeneca (AZN), the pharmaceutical group, with a 3,600p target price. The broker thinks the valuation is undemanding compared to its peers, and expects further upgrades to drive the shares higher. Panmure notes that, although consensus has moved in line with its expectations since the group provided long-term guidance in January 2010, consensus forecasts for 2014 in particular remain persistently below its forecasts. In light of this, the broker expects as much as 17-20% upgrades to consensus over the next few months.

Zak Mir - chartist Babcock International (BAB) Things are looking very encouraging chart wise as far as Babcocck is concerned, with the main plus point here being the gap higher today after the bear trap below the black 200 day moving average now at 568p. The message now is that while there is no end of day close back below the 200 day line, the upside for Babcock could be as great as the September resistance line projection to 640p on a 4 – 6 week timedframe.

http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/14018/starlight-hargreaves-services

hmmmmmmmm - 1 of the trades at bargain price the other was well over the ASK ---

A couple of decent after hour trades

http://sharecrazy.com/beta/Tips/4767/the-niche-group-speculative-buy-at-6625p-with-a-99p-target-price

ZYT come good for Microsoft - and themselves hopefully!

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201101270700201470A

Charles Berry, Chairman, stated: "Whilst this has been an extremely challenging period, I am confident that Eaga's strategy will deliver growth in the medium and long term. The recently announced Energy Bill provides a wide range of substantial opportunities for the Group. The Group is well funded, with significant available banking facilities, allowing us to pursue these growth opportunities. The Board remains confident of the performance of the Group for the remainder of the financial year, and the outlook for the Group remains positive."

Operational Highlights · Substantial progress on our solar pv project · Negotiations for extension to Warm Front contract until 31 March 2013 are at an advanced stage · Significant increase in Carbon Emissions Reduction Target ('CERT') demand following extension of the scheme · Achieved acceptable profit margin in heating despite challenging market conditions · Operational restructuring swiftly implemented and on track

Results Overview · As expected, first half trading has been impacted by a number of short term market factors · Group revenue £308.1m (2009: £391.5m) · Underlying trading EBITA (1) of £16.0m (2009: £24.3m) · PBTA (2) £12.8m (2009: £23.9m) · Underlying adjusted (3) diluted earnings per share of 4.42p (2009: 6.74p) · Exceptional costs incurred of £13.6m (2009: £nil) including restructuring costs of £10.7m (2009:£nil) · Balance sheet and financial position remain robust · Maintained interim dividend of 1.21p (2009: 1.21p) per share

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201101270700181572A

A little tiddler this - dont know much about it - will add it to list to research - from acorns .....

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201101270700171564A

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201101270700171562A

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201101270700171561A

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201101270700151495A

Solid results - Gold production slightly up from 2009

HIGHLIGHTS · The Company met its 2010 production guidance by producing 200,028 oz of gold and gold equivalents from Mnogovershinnoye ("MNV"), Novoshirokinskoye ("Novo") (48.3%) and its newly commissioned third mine, Belaya Gora, a 23% increase year-on-year · At Unkurtash initial C1+C2 reserves estimate (1.70 Moz) submitted to Kyrgyzstan GKZ for approval, with JORC compliant audit results expected during H1 2011 · JORC compliant audit confirms original Belaya Gora GKZ reserve (0.82 Moz) · Novo continues to ramp up mining and processing levels · 12,000 metres of resource conversion drilling completed at Lyubov · Group currently is debt free after fast tracking loan repayments, with a cash and cash equivalent position of US$ 235 million at 31 December 2010 · Production in 2011 (MNV, Novo and Belaya Gora) is forecast in the range of 210,000 - 220,000 oz of gold and gold equivalents