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Results due soon but SP seems to be indicating that they may be found wanting! Notice of First Quarter 2011 Results Update MOSCOW, May 12, 2011 - Eurasia Drilling Company Limited ("EDC" or the "Company" - LSE: EDCL), one of the leading onshore & offshore drilling services providers in the CIS, will report its first quarter update for the three months ended 31 March 2011 on 18 May 2011 at 7:00 a.m. London time (BST), 10:00 a.m. Moscow time. A conference call for investors and analysts hosted by senior management of the Company, will be held on the same day at 3:00 p.m. BST. Equivalent times for other locations: 4:00 p.m. Central Europe, 6:00 p.m. Moscow, 10:00 a.m. New York.

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201105120910394614G

Gallaxy418 - thanks for the comments. If I may be so bold as to give a few tips. NEVER invest more than you can afford to lose or take credit to invest and NEVER take as gospel whatever anyone says on these boards. We are faceless individuals here and many many have hidden agendas and make out they know much more than they do. Everyone can lose money on shares no matter what they say!..always always research as much as you can before investing and try and not jump in on spikes as you can sometimes be impaled for years!...AND profit is profit...take it when you can - shares never go straight up so you can bag some money and then reinvest later if you wish. I dont actually invest in all the shares I post on but I do research them and add them to lists of potential or leave it alone etc..... Anyway - good luck with your trading - apologies if I was preaching to the converted but I have seen a few lose their shirts and their lifes savings here, spend monies meant for weddings etc and generally end up skint!

and the link http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=20110512070000Z3145

Momentum continues at RSA Insurance Date: Thursday 12 May 2011 LONDON (ShareCast) - RSA Insurance hailed a strong start to the year with net written premiums of £2.1bn in the first quarter, up 8% on a year earlier. All regions delivered good growth. The group remains confident of delivering full year premium growth of around 10% in International, targeted growth in the UK and double digit growth in Emerging Markets. Total net asset value climbed to 105p at the end of the quarter from 104p at the beginning. RSA said it had seen strong growth in premium in Canada and Ireland, while pet insurance has been a strong performer in the UK. It said its exposure to the natural catastrophes in Australia, New Zealand and Japan was limited. “The group has made a strong start to the year with the excellent top line momentum we generated in 2010 continuing in the first quarter of 2011,” chief executive Andy Haste said. “Our strategy of driving rate and targeted organic growth supported by acquisitions continues to be successful.” ---

Aegis expects organic growth to meet or beat 2010 Date: Thursday 12 May 2011 LONDON (ShareCast) - Levels of client advertising and research expenditure have picked up in 2011 and Aegis Group expects this trend to continue for the rest of the year. The media buying and market research agency expects organic revenue growth for 2011 to be at least in line with the level achieved last year "in spite of the more difficult comparatives for the remainder of the year." "This top line performance, underscored by our continued focus on costs, will ensure we further improve group underlying operating profit this year, compared to 2010," said Jerry Buhlmann, chief executive officer of Aegis Group. North America and the faster growing regions - notably three of the "BRIC" countries: Brazil, Russia and China - have been the brightest spots so far this year. Aegis Media delivered organic year on year growth of 10.1% in the first quarter, while the Synovate division's organic growth rate was 7.3%. For the group as a whole, revenue on a like for like basis was 9.1% higher than a year earlier. "Aegis Media delivered another excellent new business performance and Synovate started the second quarter with a healthy orders on hand position," Buhlmann added. The group is not reticent when it comes to making acquisitions, and it has added another agency to its collection, this time one from Norway. Aegis has acquired Qualitè Search Marketing, a performance marketing business which specialises in search engine marketing and advertising. Qualitè will be merged with Aegis's iProspect's existing business in Norway. As at the end of 2011, Qualitè had gross assets of £0.1m.

Jerry Buhlmann, Chief Executive Officer of Aegis Group plc, said: "Aegis performed strongly in the first quarter of 2011, particularly in North America and faster-growing regions, building on the positive momentum achieved during 2010. Aegis Media delivered another excellent new business performance and Synovate started the second quarter with a healthy orders on hand position. "Aegis remains well placed to build on this performance and achieve further revenue and profit growth in 2011, in spite of macro-economic uncertainties. We remain on track to deliver organic growth for 2011 at least in line with the level achieved last year. This top line performance, underscored by our continued focus on costs, will ensure we further improve group underlying operating profit this year, compared to 2010."

Outlook The levels of client advertising and research expenditure in the first quarter of 2011 were ahead of the same period in 2010. We expect this year-on-year trend to continue for the remainder of the year, in spite of continued macro-economic uncertainties following recent events in Japan and the Middle East. Whilst medium term visibility continues to be relatively limited, Aegis's prospects for 2011 remain positive. With this in mind, and given our strong performance in the first quarter, we continue to expect Group organic revenue growth for 2011 to be at least in line with the level achieved last year. This is in spite of the more difficult comparatives for the remainder of the year. Management is keeping a clear focus on cost control and efficiencies to counter the upward pressure on staff costs that we and our peers are experiencing in most markets. As a result of this management focus, and given the increasing momentum being built in both businesses and our expectations for organic revenue growth in 2011, we continue to expect underlying operating profit to improve further this year, compared to 2010.

http://www.halifaxmarketwatch.co.uk/rns.cgi?username=&ac=&action=news&rns=1&view=full&story_id=4228090

If as is suggested the fault has been rectified then with todays expected drop, we should find an excellent buying opportunity if you believe 3DD is back on course!

Greater sales support in US In order to maximise the Company's presence in both the US and Canadian markets and to optimise the cost/resource balance, the Board expects to shortly enter into an agreement with an independent, highly experienced dental sales company, CoreStrength Inc, to provide national sales support in both the USA and Canada. As a consequence of the agreement the Company will have more than 20 sales support representatives covering the territory. Outlook for current financial year In the interim statement a degree of caution was expressed as the Directors were aware that it was still too early to predict with any accuracy the likely sales trends for the Company. The market's expectation for the Company's performance during the financial year to 30 June 2011 was to a large extent predicated on the Company receiving a significant product reorder from its distribution partner in the USA, Patterson Dental. As a result of the interruption to selling activity referred to above and slower follow-on sales than originally expected, Patterson has not placed the anticipated restocking order and as a consequence it is the Board's current expectation that revenues for the year to 30 June 2011 will now be in the region of £700,000, significantly below market expectations. Consequently the pre-tax loss for the financial year to 30 June 2011 is currently expected to be in the region of £2.4 million. The Directors believe that potential sales within export territories outside of North America over the balance of the calendar year could equate to some 60% of the US shortfall. Cash balances at 30 April 2011 were £940,000 and the Company has undertaken a review of its cost base and has identified potential annual savings of in excess of £850,000 p.a. The Company is in discussion with various parties with a view to potentially strengthening its balance sheet. With the re-launch of the Cariescan PRO and stronger sales support across North America, plus the addition of the positive (and previously un-anticipated) global opportunities for the product the Directors look forward to being able to announce a significant improvement in the Company's trading performance in the coming year.

TRADING UPDATE 3D, which owns the protected rights to a technology platform with a number of significant potential commercial applications, issues the following trading update. Following the successful launch in 2010 by CarieScan Limited, 3D's wholly-owned subsidiary ('CarieScan'), of the Cariescan PRO (the easy to use hand held device for the early detection and monitoring of dental caries) in the USA and Canada, and based on an unexpectedly high level of interest in the Cariescan PRO outside of North America, CarieScan has expanded its marketing activities into the rest of the world. To date distribution agreements have been signed and announced covering UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, China and India, with a number of additional agreements anticipated within weeks. Recently however, selling activity was temporarily impacted by a manufacturing defect, which has now been rectified. This has adversely impacted sales during the second half of the current financial year. The product has now been re-launched with a number of enhancements to address the requirements of the US market and is being actively marketed. Evaluation of the PRO by respected industry commentators has been undertaken at a number of locations within the US and the product has received various plaudits including the award for "best dental diagnostic device 2011" from industry driver 'Dr Bicuspid.', This evaluation process is on-going and further positive outcomes are anticipated later in the year.

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201105120700114301G

Should be a good day but who knows in the present climate with AIM shares !

Erlan Sagadiev, CEO of Frontier Mining, commented: "While the Maminskoye deposit represents a substantial commercial discovery of close to 1 million ounces of gold, the registered reserve under the deposit represents exploration of only a small portion of the deposits within the Maminskoye Exploration License Area. We are therefore confident that we will have further success from our ongoing exploration activities on the Bezymyannoe and Gabievskoye zones."

Official Confirmation of Resource Estimate on Maminskoye Gold Deposit Frontier Mining Ltd (AIM: FML), the AIM listed gold and copper exploration and development company focused on Kazakhstan and Russia, is pleased to announce that it has received official approval and registration of the resource estimate for its Maminskoye gold ore deposit. The Maminskoye gold deposit forms part of the Maminskoye Exploration License Area (the "license area") situated in the Southern Ural region of Russia. The license area consists of three deposits: Maminskoye, Gabievskoye and Bezimyanny-Vostochny. Of these, the Maminskoye deposit is the most explored but has the smallest surface footprint at 300m wide, 650m long and to a known depth of over 250m, representing approximately 8% of the targeted exploration ground within the license area. Whilst the other two exploration targets are considerably larger and display similar geological characteristics to Maminskoye, they have not had extensive exploration as yet. The Exploration and Resource Report on the Maminskoye Gold Deposit, as a substantial exploration finding, had been submitted by the Company to the State Resource Committee of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation at the end of last year. The Company has now received formal approval of the registration of the Maminskoye reserves to the State Balance of the Russian Federation. .TAKE LINK TO SEE FIGURES

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201105120700124388G

observantken - to be honest I am not sure who the volatile market of 'today' will react - I need to read it again with a coffee!

and the link for full details http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201105120700134401G

Outlook The trading environment remains challenging due to the fragile economic environment and the adverse effect of public sector spending cuts and tax increases. These factors continue to adversely impact the key drivers of our business, such as consumer confidence, unemployment and the property market and are contributing to revenue declines. In particular advertising revenues fell by 10% during the period with public sector advertising falling by a material 47%. However, we anticipate a reduced impact from public sector advertising declines on year on year performance for the remainder of the year. Whilst the trading environment remains difficult, the Group continues to benefit from ongoing management initiatives which drive efficiencies through the re-engineering of core business processes. As a result, the Group has increased its structural cost savings target for 2011 by £5 million to £15 million. In addition, the Group is making progress with its investment programme to drive revenues. The Group was cash generative during the period with cash flow, before pension deficit funding payments, of £13 million during the period. Net debt has increased by £20 million to £286 million since 2 January 2011, reflecting the £33 million of pension deficit funding payments made at the end of March. Total deficit funding payments for 2011 are expected to be in line with the previous guidance of £35 million. Net debt is expected to fall over the remainder of 2011. At this stage, while revenue trends will remain volatile, the Board anticipates that management's drive to tightly manage costs while investing for growth will contribute to 2011 performance being in line with expectations.