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Tata Steel: Workers braced for bad news on job losses

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68005840

If it walks like a duck... If it looks like a chancre is it a chancre?

https://www.drudgereport.com/

https://metro.co.uk/2024/01/17/donald-trump-goes-face-rape-accuser-strange-red-marks-hand-20131607/

Sales went through at $0.16 today - the equivalent of 8.28p. I am surprised by the weakness of the share price but as noted in my last post, the lack of clarity over money must make some get concerned about funding.

Todays 'Balance of Power' email newsletter from Bloomberg: 'Iran Missile Strikes Carry Warning for Israel'

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-01-18/iran-missile-strikes-carry-a-stark-warning-for-israel

This stood out: "It won’t be lost on Israel that the farthest of Iran’s string of missile strikes could have reached Tel Aviv, and that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used a longer-range weapon than they needed to hit their target."

Share price is down and Adrian is gone; all that is left is for postalot to post about UKOG having the top volume whilst omitting the drop in share price.

The Dear Leader (praise be his name) will soon engineer a 12500% increase in share price... pity it will be through a forced share consolidation as he can no longer issue confetti as the share price has dropped below the nominal value of UKOG's shares (IMO).

'Traffic through the Panama Canal is being slashed because of drought, disrupting global trade'

https://www.westerninvestor.com/national-business/traffic-through-the-panama-canal-is-being-slashed-because-of-drought-disrupting-global-trade-8126368

SML - they will be fools not to raise cash off the raise in share price.

No sewage alerts on the Trent; enjoy the refreshing dip

https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/sewage-pollution-alerts/

Https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/17/houthi-drone-attacks-ship-gulf-aden/823e4a98-b56b-11ee-b285-0853d4d1b92f_story.html

Yemen's Houthi rebels attack a US-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden with bomb-carrying drone

Adrian - why do you want people to report your latest account? Have you that little faith in Turkey that you want this account closed already?

A video from Sasha Yanshin dissecting today's inflation figures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pASpV1XlGA

In a nutshell, they are not capturing oner occupier inflation accurately [aka they are faking the figures].

Robert Murray-Smith has done a video on how to make your own nuclear battery [inspired by the Betavolt news]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiewZz0MXjs

Top bloke.

The Chevron defence is being heard today by the US Supreme Court; it appears that the right wing majority want to strip US Regulatory bodies of their powers.

'If they pull it off, these six corrupt Republicans on the Court could destroy the ability of:

— the EPA to regulate pollutants,

— the USDA to keep our food supply safe,

— the FDA to oversee drugs going onto the market,

— OSHA to protect workers,

— the CPSC to keep dangerous toys and consumer products off the market,

— the FTC to regulate monopolies,

— the DOT to come up with highway and automobile safety standards,

— the ATF to regulate guns,

— the Interior Department to regulate drilling and mining on federal lands,

— the Forest Service to protect our woodlands and rivers,

— the FCC to protect us from internet predators,

— and the Department of Labor to protect workers’ rights.'

https://hartmannreport.com/p/does-the-epa-die-today-800

Who cares about experts... I see some of the 'Conservatives' being delighted at the opportunity to follow suit - God help our Grandkids and theirs as well.

RNS this afternoon

'Exceptional results from the first 13 patients receiving SCIB1 in the ongoing SCOPE trial, with an objective response rate of 85%, indicate a high probability of success in this cohort which should complete in Q2 2024. Recruitment into the iSCIB1+ cohort is expected to be complete by the end of Q2 2024, with early data expected in Q3 2024.

The results from these SCIB1 and iSCIB1+ cohorts, administered in combination with doublet therapy, will enable the Company to make a data-led decision regarding initiation of a randomised Phase 2/3 adapted registration programme in patients with unresectable melanoma, which represents a potential $1.5 billion per annum market. The Phase 2 part of the adapted trial is anticipated to take 18 months, with the potential to generate attractive licensing opportunities.'

#promising

Https://www.thedailybeast.com/netanyahu-accused-of-risking-wwiii-to-save-his-own-skin?ref=home?ref=home

And $unak is delighted to use his support for Bibi as a political wedge; barsteward!

If it seems too good to be true...

Or, if it walks like a duck...

Or, is there really a free lunch on offer?

Unsurprisingly postalot is still trying to ramp UKOG. The desperation must put off some potential investors.

Trump's primary win in Iowa is not what it seems...

'The Iowa results pretty much told us what we already knew. Trump remains the dominant leader of the hard-right older Republicans who turn out for caucuses, but is so generally unpopular that 49% of Iowa caucusgoers—the party’s most dedicated supporters in a deeply Republican state—chose someone else. The Trump base is older—entry polls showed that only 27% of yesterday’s voters were under the age of 50—and Trump won most handily in the rural, white counties that look least like the rest of the country. His greatest increase in support since 2016 came among white evangelicals.'

I take some comfort from this... A Trump 2024 win would be a disaster for NATO.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-16-2024

But not only hydrogen to blame for the profit warning: "The Paper & Packaging business division has been hit the hardest by the drop in demand but continues to focus on mitigating activities whilst driving productivity and efficiency savings in line with our restructuring plan."

From James Cropper trading update [down 28%]

" However, since the announcement of the Group's Interim Results, the Advanced Materials business has seen expected projects in hydrogen being delayed, partly as a result of inflation and higher interest rates feeding through to higher project costs. In addition, funding decisions by governments have impacted end customer project plans and scheduling. As a result, customer expansion plans saw a noticeable change with major market growth now expected to be pushed back to calendar years 2026 to 2028."

They make materials used in electrolyses so it is an industry wide slowdown. I expect it to be an early warning for other players in the market.