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Trading has improved at Topps Tiles (TPT) which Liberum says reflects ‘resilient performance’ in a difficult market.

Analyst Adam Tomlinson retained his ‘buy’ recommendation and target price of 95p on the stock, which advanced 3.8p or 5.1% to 77.8p.

First half results revealed improved trading in the second quarter ‘despite continued tough market conditions’.

‘This reflects a resilient performance in a tough market and gives us confidence that the group’s strategy can capture the longer-term opportunities,’ said Tomlinson.

‘This includes its good progress within the UK’s commercial tile space, which has doubled the group’s total addressable market size to £700 million.’

Agreed, Whitehat.

They raised £3.5m of equity, nothing whatsoever to do with a loan.

No wonder JL's not that enamoured of Mrs May!

Where did Cont (2) go, JL?

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The political deadlock preventing the establishment of a new government in Erbil may finally be over as the Region’s two biggest parties reportedly struck a deal.

Details of the latest agreement between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) will be released on Wednesday evening, PUK spokesman Latif Sheikh Omer told Rudaw, confirming the party will participate in the next parliamentary session...

http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/03042019

Commercial - our strategy of "Disrupt and Construct" is making
good progress as we build our commercial business. Underlying
commercial sales in the first half have grown by around three
times year on year. During the first half we opened a flagship
design studio in Clerkenwell, the heart of the London's architect
and designer community. We continue to build our team of industry
sales experts, with an additional five sales people joining
the business over the period.

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, has described the historic Erbil Citadel, located in the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Region, as the oldest human-occupied settlement on Earth.

According to a statement on its website on Tuesday, NASA said the citadel dates back at least 6,000 years, noting that “its extensive history is embedded in its own ground.”

The Erbil Citadel has been passed through Sumerian, Assyrian, Sassanid, Mongol, Christian, and Ottoman hands. Throughout history, the citadel has been home to mosques, churches, synagogues, schools, and homes...

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/979793c3-413d-485c-8045-2a7930baaa2d

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An extract from Bloomberg's coverage:

Since she lost her majority two years ago, May's central analysis has been that she couldn't rely on Labour to vote for her deal, and would have to do it with Conservative and Democratic Unionist Party votes. It seems she's finally accepted she's not going to get those.

Needs to reach out to Labour (MPs), her own party is way too split on the issue.

Brent heading up again, $69.70.

Time Genel took the hint!

Heid, it's not necessarily a compliment to say of someone "he hasn't led a boring life".

Pillarts,

Don't you ever deal in the market?

The true spread is much tighter than the spread shown by the MMs.

That probably sounds a bit facetious:

the 1st will be a horizontal into the Portland at HH, the 2nd a horizontal into the Kimmeridge at HH.

Yes

Thank you for the article, hasiba, wasn't aware of this:

... new assessments now have confirmed that the overall rosy picture about US shale oil volumes and potential growth the next years could hit a wall. The last couple of days, news has emerged that the export of US shale oil has been hit by a major issue, as a growing list of Asian refineries have been reported to be refusing US shale oil due to contamination issues. Some U.S. articles have suggested that contamination occurred during transportation inside of the U.S...

It rose 0.025p on the day, in 86.2m shares traded.

I, for one, am happy with that, in the hope that a recovery in the share price has now begun.

7,074,619 at 1.15p