Questor and Tempus Share Tips

Shares City - Newspaper Tips and Rumours

FINANCIAL TIMES
Whitbread a consumer stock with solid numbers.
Whitbread takeover bid speculation gives CoffeeHeaven a boost
Rumours of approach for 20 per cent stake in Northern Petroleum
Shell bid hopes lifts Borders & Southern
Informa buoyant on bid talks

THE TIMES
Tempus
Halma - Hold
Domino Printing - Pass
Wincanton - Buy

Tiddler
OMG

DAILY TELEGRAPH
Questor
Friends Provident - Avoid
Domino Printing - Hold

Other news
BofE damps hopes of interest rate rises
Chorion profits slump
Media stocks down on analyst downgrade

THE INDEPENDENT
Investment
Halma - Hold
Premium Bars and Restaurants - Sell
Park Group - Buy

DAILY MAIL
Other news
DSG up on t/o rumours (Carphone/Best Buy)
Rumours of BT counter-offer for Thus

OTHER NEWS
Phoenix Equity ready to buy oil & gas division from Ashtead Group for £100M
Shareholders at Lloyds TSB to fight bid for Deutsche Postbank
RBS advises clients to get ready for crash in global stock markets over the next quarter as major banks are hit by inflation
UK is now ahead of the US as world's largest arms exporter
Govt. to disclose new rules on medicine prices today - this will lead to further cuts in revenue for UK pharmaceutical industry