Stocks and Shares - Newspaper Share Tips and Questor Performance Apr27
FINANCIAL TIMESShares in Micro Focus soared on Tuesday after it said it had received an approach regarding a possible takeover.
Virgin Active is almost doubling in size after the takeover of rival gym company Esporta’s 55 sites for £77.6 million.
Minmetals Resources has withdrawn its $6.5 bn offer for Equinox Minerals, after being outbid by Barrick Gold.
The Times
Tempus share tips
Hold Pearson
Staffline shares look cheap
SDL shares - up with events.
The Independent
Investment Share Tips
Buy Tesco at 406.5p
Buy Speedy Hire at 28.75p
The Guardian
Multimillionaire Raj Chatha buys 37 Oddbins wine shops from the administrators.
Kevin Stanford launches 11th hour management buyout for his struggling fashion chain AllSaints.
The Daily Telegraph
Viktor Vekselberg, Russian businessman who co-owns the TNK-BP JV, signalled he is willing to sell his own 12.5% stake.
Questor Share Tips
Hold Pearson at 1141p
Avoid Heritage OIl at 257p
Questor's Share Performance so far in 2011
The tips of the year have gone with a "whimper rather than a bang". On average the tips are up 1.5% compared with the FTSE 100 which is up by 2.6%. However, it is still early days and all of Questor's shares remain buys.
Share Performance
Royal Dutch Shell +6%
Aviva +10%
Barratt Developments +22%
Johnson Matthey -6%
Blackrock Latin America -8%
European Goldfields -18%
The laggard as the permitting process in Greece drags on. The company is waiting for approval for its gold mines after its 3,500-page environmental impact study last year. Questor still expects approval – and the final stage is close.
Daily Mail
Norwich and Peterborough Building Society plans merger with £30 bn Yorkshire BS, the UK's second largest building society.
Market Report
Discount clothing chain Primark has been AB Foods’ best performer over the last few years following the boom in demand for cheap clothing, but consumers now feeling pinch even more.
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