Ian Pollard – Singles Day at Primark

Alibaba invented Singles Day as a shopping celebration for the unattached as opposed to the romanticism of Valentines Day. It is now the world’s biggest online sales event, exceeding the combined totals of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Yesterday saw sales hit a record $1bn in 85 seconds and the total spend for the day […]

Reckitt Benckiser Expects Challenges & Headwinds; Dividend Increased

Reckitt Benckiser RB is increasing its final dividend from 88.7p to 95p making a 10% rise for the year but it has been forced to delve deep into the jargon drawer to try and explain its patchy geographical performance in 2016. Full year like for like net revenue did rise by 3% and in quarter […]

International Greetings Delivers 250% Dividend Increase.

International Greetings IGR A final dividend of 1.75p., ahead of market expectations, brings the year’s total to 2.5p. a rise of 250% on the previous years 1p. Year on year growth in all regions, is again ahead of expectations,  with both the UK and China producing record sales. And for once, we have a company […]

Where Are They Now – The Golden Oldies of 2010 (1)

The simple answer is, that as with Amur Minerals (AMC), mentioned in a separate post ten days ago, some of those golden oldies of 2010 which promised to make shareholders rich overnight, are showing definite signs that hopes and expectations may, given enough time,  begin to bear fruit. Sirius Minerals (SXX) has already stirred itself […]

AMUR MINERALS – SHARES SOAR ON GRANT OF PRODUCTION LICENCE

Amur Minerals AMC today announces that Dimitry Medvedev, the Russian Premier has signed the long awaited exploration and production licence for AMC’s huge Kun Mani project in Amur Province in far East Russia. The shares started rising early this morning before AMC issued its RNS, after news of the grant appeared in the Russian Media. […]