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Agassi began the defence of the title with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win against an American compatriot, Bryan Shelton. “I haven’t really played many matches because of my back and I definitely lack confidence.” So Coetzer has noticed. “I feel she definitely does give you a chance to get into the game compared to previous times,” she said. In previous times, Graf defeated the South African six times in a row.Andre Agassi and his chief rival Pete Sampras made an emphatic start to the men’s singles. Coetzer broke twice, only to lose her own serve in the concluding game.”At certain times I had difficulty concentrating,” Graf said. She then hit a glorious angled backhand volley to take the opening point of the shoot-out and capitalised on Graf’s errors to win it, 7-1, on her ninth set point.Though the game then began to slip away from the South African, Graf lapsed into errors again when two points from victory, serving at 5-1, 30-15. Graf recovered to win, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, raising her game to coincide with her South African opponent’s loss of nerve.Coetzer was forced into the first set tie-break after leading 5-2, failing to convert seven set points.
Seles marked her return by winning that tournament without dropping a set.For an hour yesterday it seemed that Coetzer would repeat her success and that Graf would become the first top seed to lose in the first round of the women’s singles. Her father/manager, Peter, is under arrest following an investigation by the German tax authorities.The morning after Seles had revelled in her first match in a Gram Slam championship for two and a half years, sweeping aside the Romanian Ruxandra Dragomir, 6-3, 6-1, in the opening round of the United States Open, Graf struggled to stay in the tournament.It did not help that she had to face Amanda Coetzer, the only player to have beaten her this year, only a fortnight earlier in the first round of the Canadian Open. Either that, or the Wimbledon champion has so much else on her mind that her game is being left to take care of itself. Tennis
While Monica Seles, relieved of the 28 months of doubt and depression which followed her stabbing, continues to romp through her comeback matches, Steffi Graf, troubled on and off the court, clings tenuously to her position at the top of the women’s game.
Though Seles is the player who speaks of experiencing nerves each time she walks out to play, Graf is the one displaying them.
“I watched him throughout last season, he improved as it went on until the closing weeks when he played with injury,” he said. “He is technically good, an intelligent player, who is a good crosser.”COLOMBIA SQUAD (v England at Wembley, 6 September): Higuita, Chiquillo, Fernando Santa, Gonzalez, Perez, Bermudez, Maziri, Mendoza, Gaviria, Alvarez, Lozano, Rincon, Valderrama, Quinones, Asprilla, Leon, Valenciano.Rovers relapse, page 23THE PLAYERS WHO ARE INEngland squad (v Colombia, Wembley, 6 Sept)Player Club Age CapsD Seaman Arsenal 31 17T Flowers Blackburn 28 7R Jones Liverpool 23 8G Neville Man Utd 20 2T Adams Arsenal 28 35S Howey Newcastle 23 1G Pallister Man Utd 30 18G Le Saux Blackburn 26 10S Pearce N Forest 33 59S McManaman Liverpool 23 3D Platt Arsenal 29 55R Lee Newcastle 29 2J Redknapp Liverpool 22 -D Batty Blackburn 26 17J Barnes Liverpool 31 78P Gascoigne Rangers 28 32D Wise Chelsea 28 8T Sheringham Spurs 29 9P Beardsley Newcastle 34 57N Barmby M’brough 21 2S Collymore Liverpool 24 2J Salako Coventry 26 5A Shearer Blackburn 25 7P Ince Internazionale 27 16M Le Tissier Southampton 26 6L Ferdinand Newcastle 28 7A Cole Man Utd 23 1. Gascoigne, though recovered from last week’s groin injury, has rarely finished a match in the last year. Le Tissier, the only English player with the same creative ability, sits it out.”He is on the edge of the squad,” Venables said of the Southampton captain.
At times he must feel like jumping off it.Venables was full of praise for Salako, who last played for England under Graham Taylor against Germany in autumn 1991 He then suffered severe knee injuries. He has only played two matches since his long lay-off but questionable fitness has not precluded the selection of Stan Collymore and Paul Gascoigne.Collymore has an ankle injury that, according to Roy Evans the Liverpool manager, makes his participation next week “touch and go”. Ince, assuming he is fit and in form, will probably be in the next squad, for the October trip to Norway.Ferdinand must wonder just what he has to do to get included, his age – 28 – should not be a problem, Peter Beardsley (34), John Barnes (31) and Teddy Sheringham (29) are included as usual.Cole, too, must wonder. He denied that this was the reason for his omission, and said “that is all in the past”. But, with his next breath, he reiterated his desire to play only people who are “committed to England and prepared to make sacrifices”.The underlying message to Ince seems to be the same one as Alex Ferguson had for him – “we do not need you as much as you think we do”. Ince, meanwhile, made a promising start with Inter.Of the four exclusions Ince is the most surprising, but he is also the player most likely to find his way back.
Venables admitted he was “disappointed” by the player’s withdrawal from the summer’s Umbro Cup squad. Other than Ince, Venables has also left out Andy Cole, Les Ferdinand and Matt Le Tissier, although he has called up John Salako for the first time in four years.Le Tissier and Ferdinand have each scored three Premiership goals this season while Cole looked sharp during Manchester United’s win over Blackburn Rovers on Monday. We were given the go-ahead by the specialist to play him tonight and although we were assured it could not do him further damage it is clear now he needs the surgery and we’ve got to look after our players.”Platt becomes the latest absentee from a squad which was already as notable for those it had omitted as for those it had included. He was overlooked by Terry Venables, the England coach.Venables made no mention of Platt’s injury when announcing the squad earlier in the day, but Rioch said: “David has spoken to him. He had a scan on his right knee on Sunday when the tear was discovered.
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With Worcestershire already 146 runs ahead on the first innings, Graeme Hick was dropped by Alan Wells at slip when he had made nine. By the close Hick was 56 not outThe innings was studded with high quality shots, including a six which dislodged a tile from the Pavilion roof, and rattled the bowler, Ealham, who is expecting the chop today when England announce the squad for the Fifth Test next week. Leatherdale’s first over broke a substantial partnership between Graham Cowdrey and Mark Ealham.Cowdrey miscued a pull and Tim Curtis took a good catch at backward square- leg Then it was Moody’s turn. He was presented with a simple catch off his bowling by Ealham, although by then the England all-rounder had reached his half century off 45 balls.Kent collapsed, Leatherdale picked up a couple more for a return of 3 for 25, and careered headlong towards the follow-on until Dean Headley, Marsh and Thompson did their stuff.
Such resistance to giving a youth a fling, said not to be in the best interests of English cricket generally, was probably not in the best interests of Essex, either.. There had been the prospect of this match meandering to the foregone conclusion of an aimless draw after Tom Moody elected to bat on yesterday. Mercifully, Worcestershire mustered only 13 more runs, while Kent hustled another bowling point as they whipped out the remaining three batsmen, including David Leatherdale for 129, in the space of 20 balls. Kent then obliged, initially, by struggling against a Worcestershire attack shorn of Alamgir Sheriyah and Stuart Lampitt through illness and injury respectively, then by allowing themselves to be rolled over to the point where they were in danger of following on. It needed some careful nursing by their doctor, Julian “Tail End” Thompson, and a watchful innings from captain Steve Marsh for them to avoid that humiliation.
Thompson’s solitary boundary took them to their target figure, 273, before, three runs later, last man Alan Igglesden was bowled byChampionship debutant Maneer Mirza, brother of the late Parvaz. He ended with 2 for 56, commendable figures but outdone by Leatherdale. It was an inspired double change which saw Moody bring on himself from the New Road End and Leatherdale from the Diglis End.
The 18-year-old debutant Jonathan Powell, another off-spinner, waited 49 overs of the day for his turn. This was 100 for 4 and Essex scented an opportunity.But Sutcliffe began to flourish. Partnered in the afternoon by Neil Johnson, who was put down at the wicket when he was three and the total was 107 (he went on to 91, by which time the score was 303), Sutcliffe increased and reduced the tempo as the occasion demanded.Essex, needing to win to sustain their immediate challenge for their first title in five years, were perhaps not as adventurous as they could be. He accounted for James Whitaker before lunch, too, the Leicestershire captain being confined to his crease and late on the stroke as the ball sneaked through.
In all he bowled 48 overs in the day, and if the pitch did not fizz as he might have desired, he ran through an impressively patient repertoire.Eventually, he persuaded Pierson to flick – rather casually after such stout resistance – to short leg. Sutcliffe was scarcely less becalmed, but he was willing, if the ball was indifferent enough, to deliver an appropriate handsome riposte as he demonstrated with a pulled six off Ashley Cowan.The batsmen’s main adversary was Peter Such, who took the ball at the scoreboard end at the start of the day and did not release it until way after lunch. It took 206 balls and if it seemed longer that was to his immense credit.At the end of the proceedings they were still 68 runs short of making Essex bat again, but they had not wilted. Sutcliffe began the day with Adrian Pierson, who did what nightwatchmen are supposed to do and frustrated Essex to distraction He played no shot worthy of the name, he just batted. There were nine successive maidens at one point, but there was never much doubt that Iain Sutcliffe would complete his second century of the season. Yesterday, it was predicted that they were staring down at least one barrel with the Colchester pitch likely to turn late in the match But Leicestershire know they are hard to beat.
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Also, with his height, Onyewu is an added threat going forward for set pieces. Having played for Standard Liege in the Belgium League since 2004, venturing for a brief and unsuccessful loan spell with Newcastle in 2007, Onyewu has flown under the radar for the most part. Under Alan Curbishley, the club established itself as a Premier League side for six seasons. Its been almost a “gimme” to predict the chiefs and oakland wil result at the bottom of the afc west for the past 6 seasons. It takes you from thereceiving end of mount up, to standing, you hook his arms with your feet and pull him down you then roll up. CRL Global Services will offer the qNPA technology as a service to HTG clientsin CRL`s CLIA-certified Molecular Diagnostics laboratory beginning spring 2009 About HTGPrivately-held HTG is based in Tucson, Arizona.
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Recruiting picks up for Virginia, but NC State and Miami are losing players. Dice K is 1-5 on the season, and the Red Sox are 2-6 overall when he has pitched this season.The big inning has also killed Dice K this year. Should be a hard-fought, low-scoring game today in Pittsburgh OVER Seven St. LeBron doesn’t have a PR firm handling his image, so any statements made after the incident will be his words.Let’s be real here, this will not help his image, but it won’t hurt it in the long run either.The problem that I have with this is that LeBron is a role model, and he knows it. When kids are told to go shake hands after a loss, I am sure more than a few coaches will hear, “LeBron doesn’t do it.”LeBron needs to man up and admit his mistake. He is only 24 years old, but he is the face of the league. The NBA has trouble enough with their image, it doesn’t need one of its most talented players to hurt it even more..
If this isn’t a make-or-break year for Davis, I don’t know what is.It’s hard to know what the Chargers really have in Davis because he’s hardly been in uniform. He has compiled a .339 batting average with 17 home runs and 44 RBI. Whenusing the medium mouthpieces, the tongue would occasionally slip under theretractor. Due to the complexity of this process,and the need for appraisals and analyses that have not yet been obtainedand performed, the Company presently cannot make an accurate estimate ofthe amount by which the Company`s goodwill was impaired as of January 31,2009. Davis has great arm strength, accuracy and touch, can buy time with his feet and is a tough, hard working leader.It took Davis a long time to get Ball State’s offence almost a year and a half. Guaranty fee income surged 89 percent to $2.8billion, it said.
They could move him to WLB if DeCloud holds onto the SS spot. 2Includes one vessel performing a bareboat charter-out during the three months ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 Year Ended Dec 31, 2008 Year Ended Dec. We greatly appreciate the dedicated efforts of employees who haveenabled us to reach this critical point for Imagify. and is sub-advised by WesternAsset Management Company, an affiliate of the investment manager.
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These AZHA MiningDividends are NOT a Forward Split nor are they a REVERSE Split. The ratiois that for every 50 ZNXT Common, a total of 75 AZHA Common shares are tobe issued to the ZNXT beneficial common shareholders of record as of April20, 2009. The shareholders need to be reassured that torestructure this governance of the mining operation plans with AZHA’spreferred approach are applied. AZHA will do whatever it can to bringthis mining company into production and profitability. AZHA is hopefulthat the company’s ultimate goal would be just at hand.Mining can be a wonderful and profitable business when it’s on the upside,particularly when the business plan is properly structured.
To start with,AZHA discusses a brief overview and understanding of gold miningandproduction.–HOW GOLD IS PRODUCED?Gold mining is an intensive process thatrequires careful and responsible management The process ofproducing gold (from both underground and surface operations) can bedivided into six main phases: (1) finding the ore body; (2) creatingaccess to the ore body;(3) removing the ore by mining or breaking theore body; (4) transporting the broken material from the mining face tothe processing plant for treatment; (5) gold processing; and (6)refining to 99.999%. For further details, please visit SCALE MINING — PANNINGWide shallow pans are filled with sandand gravel that may contain the rock and other material (because goldis denser than rock, it quickly settles to the bottom). The silt isusually taken from a stream bed, often at the bend of the stream, orfrom the bedrock, where the weight of gold causes it to settle out ofthe water flow.–LARGE SCALE MINING: Finding the ore body — global or regional,geological exploration programme identifies targets and undertakesexploration.(1)OPEN PIT MINING: In open-pit mining, drilling and blasting is generally needed to release the gold bearing rock. Excavators then load the material onto the ore transport system.(2)UNDERGROUND MINING:In underground mining, holes are drilled in the ore body, filled with explosive and blasted. The blasted ’stopes’ or ‘faces’ are cleaned before the ore is released, ready for transportation out of the mine. Underground mining methods are far more variable than open pit mining.
The approach used must be the most cost effective one that fits in with the configuration of the ore zones, the strength of the ore, and the surrounding rock.–GOLD PROCESSING: The most common means of recovering gold is thecyanidation process. Cyanidation involves the leaching of ore in astrictly controlled alkaline cyanide leach solution, after which thegold is then re-dissolved, and subsequently smelted into dore bars thatare shipped to the gold refineries. The residual waste rock is thengenerally recycled in land-fill landscaping projects, processing andrefining. The dore U bars are further refined to become as close topure gold OF 99.99% as possible, in the form of gold bullion bars.They are then given ‘gold’ delivery status, the international standardfor quality, providing assurance that they contain the quantity andpurity of gold that has been stamped on them.COMMON Q & AWHAT IS THE AVERAGE COST OF MINING PER OUNCE?The average cost of replacing and producing an ounce of gold rose to$428/oz in 2005, a ten-year high, according to Metals Economics Group,based on a study of 18 major gold producing companies. However, costs varywidely between companies and the mines themselves.HOW MUCH GOLD IS STILL UNDERGROUND?The major gold producers increased their reported reserves to 719.7million oz or over 22,000 tonnes at the end of 2005, according to MetalsEconomics Group. Assuming a 10% recovery loss when the ore is extracted,this would amount to 14 years of gold production at 2005’s level. Inpractice the amount of known resources remains fairly constant over timesince the results of few exploration finds replacement to those resourcesthat are exploited.WHAT IS THE AVERAGE GOLD MINING GRADE?The grade of ore refers to the proportion of gold contained in the ore ofa particular mine and is quoted in grams per tonne (g/t) The type of minedepends on the depth and grade of the ore.
At a rough estimate, thelarger, better quality South African underground operations are around8-10 g/t (Anglo gold), while the marginal South African underground minesrun at around 4-6 g/L Many of the operations elsewhere in the world areopen pit mines roughly at lower grades, from as little as 1 g/t up toaround 3-4 g/t. A more significant piece of information than average goldmining grade is cost per ounce, which is a combination of grade(grams/tonne) and operating costs ((USD/tonne).WHERE IS THE GOLD MINED?Gold is mined on every Continent, barring Antarctica.HOW MUCH GOLD HAS BEEN MINED? The best estimates available suggest thatthe total, volume of gold ever mined up to the end of 2006 wasapproximately 158,000 tonnes, of which around 65% has been mined since1950.ABOUT THE COMPANYAZHA Mining Corporation, Inc. is a mining company engaged in theexploration, development and commercialization of new and underdevelopedmine sites, primarily gold, silver and other precious metals. AZHA Miningwas assigned the 100% interest of the twelve (12) mining claims in BritishColumbia, Canada. Additionally, AZHA was assigned the 100% Interests ofthe PEARL’s Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) explorations whoseapplication registration has been on file in Region V since 2004; thatincludes all of PEARL’s gold mining exploration, development andproduction.FORWARD STATEMENTS; Forward-looking statements in this release includestatements regarding the Company’s projections regarding gold, silver andprecious metals explorations, extractions and productions in futureperiods.
That is below analysts’ average estimate for earningsper share of 10 cents on revenue of $888 million, according toReuters Estimates. These partners and affiliates have access to a suite of online andoffline resources that enhance the experience of the discerning traveler throughconvenience, service and reliability. “There was no announcement, the crew asked us to evacuate invery quick Spanish so people started to panic a little bit,”passenger Alix Gossellin told Reuters television. That should lead to a carbon emissions decline of 2.3 percent from natural gas in 2009, the EIA said.
Research has shown that missing or abducted children not recoveredin the first four hours, likely never will be.The program enables parentsand guardians to store their children’s photo, description and other valuableinformation in a profile in their wireless multimedia phones. The possibility that vision loss from SABRIL may bemore common or more severe, or have more severe functional consequences ininfants and children than in adults, cannot be excluded.SABRIL should not be used in patients with, or at high risk of, other types ofirreversible vision loss or with other drugs associated with serious adverseophthalmic effects such as retinopathy or glaucoma unless the benefits clearlyoutweigh the risks. John has received training sponsored by the Alliance forEducation in Dispute Resolution and the Cornell University/PERC Institute onConflict Resolution, and he is registered with the New Jersey Courts as amediator in employment disputes John lectures and writes extensively on employment law. and Seth Aronson, Esq., O`Melveny &Myers LLP, 400 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071. There is no certainty that anyportion of undiscovered resources (oil, natural gas, natural gas liquidsor other hydrocarbons) will be discovered and that, if discovered, inthis or any other discovery, the discovered resource may not beeconomically viable or technically feasible to produce.Statements contained in this news release relating to future results,events and expectations are forward-looking statements within the meaningof Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21Eof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The dollar was little changed after hitting its lowest levelin nearly a year against a basket of major currencies .DXY onWednesday, when growing evidence of a global recovery spurredinvestors to move into riskier currency trades [USD/] U.S.
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Sixteen times he would hit 20-plus doubles, seven times he hit 20-plus HR, five times 100-plus runs driven in, eight times 150-plus hits and five times would hit over .300.With these numbers you would think he would be a Hall Of Famer but you have to think “Did he use HGH?” because his best years came when he was 30-35.. And if any female reporter wanted to interview Doug, you know that Jackie would be right there, checking on him.How she hasn’t made him get surgery to be physically attached to her at all times, I have no idea.. Working with BMC, customers can respond rapidly tothe changing face of their business in a way that no competitor can match.” Business runs on IT.IT runs on BMC Software.Business thrives when IT runs smarter, faster, and stronger. Sign-unveiling ceremony and celebration with charity driveWHO: Larry P. ) The night every serious football fan awaits, the first pre-season game.The anticipation begins with the opening of training camp, reading all the blog posts of writers I follow, such as Ralph Vacchiano of the Daily News, and Mike Garafolo of the Newark Star Ledger. have also gained an unexpected advantage withPresident Barack Obama, having spent most of his political lifein that city and having backed the bid before his presidentialelection. Lets start by saying there could very easily be over 300 combined points in these 3 games. I see the Cowboys riding high after a week one victory and pull off a close one over the Cougars.
Senior CB Jorrick Colvin (2 picks) is the lone returning starter.Outlook: The non-conference schedule features two road games at Bowling Green and Florida to open the season. Griffin is along the same lines but not quite as effective with his counter strikes.What Griffin showed in his fight with Rampage was that he was willing to stay in to throw blows to land combos. He was wildly popular with the fans, and it cannot be denied that his Irish Catholic background did him no harm on that score.O’Neill was an impossible act to follow from a public relations point of view.That might explain Strachan’s initial difficulty in winning over the fans, but there is little doubt why he has failed to do it.The football produced by Celtic in the Strachan era interspersed as it has been with some outstanding performances and epic Champions League victories can best be described as functional.For people reared on a diet of passed-on tales of Patsy Gallacher, Jimmy McGrory, Charlie Tully, Jimmy Johnstone, Kenny Dalglish, Paul McStay and Henrik Larsson, entertainment is not an optional extra It is for them an integral part of the Celtic experience. It also plans to reduce capital expenditures to $60 million — down over 50 percent from 2008.OFF-PRICE A TOUGH SELLAt TJX, net profit fell to $250.9 million, or 58 cents a share, in the fiscal fourth quarter, ended January 31, compared with $301.1 million, or 66 cents a share, a year earlier.Excluding items, it earned 55 cents a share, topping the average estimate of 51 cents a share.Sales were flat at $5.4 billion, showing that shoppers at even its off-price stores were careful about spending money.TJX, whose retail chains include T.J Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and A.J.
Arrington AND STILL drafted Knowshon Moreno in the first round of this years draft. The Broncos have gotten a ton of flack for the overabundance of backs from many football experts, myself included, but in a way it does make sense. No more what ifs.The time to begin developing real, sustained success is now.Here are some steps Fox, the team’s coach, should take toward that goal. 1. Employ the 3-4 defense.Now, we know this is potentially the latest defensive alignment “du jour” in the league, but it has worked for the Steelers and Patriots so it’s a proven commodity. Excluding items, such as a 63 cent-per-share impairment chargefor La Senza, the retailer said earnings were 68 cents per share,down from 94 cents per share a year earlier. I know it sucks when things don’t go your way, but it’s still sports.And you’re hearing that from someone who has cried over sports way too many times.Second, if you’re so drunk that you can’t reason yourself into not fighting, chances are you need to cut down the number of seven dollar beers you’re buying at the game.And if you’re not drunk and still fighting at a sports event, you need a serious hobby..
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THE advertising industry was thrown into turmoil yesterday after France’s JC Decaux announced plans to trump Clear Channel Communication’s pounds 466m bid for More Group, the leading player in the UK outdoor advertising market. Whereas there are a variety of information services companies in the US.”Other analysts said it was more important for GUS to build its information services business and that Argos was not a “must have” deal.GUS is keen to complete the Metromail deal as the business would be a neat fit with its Direct Technology Group in Illinois which it acquired last year.GUS shares fell 9p to 772p yesterday as the US court decision was awaited Argos shares rose 2p to 622p.. “At 570p (the price of the GUS bid) Argos is more attractive because it is not the kind of opportunity that is going to come along very often. But at these levels the difference is not significant in terms of the size of GUS. People might be concerned if they paid more than $37.”Mr Thomas said the implications for the Argos deal were unclear.
GUS responded with its own writ claiming ABI had no right to interfere.Analysts said the complications were not ideal for GUS as the company is also embroiled in a pounds 1.6bn hostile bid for Argos.Ashley Thomas at SG Securities said: “GUS won’t want to look like it is getting into a bidding war. ABI sued GUS, claiming it had attempted to prevent a fair auction for the business from taking place. ABI could also come back with a last-minute higher bid.The contest had degenerated into a welter of legal wrangling. This was immediately trumped by ABI, which said it was prepared to offer “at least” $34.75 for the business.However, GUS’s increased offer had the backing of the directors and RR Donnelly, a printing group which owns a 38 per cent stake.ABI asked a judge in Delaware to issue an injunction against the proposed deal between GUS and Metromail.After a three hour hearing, the judge at Delaware Chancery Court denied the request, saying: “I’m concerned that there is a risk GUS may abandon the deal.”If ABI does decide to appeal against the decision, the Delaware Supreme Court could hold a hearing as early as Monday. The court ruling came after the battle for Metromail looked like turning into an auction with both GUS and ABI increasing their offers.
GUS started the process when it increased its bid from $31.50 to $34.50 per share, valuing Metromail at $888m (pounds 540m). The shares have soared from below 130p since the beginning of the year..
GREAT Universal Stores’ bid for Metromail, the American database services company, looked set to succeed last night after a US judge denied rival bidder American Business Information’s request for an injunction against their merger agreement ABI said it was considering an appeal. The group has already been holding discussions with NTL, the UK-based cable firm which is quoted on Nasdaq.Aspen, providing specialist printing and marketing services, leapt 29.5p to 122.5p as Photobition, the photographic and printing services group, announced that it had bought a 2.9 per cent stake and might make a bid.Printed circuit board maker Prestwick was dumped 17p to 35p as it announced that bid talks had been terminated and that, due to delayed call off of contracts from major customers, it was trading “below market expectations”.Lady in Leisure, operating women-only health clubs, jumped 20p to 217.5p. Sir Ernest Harrison, Racal’s chairman, has already twice pulled off the trick of releasing value from the company by demerging mobile operator Vodafone and security group Chubb.Persistent bid chatter and expectations of good first-quarter figures, due out next week, pushed Vodafone 9p higher to 602p.General Cable firmed 6p to 155.5p on suggestions that rival cable operator Telewest, 2p better at 94.5p, was about to table a pounds 600m bid for the company. That value should be crystallised when the telecoms business is floated in the next 18 months. The stockbroker calculates that, on current valuations, Racal’s telecoms arm is worth pounds 600m – valuing the rest of Racal at just pounds 340m.
The shares, bought by Warburg for 396p, closed down 8p at 389p.Next also continued to suffer from yesterday’s profit warning, giving up another 9p to settle at 535p.Racal firmed 1p to a 12-month high of 330p on a buy recommendation from Henderson Crosthwaite. Billboard group Maiden, which reports results on Monday, added 22.5p to 406p in sympathy.Sports retailer JJB Sports ended its recent slide, bouncing 35p to 670p. The shares were 822.5p a few weeks ago.Mobile phone operator Orange continued to slide amid suggestions that SBC Warburg had been unable fully to place the 16 per cent stake it bought from British Aerospace yesterday. Now that the sale has taken place several brokers have turned negative on the stock. News that Venezuela is reviving plans to sell its state-run aluminium smelter, in which Billiton has shown an interest, helped revive investors’ interests.
The shares closed up 9.5p at 165.5p.Advertising outfit More Group, which agreed to a 1030p-a-share bid from US giant Clear Channel Communications last month, soared 93.5p to 1122.5p as French rival JC Decaux announced that it was considering a counter- bid at a “meaningful premium” to Clear Channel’s offer More Group advised shareholders to take no action. While the US investigation remains a worry, the broker expects Reuters “to continue creating significant shareholder value.”The market staged a half-hearted recovery yesterday after a week of drift. But while Footsie was briefly showing a 71-point gain, it was dragged back by a fall on Wall Street and ended the day up a modest 33.7 points at 5939.3. The midcap and smallcap indices also posted slight gains.Best performer in the Footsie was Billiton, the metals group which has had a torrid time since joining the stock market at 220p last summer.
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