Gulf Keystone raises £109m October 17, 2010 GULF Keystone Petroleum yesterday announced is has raised £109.2m through an oversubscribed share placing. The Kurdistan focused independent oil and gas exploration company says it will use the proceeds to accelerate its active drilling programme across its four blocks in Kurdistan. This will involve contracting a third Gulf Keystone operated deep drilling rig, as well [...]
NEED TO KNOW | AREA INSIGHT March 3, 2011 COMMUTING: Trains to Waterloo take a reasonable thirty-five minutes. EDUCATION: The Royal Grammar for boys, Guildford High School and Tormead for girls are all well-known. George Abbot is the preferred state secondary, judged outstanding by Ofsted. Buy in the north-eastern corner of town to ensure you are in its catchment area. CRIME: Rates are reassuringly [...]
NEED TO KNOW | AREA INSIGHT March 3, 2011 COMMUTING: Trains to Waterloo take a reasonable thirty-five minutes. EDUCATION: The Royal Grammar for boys, Guildford High School and Tormead for girls are all well-known. George Abbot is the preferred state secondary, judged outstanding by Ofsted. Buy in the north-eastern corner of town to ensure you are in its catchment area. CRIME: Rates are reassuringly [...]
THE TIPSTER March 20, 2011 WITH world soft commodity prices rising, there is one that has been difficult to get exposure to – rice. Origo, a private equity investor in China, has acquired approximately a 25 per cent stake in China Rice. This firm, a processing and distribution group, plans to create a nationwide brand associated with good margins. Exposure [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS January 20, 2011 PEARSON UBS rates the publishing group “buy” with an increased target price of £14. The broker believes the firm is poised to deliver earnings growth despite its conservative revenue forecasts, and has raised its earnings per share estimate for the year four per cent to 76.4p. UBS predicts revenues above £5.8bn for the full-year. PZ [...]
IP PROTECTION Q&A September 30, 2010 Q. What do I need to know about intellectual property? A. Intellectual property rights are determined by a tangled ball of varying categories of legislation that requires patience to unpick. The categories are wide, overlapping and vague. Certain components entitle you to rights over your property while others require you to take prior action to [...]
Sri Lanka opens port to investors August 1, 2010 Sri Lanka yesterday said it would invite outside investors into its $1.5bn (£956m) Hambantota port project, the keystone of a $6bn post-war infrastructure revitalisation drive. The invitation for external investment will coincide with the November opening of the port on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, along an ancient “Silk Road” trading route and one of the [...]
NatWest 3 put the spotlight on extradition August 16, 2010 LAWYERS have warned that the spirited defence mounted by two of the “NatWest Three” against their prosecution in the US should act as an eye-opener for the government ahead of a planned review of extradition policy. David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew, two of the former NatWest bankers convicted two years ago of cooking up an [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 13, 2010 THE SUNDAYS The Sunday Telegraph $2.6M BUFFETT LUNCH WON BY ANONYMOUS BIDDER A mystery benefactor has paid $2.6m (£1.8m) to meet with billionaire investor Warren Buffett for a business lunch. The Sage of Omaha auctioned his time in aid of a San Francisco charity. This year’s auction brought in 25 per cent more than any [...]
Gulf director buys shares November 30, 2009 Gulf Keystone Petroleum said its non-executive director Jeremy Asher has purchased 2m shares in the company representing 0.41 per cent of its issued share capital at an average price of 94p per share through an Asher family trust company Agile Energy. The transaction gives Agile Energy a 2.9 per cent interest in the company. This [...]