Monthly Archives: August 2013

Oil-rig maker LAM (Lamprell) saw its share price rise 5.7% to close at 142.75p after releasing its half-year results.  Revenue was down slightly: US$521m compared with US$528m. Net profit after exceptional items came it at US$7.3m, compared with a loss … Continue reading →

Oil-rig maker LAM (Lamprell) announced that  CFO Frank Nelson  intends to leave the company “for personal reasons”. Joanne Cunin will replace him, effective from 1 October. Frank originally joined LAM on an interim basis last October. This is curious timing, given … Continue reading →

I am a huge fan of Linux Mint, but I have been doing a bit of distro-hopping lately. I have in mind installing Ubuntu 13.10 when it comes out – a distro I haven’t used for quite a few years … Continue reading →

Parsix is based on Debian testing and beats Ubuntu, but arguably not Mint. I did a quickie install of the latest version of Parsix, released on the 17 August. I’m a huge fan of Debian-based distros, except for Ubuntu, which … Continue reading →

FJET is, as of today, trading at its new 10X consolidation amount. The price has dropped by 9.6% as of writing to 9.00p.  Share dilution can now carry on in earnest, as the company was not able to issue new … Continue reading →

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