Monthly Archives: August 2013
$LAM.L – Lamprell – market likes results
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
$LAM.L – Lamprell – getting interesting
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
Adventures in #linux distros and backups
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
Equity valuations
YTD, the FTSE100 is up 9.6%, overshadowed by the FTSE250, which is up 20.2%. The median PER for the FTSE100 is 15.3, whilst for the FTSE250 it is 16.2. So the FTSE250 is only slightly more expensive than the FTSE100. … Continue reading
A quick review of Parsix 5.0r0
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.L – FastJet – consolidation
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
