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Newspaper Share Tips Thursday

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Stocks and Shares

SHARES MAGAZINE

Plays:

Buy Halfords at 279.3p

Update:

Take profits in Cineworld

Commodities

Buy European Nickel -- Dana Petroleum -- Ceres Agriculture

Property

Buy Land Securities -- Persimmon

Sector Report:

Buy Rensburg Sheppards and Aberdeen Asset Management

Sell Ashmore

FINANCIAL TIMES

US quantitative easing -- they must be dancing in Beijing. On Wednesday, the US FED decided to follow the BoE and start buying longer-dated government bonds

ArcelorMittal -- says it has no need to raise cash to pay its debt, but it also says it is considering 'all options'

UK pension funding -- Royal Dutch Shell's announces $8.3 bn hole - a sign of the times. Lots of companies will be making similar warnings

Unicredit's 38% fall in net profit to €4 bn was not as bad as expected, despite 50% jump in bad loan provisions to €3.7 billion.

Rumours of US predator looking at Aga Rangemaster

Paragon - takeover rumours

THE TIMES

Tempus
:

Hold Venture Production
Avoid French Connection

Comment

Andy Hornby forgoes £700,000 cash offer from HBOS to avoid another Goodwinesque row
Vague bid rumours boost Aga Rangemaster
Talk of falling income in Japan hits Robert Walters

Bet of the day: Prudential

Tiddler to watch - Fiberweb

DAILY TELEGRAPH
Questor:


Buy Mouchel
Avoid Friends Provident

Comment:

Afren up on talk there will be a positive Nigerian update

THE INDEPENDENT
Investment

Buy Chemring
Buy Alkane Energy
Hold Alliance Pharma

Outlook:

FSA: in comes the iron fist [only 50 years too late - Ed.]
Unemployment surges over 2 million

Comment:

Legal & General rises as fears of rights issue ease

DAILY MAIL

Barclays whacked by investor lawsuit
Urge to merge on UK High Street (Carpetright, Topps Tiles etc..)
Mears meltdown

DAILY EXPRESS

Hard road ahead for JJB Sports
Aga Rangemaster up on vague US takeover talk
Panmure Gordon recommends Fiberweb
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