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I awoke before sunrise this morning and found a message in my inbox from the BOSS, asking if I would “write a piece about Greece.” I said, of course that I would. After having tended to some business, it is now four hours later and I can see that the entire continent of Europe is […]

Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varufakis today confirmed to the press that Greece will not pay the 1,600 million euros owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose term expires at midnight. However, the European Commission (EC), through its president Jean-Claude Juncker, submitted an last-minute offer to the Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras, with three conditions to […]

Greek PM asks voters to reject bailout terms The future of the Greek economy faces continued uncertainty after Prime Minster Alex Tspiras threatened to resign if citizens did not vote to reject EU-IMF proposals bailout. “If the Greek people want to proceed with austerity plans in perpetuity, which will leave us unable to lift our […]

Metal Tiger shares (LSE:MTR) are trying to rally and this is something that is supported by the present price action in the market. The price has been volatile but it can be seen that the bulls are gaining upper hands. In the chart, the ADX period 14 is at the level 30, which means that […]

Update on PEDL143 Licence, Holmwood Prospect, Weald Basin, UK Europa Oil & Gas plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas company with a combination of producing and exploration assets in Europe, notes today’s announcement from UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC that it has executed a Farm-in agreement with Egdon Resources to acquire a 20% […]

RESULT OF AGM Ariana Resources, the Anglo-Turkish gold exploration and development company, has confirmed that all of the resolutions put to shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held today were duly passed. The Chairman, Michael de Villiers, made the following comments at today’s meeting: “Ariana Resources has been an AIM-listed company for 10 years. […]

Divestment of Interest in East Blackwell Northcote (AIM:NCT) has, in line with its strategy to dispose of certain non-core assets in its portfolio, it has sold its 100% working interest in the East Blackwell Skinner Sand Unit in Kay County, Oklahoma to a private party for US$75,000 in cash. East Blackwell has historically contributed approximately […]

Cash Placing of £0.55 Million Savannah Resources (LSE:SAV), advises that it has raised approximately £0.55 million cash (before expenses) through the placing of 21,900,000 new ordinary shares at a placing price of 2.5p per ordinary share with both new and existing investors. RFC Ambrian Limited acted as broker to the Placing. Savannah’s Chief Executive Officer, […]

Along with its co-venturers, BP is in the middle of a five year, £7 billion investment programme in the North Sea, including major projects in the central North Sea and Shetland area. BP and its co-venturers, ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Shell, have confirmed the safe installation of the new Clair Ridge platform’s quarters and utilities (QU) […]

The Supreme Court of the United States makes major headlines only a few times a year, but when it does, it usually makes enough to stir up enough controversy to last well into its next session. In the past week alone the justices, in their infinite wisdom, have ruled against individual states rights with respect […]