Monthly Archives: September 2014

Incredible images: Photographer explores the expired

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Comments (0) For ten years, photographer Luke Joyce has been exploring some of the world’s most forbidden places. He has been documenting the slow decay of power plants, asylums and manor houses shut off from the outside world by barbed wire, barriers and fences. He has slipped through a gap in the wall, an open window or collapsing doorway to capture the reality within. These are buildings that have almost always been hidden from the Read more [...]

Profit growth of China’s listed firms slows

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Profit growth of China's listed companies dropped from a year ago in the first half of this year as economic slowdown continues to weigh on business performance. A total of 2,558 firms listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges raked combined net profits of 1.27 trillion yuan ($205.9 billion) in the Jan-June period, up 9.47 percent year on year, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Monday. The growth rate, although better than the first quarter, was still outpaced by that of the Read more [...]

Blavatnik’s Access Industries bids to buy all of Perform

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LONDON (Reuters) - Len Blavatnik's investment group Access Industries said on Monday it planned to buy out the rest of Perform (PER.L) that it did not already own, valuing the entire sports rights firm at 701.6 million pounds ($1.2 billion). Perform, which listed on the London stock market in 2011, buys online rights to major sports events and supplies video clips, live action and sports news and data to media groups and online bookmakers.It has endured a rocky time as a listed company, first Read more [...]

Blavatnik’s Access Industries bids to buy all of Perform

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LONDON (Reuters) - Len Blavatnik's investment group Access Industries said on Monday it planned to buy out the rest of Perform (PER.L) that it did not already own, valuing the entire sports rights firm at 701.6 million pounds ($1.2 billion). Perform, which listed on the London stock market in 2011, buys online rights to major sports events and supplies video clips, live action and sports news and data to media groups and online bookmakers.It has endured a rocky time as a listed company, first Read more [...]

Novia takes £250k stake in AIM-listed advice group

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Wrap platform Novia has acquired a 2.5% stake in advisory group Tavistock Investments for £250,000. The wrap with one of its significant shareholders, Cocoon Investments, which owns a 23.5% stake in Novia, have joined together to buy the shares in Tavistock. Tavistock is an Alternative Investment Market-listed advice network with ambitions to become a national. Novia and Cocoon have also provided Tavistock Investments with a £750,000 loan, of which any outstanding balance after Read more [...]