JOKE OF THE DAY

You Have A Fatal And Incurable Disease

A guy goes to the doctor and the doctor tells him,
"I have some very bad news for you.
I'm afraid that you're afflicted with a fatal and incurable disease."

So the guy asks, "Well isn't there ANYTHING I can do, doc?"

"Hmmm...
maybe you should go to a spa and start taking daily mud baths,"
he tells his patient.

"Mud baths? Will that help me, doc?"

"Probably not....
but at least you'll get used to being covered in dirt!"

Friday's market reports:

Telegraph
Telegraph (Bloomberg summary)
The Times
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FT
The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Hang Seng ended the morning up 2.49 points at 20,566.17, while the Nikkei closed 202.31 points lower at 17,344.80.

New York Mercantile Exchange's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, was up 5 cents at $59.07 a barrel.

Happy trading!

G.

OUTLOOK - UK smaller companies results for the 2 weeks to Feb 16Tokyo shares close lower on profit-takingAustralian shares close lower after metal prices fall last Friday - UPDATEAsian markets summary

BT.A upgraded to buy from hold - target 340 from 245 - Dresdner Kleinwort
RDSA downgraded to hold from buy - Deutsche Bank

Tokyo shares close lower on profit-taking - UPDATE

JMAT upgraded to buy from neutral - target 1800 - UBS

London shares outlook - flat, Sainsbury in focus as consortium mulls bid options

BP upgraded to buy from neutral - target 615 - Goldman Sachs

AFX UK at a glance share guide

UK smallcap opening - Taihua edges up on move into South Korea market

UK smallcap opening - Monterrico Metals higher on agreed by from Zijin

LAD downgraded to underperform from neutral - target 400 - Credit Suisse

UK smallcap opening - FishWorks firms on Luke Johnson bid talk

UK smallcap opening - Energy Asset Management up on Woolworths dealLondon shares open lower, mixed Wall Street and weak miners offset M&A

UK smallcap opening - Independent International climbs on Google dispute update

UK smallcap opening - Spiritel edges ahead on Telstra Platinum partnership

AEX 18.75 - 19p + 1p

up with news ..........

FARMOUT OF INTEREST IN NYUNI LICENCE, TANZANIA
PROGRESS REPORT ON EAST AFRICA ACTIVITIES

Aminex PLC, the oil and gas company listed in London and Dublin, ("Aminex" or
the "Company") today announces that its wholly-owned Tanzanian subsidiary Ndovu
Resources Ltd. ("Ndovu") has signed an agreement with Key Petroleum Ltd. ("Key")
to farm out an interest in the Nyuni East Songo Songo licence ("Nyuni"),
offshore Tanzania. Aminex is also providing an update on the status of all its
East African projects.

FARMOUT OF NYUNI INTEREST
Key, an Australian company based in Perth, has agreed to farm into Nyuni for a
20% working interest. In order to earn its 20% interest Key will:

* contribute 30% towards the costs of two exploration wells on Nyuni, the
first of which is due to be spudded in the second quarter of this year and
the second of which will be drilled later in the year;

* issue 2 million new, fully-paid shares in Key to Aminex or such number of
shares which will be valued at the time of its forthcoming admission to the
Full List of the Australian Stock Exchange at A$600,000, whichever number of
shares is the greater; and

* contribute 10% of all licence costs arising in addition to drilling with
effect from 1 November 2006 to the date of this agreement, estimated to be
$2.5 million which will include the current seismic programme...........

UK smallcap opening - Nature Technology dips on placing news

AFX NEWS BRIEFING: TMT highlights to 09:10 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Pharmaceuticals and chemicals highlights to 09:10 GMTAFX NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10 GMT