Al

if she is still the BETTER half doesnt say much for you lol!!!

Fundy, agree

Al, the caring nurturing side of a woman's brain... when anyone in my household has a virus, I seem to be the one who has to deal with it..:-)

Fundie - you're all I need! ROFLMAO!

jj - women are supposed to deal with them, not bring them into the house. ;-))))

London shares - midday features

FTSE 100 risers
BT Group 185-3/4 up 1/4
Company made 600,000 broadband connections in Q2
Johnson Matthey 968-1/2 up 9-1/2
Better-than-expected Q3 numbers from Canada's Ballard Power
BSkyB 511-3/4 up 2-3/4
Q1 results due Friday Nov 12
BP 540 up 7
Own share buying; crude price up
Scottish & Newcastle 412-1/4 up 3-3/4
H1 profits up 11.3 pct; Teather & Greenwood/Deutsche Bank 'buy'
Shell 433-3/4 up 3
Crude price up
Rio Tinto 1,467 up 8
Seymour Pierce positive
BAE Systems 238-1/4 up 1/4
May have been 'victim' of fraud; not 'target' of SFO investigation
Land Securities 1,205 up 6
Bond refinancing completed

FTSE 100 fallers
Man Group 1,300 down 44
Profit taking after strong H1 results
Smith & Nephew 463-1/2 down 5
Q3 results due midday
AMVESCAP 305-3/4 down 5-3/4
Profit-taking
3i Group 588-1/2 down 7-1/2
Interims
Shire Pharmaceuticals 531-1/4 down 9-1/4
Q3 results due later today
Marks & Spencer 352-1/2 down 4
Nervous offerings ahead of interims due Nov 9; talk of poor trading
Lloyds TSB 431-1/2 down 5-3/4
Morgan Stanley downgrade yesterday
Scottish & Southern Energy 829-1/2 down 1/2
Profit-taking after interims

FTSE 250 risers
MFI Furniture 111-1/2 up 8-3/4
Bid speculation revives
Slough Estates 468 up 6-3/4
Citigroup 'buy' from 'hold'
Tate & Lyle 451-1/2 up 10
Better-than-expected interims
National Express 727-1/2 up 7-1/2
UK competition body clears acquisition of Anglia franchise
Invensys 15-1/4 up 1/4
Q2 results due Nov 11
Hiscox 156 up 1
Bid speculation
Aegis Group 106-1/4 up 1/2
Panmure Gordon's only 'buy' in the sector
Pilkington 94-3/4 up 3/4
Teather & Greenwood 'buy'
FirstGroup 310 up 1-1/4
'Neutral' from 'underperform' - CSFB

FTSE 250 fallers
McCarthy & Stone 598-1/2 down 15-1/2
Results; co says higher build, land costs will hit margins
Redrow 339 down 7-1/2
With McCarthy & Stone
Westbury 393-1/2 down 5-1/2
With McCarthy & Stone
ICAP 251-3/4 down 4-3/4
Numis cuts rating to 'add' vs 'buy'
Northgate Solutions 65-3/4 down 1-1/4
Profit-taking after yesterday's upbeat trading statement
ARM Holdings 97-3/4 down 1-1/2
'Neutral' from 'buy' - Merrill Lynch
Millennium & Copthorne 334-1/2 down 2
Morgan Stanley keeps 'underweight' stance after Q3 results

Other risers
IQE 11.50 up 2.75
Company unit wins US outsourcing contract worth 25 mln usd over 2 yrs
Energy Techniques 4.62 up 0.37
Distribution deal
Billam 21 up 1-1/2
End-Sept net asset value 46.3 pence
Provalis 9.37 up 0.87
Trading up on last year - AGM
Antisoma 16-3/4 up 3/4
Research update
SubSea Resources 21-1/2
New issue placed at 20 pence
Caspian Holdings 26
AIM debut
Antonov 37 up 1-1/4
Seeking share consolidation; The Shares Magazine comment
Corin Group 347-1/2 up 2-1/2
Comment in The Shares Magazine
GW Pharmaceuticals 163-1/2 up 2-1/2
Comment in The Shares Magazine
Monstermob 116-1/2 up 4
Comment in The Shares Magazine
Patientline 127 up 3-1/2
Comment in The Shares Magazine
Pixology 124-1/2 up 1
Comment in The Shares Magazine
Deal Group Media 10.75 up 0.50
Comment in The Shares Magazine
Torex Retail 68-1/2 up 1/2
Comment in The Shares Magazine
Scapa Group 30 up 1
Comment in The Shares Magazine
Ideal Shopping 156 up 6
Comment in The Shares Magazine
Hamworthy 181 up 4-1/2
Comment in The Shares Magazine

Other fallers
Warthog 0.66 down 0.17
Disposals yesterday
sportech 8.50 down 1.12
FY profits warning; Panmure cuts pretax estimates to 9 mln stg from 12 mln
Vislink 18-3/4 down 1-3/4
Profits warning
Psion 54-3/4 down 2-1/2
Full-year profits warning
Sondex 201-1/2 down 7
Interim losses
Fayrewood 128 down 4
In-line trading statement
Innovision 80 down 2-1/2
Full-year profits warning