Again talking of asset sales and senior management changes.With this news hitting the media the price will explode.

Alu deal getting close according to my sources.

hee joehargan, i appreciate your postings off-course, but i would like to see other peoples opinions too.... (i myself am dutch and check out dutch forums, but i am more interested what is going on with you in UK!)

Thanks Skorpija - up 3 pence to 41.75 today. Happy days are here again. Announcement imminent and the traders have a scent of it I beleive. still value - hang on in there - we need to break 44 pence then 50p is available - a deal is on I hear. DYOR but be confident there's more upside here.

Market Report: Corus of approval puts steel maker in demand
By Michael Jivkov
16 July 2004


Corus has been busy doing the rounds of the City this week and word has it the various meetings the steel maker has had with brokers and institutional investors have been very bullish. As talk to this effect spread through the Square Mile yesterday, traders rushed to get their hands on the stock and managed to push it 3p better to 41.75p. Corus is enjoying something of a renaissance at present and according to those who have met the group this is set to continue.

Cazenove is believed to be among those who spoke to the group's management and quickly raised their forecasts considerably.
The heavyweight broker is said to have raised its earnings forecast on Corus for this year by as much as 23 per cent and urged its best clients to buy into the stock.
This is despite a jump of more than 30 per cent in the steel maker's share price since May. There was a similar move by UBS early this week as the Swiss broker highlighted Corus as a major beneficiary from the strength in global steel prices.

Nearly 100% up since we were in the doldrums at 26p in June and I still see a bit more value with a FTSE 100 re-entry imminent. Congratulations if you kept the faith and went long on this stock - a bumpy ride but worth it in the end. The day traders must have been cleaning up on this stock given some of the intraday volatility in June -August.

yep just come out @ 51p bought just over a year ago @ 18p.
very very nice - still have the rights bought @26p too.

shouldhave sold the lot going south now

Agreed - clearly it's now a sell - well done Transco, 51p was a great decision.

Thanks Joe - currently looking at morrisons - bit late I know &
ITV what about you?

Yeah well done transco. I remember I was in these @ 8.75. silly me sold out in early teens.

thanks azhar - If hadnt been on holiday I would have been very tempted
but I have missed out so many times by selling too early.

These could fall back to 46-47 from a charting point of view at which point I'd go seriously long. I'm still in. Can't continue to rise unabated, there'll always be dips and retracements. If you can get them right you'll make money, but I'd rather sit tight as they are still in an uptrend (imho!).

Corus Group plc 2004 Interim Results

Highlights

Substantial improvement in financial performance

Group operating profit improved by 204m to 147m, with the rate of
progress accelerating sharply in the second quarter.

Approximately 100m (c.50%) of the improvement was attributable to the
Group's 'Restoring Success' programme, which is progressing well and to
plan.

Competitive EBITDA margin gap estimated to have narrowed from 6% to
4.5%.

Balance sheet gearing at 43%. Bond launched to extend debt maturity
profile.

Two new board appointments.

might explain the fall:-

Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus eased back by 0.5p to 49.5p after bear raider Evil Knievil revealed that he had dumped his entire stake at 49p on his legendary EvilCast. Evil bought in at 10p and has been a major bull but warned that he sees no bid coming from Russia and that UK overheads are still far too high

Evil almost always gets it correct.

96m just dumped @ 50p !!! 48,000,000 would that be that Ruski?

Wow and another!!!

Who's playing with the trades? (100m)

must be a miss print

These were buys I think - wrongly attributed.