Friday's market reports:

Telegraph
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The Times
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The Guardian
The Independent
This is Money

Mike Ashley, the billionaire sports retailer, cost Sports Direct shareholders up to 200,000 when he resorted to using a game of spoof to settle a disputed bill - and lost.

Mr Ashley proposed the game of spoof after failing to agree on who should pay legal fees incurred by Merrill Lynch in connection with the Sport Direct flotation. The game of chance is hugely popular with City traders.

Revealed: how billionaire settled bill row

greystone
thanks for voda
also in rbs will same magic work again.
thanks

Good morning traders!

In Asia today, the Nikkei ended the morning session 33.90 points higher at
17,992.78, while the Hang Seng reached the midpoint up 212.95 points at
20,815.82.

New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for July delivery was 40 cents
lower at $64.68 a barrel from $65.08 in US trading Friday.

Happy trading!

G.

NIKKEI	AUSTRALIA	SHANGHAI	HANG SENG

OUTLOOK - UK companies results for 2 weeks to June 15FOCUS Seat PG could sell foreign ops and refinance, pay big div, sell to fundsOUTLOOK UK Water utilities to report FY results this weekOUTLOOK - UK smaller company results for 2 weeks to June 15Asian markets summaryAsian economic and corporate news summary

The Monday Press Roundup

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide - weekendLondon shares outlook - Easier on profit-taking; UK, EU interest rate moves key

Thomson Financial UK at a glance share guide

Tokyo shares close slightly higher on Wall St's rise, yen's fall

Morning all.

Australian shares close at records on solid US jobs data

STOCKWATCH Bayer seen opening up after it says cancer drug extends survival rate

Good morning all ........ UPS (Added by Master RSI on Sun 03 Jun 08:12 pm) Analysis selection ZOO

ZOO price 42.00

Higher volume during every day of the last short week

On a rising trend lately, is on the last stage of the HANDLE, on CUP and Handle chart, that preludes to a BREAKOUT

New agreement sign last week with Mattell, doing well lately as Templated Authoring System is generating income and expects to meet revised market expectations for the year to March 31, 07

The last final Quater was very strong and with a cash balance of 2.0M at the year end and market cap of just over that

Chart for the BREAKOUT

UPS (Added by Master RSI on Sun 03 Jun 11:44 pm)

SBT - Mid 54.875p

Reason - Talk of a 90p-a- share bid from Austrian rival Bwin resurfaced last Friday, Dresdner Kleinwort also rated the stock a buy, citing that its third-quarter results "should continue to reflect a successful rebuilding of the business", Indicators at oversold now rising

STOCKWATCH Vodafone higher amid M&A speculation; HSBC target 200p vs 170STOCKWATCH Fortis down as RBS expected to unveil LaSalle dealSTOCKWATCH Hindalco surges on reports of Sterlite, Alcan hostile takeover bidMetals - LME inventory data (Monday)UK smallcap opening - Lombard Risk Management off on negative update

UK small caps open higher, supported by positive drilling results, contract news

Metals - Gold dips from Friday's highs as Chinese equities weaken

Metals - Copper consolidates after Friday's strong gains

Metals - Gold dips from Friday's highs as Chinese equities weaken UPDATE