AFX UK at a glance share guide - 2

MARKETS
FTSE 100 4,893.2, up 17.8
FTSE 250 6,807.2, up 63.8
DJIA 10,189.50, down 110.80
Nasdaq Comp 1,963.88, down 7.67
S&P 500 1,159.35, down 11.75
Tokyo: Nikkei closed at 11,049.11, down 28.83
Hang Seng midday 13,890.25, down 78.03
Gold 424.70 usd (427.37 usd)
Oil - Brent June 48.34 usd (50.07 usd)

BREAKING NEWS
* Paul Myners in call for investor openness; government adviser urges code of governance - FT
* Malcolm Glazer claims his MANCHESTER UNITED prize after Irish tycoons sell their 29 pct stake; offer of 300 pence leads other large investors to sell their shares, giving Glazer close to 70 pct of the Premiership football club, according to a person close to the Glazer family - FT
* Lord Hollick, the outgoing chief executive of UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA, humiliated as more than three-quarters of shareholders rebel against his 250,000 stg bonus - FT
* Hollick refuses to hand back 250,000 stg despite investor vote - Guardian
* CADBURY SCHWEPPES goes organic with purchase of Green & Black's, the confectionery brand
* Sabre Holdings agrees to buy LASTMINUTE.COM for 577 mln stg in cash
* TELEWEST takes full ownership of Sit-up TV by paying 97.5 mln stg for the 50.3 pct of the interactive television retailer it did not own
* Struggling firms can swap pension deficits for equity stake - Telegraph

PRESS COMMENT
FT
THE LEX COLUMN comments on ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE, German utilities, US dollar, Wal-Mart
Independent
THE INVESTMENT COLUIMN: INTERNATIONAL POWER (investors have probably now missed the opportunity to buy in on the cheap; those who do have a shareholding should keep it), ISOFT (buy), FINDEL (hold) - REGUS (US takeover rumours) - LUPUS CAPITAL (whispers it is close to unveiling its maiden acquisition)
Guardian
BOC GROUP (calming of fears that it faces multimillion-pound claims in the US)
Telegraph
QUESTOR: BOC (hold), FINDEL (buy), INTERNATIONAL POWER (slightly risky and investors looking for spectacular returns should go elsewehere)
Times
DIRECTORS' DEALINGS: IP2IPO (chief executive buys stock for 95,000 stg) - TEMPUS: ROYAL & SUN ALLIANCE (well worth buying), LASTMINUTE.COM (Sabre's terms are acceptable), BOC GROUP (hold)
Express
SHARE WHISPER: IMAGE SCAN (speculation it has landed a second overseas order for its recently launched industrial inspection system, the MDXL) - WHO'S DEALING: COUNTRYWIDE (managing director takes stake to 0.234 pct)
Mail
WH SMITH (vague whispers that a cash-rich venture capitalist group is sniffing around) - ADAMIND (rumours it will today announce a broadening of its contract with Ericsson) - IP LIVE (it has invested 500,000 stg in the Billy Elliot musical)
Investors Chronicle
10 fast-moving value shares: BTG, TELSPEC, ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, WORTHINGTON, MSB INTERNATIONAL, PARITY, MERCHANT HOUSE, FAIRBRIAR, GB, AXIS-SHIELD - TIPS - LARGE COMPANIES: SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS (sell), ANTOFAGASTA (sell), CARTER & CARTER (buy), MAYBORN (buy); TIPS - SMALLER COMPANIES: AVOCET MINING (buy), LONDON & ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES (buy); TIPS - UPDATE: SCI ENTERTAINMENT (fairly priced), REGAL PETROLEUM (hold), WINDSOR (buy), ACAMBIS (high enough)

Morning all!

AVG - "expects trading performance for the twelve months to 31
May 2005 to exceed market expectations of turnover, profit and earnings per
share."
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20050513070000P8A2E.html

JDH - no bid support?
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20050513070000Z5780.html

HILS - AGM statement
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200505130700052536M.html

DTY - not seen a sell-off in recent weeks. Q1 results
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200505130700082597M.html

DTZ - another keen to say they're doing well
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200505130700102619M.html

AOR - one for Dailos! They were massive during the tech boom
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200505130700152639M.html

EMP - tiddler beating forecasts. Computer gaming anyone?
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200505130700132632M.html

EVT - interesting
http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/20050513070000P1D50.html

Quiet day. Will have an early look round.