If Bt has bought back 2million 5 thousand shares to day. How come it shows on trades as a sell?

BT & Vodafone in strategic partnership.

15% + in July

Yep. and I'm thinking of getting out to spread some risk. The only inherited share I kept (apart from RBS which I don't talk about). As you say a nice recent rise from it's low of around 70p.

Perhaps it's time to pull the plug.

I closed half of my positions in PSN LLOY RBS & BT yesterday as I thought things were getting too frothy. Suffice to say that all are up today!

I think you've done a wise thing. This rise has been running out of gas for a few days now. This is the first day I haven't played the miners. I suspect their run is over for the moment.

1st quarter results.

Results seem to have gone down well!

BT Group Sells German Consulting Service





LONDON -(Dow Jones)- BT Group PLC (BT.LN), a telecommunications company, said Friday BT Global Services has sold its German business simulation and consulting activities for clients in the energy sector to the existing manager, Heiko Spitzer, in a management buy-out transaction.

MAIN FACTS:

-The newly formed company acquiring the business is called intellgenio GmbH and will honour the contractual obligations of BT so that existing customers can continue to enjoy their usual outstanding support.

-The unaudited gross assets of the business being sold are EUR0.2 million as at June 30.

BT Set To Benefit From Relaxed Competition Rules





By Kathy Sandler

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- BT Group PLC (BT) will be able to compete more effectively against its telecom and media rivals after U.K. regulator Ofcom Tuesday said it would allow the company to offer cut-price phone lines within its bundle of telephony, broadband and TV services, removing one of the last remaining restrictions on the former monopoly's business.

Ofcom said the decision was taken after BT was judged to no longer have "significant market power" in the majority of retail landline markets in the U.K.

BT has had to compete with telecoms and media companies like British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC (BSY), Virgin Media Inc (VMED) and Carphone Warehouse Group PLC's (CPW.LN) TalkTalk service since it was forced to open up its phone lines to competition in 2005.

News Corp. (NWS), owner of this newswire, has a roughly 39% stake in BSkyB.

These companies have offered discounted or free phone lines when sold with other services like cable or satellite TV and super-fast broadband, but until now BT hasn't been allowed to discount its phone line service.

Ofcom's ruling will allow BT "to compete on a more level playing field than previously," said a BT spokesman.

In addition to retail consumers, BT's global services division, which competes with companies like Cable & Wireless PLC (CW.LN) and Colt Telecom Group SA (COLT.LN) , and its small and medium-sized business division, will also be able to take advantage of the improved competitive landscape.

Ofcom said Tuesday's decision will benefit consumers by helping to increase competition in the delivery of bundled services.

s
your a couple of hours too late for me . i shorted them this morning. lol.
what to do? ;-(
regards
jkd

Sorry :-)

I'm long (ISA) from 97p and am long a few this morning (sb) - seems rude to ignore the trend!

s
spot on. your so right. thanks for the reminder. top picking can damage our ealth.
regards
jkd

s
now heres a really strange thing. i am so convinced i am right i now want to sell more.
fortunately my money management will not allow me to add until or unless i am already in profit.that is set in stone and cannot be removed. lucky me. my stop loss is of course already in place.
regards
jkd

jkd - upgrade today by Credit Suisse (170p) if you believe such things.

s
blimey
i fink i better buy back. and quick;-(
regards
jkd

s
i did actually manage to get into profit on my short but didnt take it.i now have a stop loss to buy back half at small loss ;-( nearly there. i shall hold balance with original stop loss in place. ;-(
caveat: only works if part of a properly balanced controlled diet. luckily my others
seem to just want to continue up for some reason. :-)
regards
and good luck
jkd

BT GLOBAL SERVICES COMPLETES THE DISPOSAL OF DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MIGRATION ACTIVITIES IN FRANCE







BT Global Services, a division of BT Group plc, today announces the sale of its French data and information systems migration activities for corporate customers following the successful conclusion of negotiations previously announced by SODIFRANCE, a publicly listed French company that provides computer services for large firms, especially in the Banking, Insurance, Pension and Public sectors. The sale will be effective as of 1 November 2009. The unaudited gross assets of the business being sold are 1.8 million as at 30 September 2009.

Hi s
i hope you are well. we seem to have a nice little battle going on here. not you and i personally but the market bulls and bears.
good luck to you.
regards
jkd

Yes its all about 10,000 atm. Michigan Confidence figures out tomorrow - so maybe some direction then.

s
i am not sure i really understand its all about 10,ooo, is that dow level? anyway bt will do what it will do, regardless of dow. just my opinion.
regards
jkd