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and to value more highly the service jobs that will form an increasingly significant part of the real economy. The chances are that will never happen unless there is a shortage of labour to fill them.

Of course the employees dealt on inside information. The finding that this was not released to the market in a timely manner by the company surely means that individuals are culpable and the fine should be clawed back. Shareholders should be insisting on it.

Hi Mark,I'm sure you will have noticed this and maybe you will be in a position to add a little comment later next week.10 Nov. 2011 Result of AGM As ordinary resolutions to the: For Against Discretionary Abstain (1) Total 1. Re-election of Geoff Davis as Director 44,434,320   37,097,399  12,494  50,243   81,594,456   http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=201111100844558522R   11 Nov. 2011 Director's Shareholding Geoffrey Davis, Chairman, had sold 1,000,000 ordinary…

I think people should return to considering the underlying investment case here. Perhaps harryr's posts are a bit 'promotional' in tone and short on content, but the company does seem to be moving forward at present. It's not my field and I really don't understand the longer term investment case, so I have no position. In fact, if I understand it correctly, the object seems…

Combine that with oilretire's thinking about "mud motors" above and it all makes sense: junk that couldn't be got rid of was being sucked into the the mud motor, causing it to fail. Without experience, knowledge or having done any reseach, that doesn't seem to make sense to me as, surely, the mud  should be 'clean' on it's way down and as it enters the…