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Seed, feed and fertiliser firm Origin Enterprises' share price also took a severe battering in the first quarter of the year, falling by 17pc from €6.68 at the end of 2017 to €5.42 at the end of March 2018. This was despite reporting good half-year results on March 8. |
In its trading statement for the nine months to the end of April, released on June 19, the group spoke of a "robust" third quarter performance following the poor winter and spring and stated that there had been a "positive" start to the fourth quarter ending this month. |
As Origin makes most of its profits in the final two quarters of its financial year, ie from February to July, the bullish trading statement helped contribute to the recovery in the share price from its springtime lows. Origin shares were trading at €6.20 last week. |
But will this recovery be sustained into the financial year beginning on August 1? Coming on top of the harsh spring, which delayed planting by up to two months in some parts of the country, the exceptional warm and dry summer is creating havoc for many tillage farmers with very little if any crop growth. |
Unless we get lots of rain and quickly many of Origin's tillage farmer customers are facing the prospect of a complete wipeout in 2018. What impact that will have on the share price remains to be seen. Weather is by its nature cyclical. The dry warm summers of 2013 and 2014 were followed by the dreadful wet summers of ... |
In the meantime, the shareholders and customers of the affected companies can only hope that it happens sooner rather than later. |
Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos today issued a proclamation designating the first Friday of the early voting period to be Student Voting Day in the State of Texas. This is a day when all eligible Texas students are urged to get out and vote. The proclamation is intended to raise awareness about the need to enco... |
Secretary Pablos’ proclamation follows the very successful Secretary of State’s 2017 High School Voter Registration Initiative, which resulted in the unprecedented participation of more than 800 Texas high schools who committed to assisting their eligible students in registering to vote. |
Secretary Pablos reminds students that, because education is complementary to civic participation, eligible students may wish to vote in their county’s nearest polling location during times that do not conflict with their scholastic obligations. |
A list of early voting locations can be obtained from any county election office or by visiting the Texas Secretary of State’s Where To Vote web page. |
View a copy of Secretary Pablos’ proclamation. |
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All of that said, I do hope Knightley’s character is an actual person instead of the Hysterical Russian Broad Who Gets Between A Couple of Historical Bros. Between this and Sucker Punch, we’re one movie shy of a Crazy Ladies trend. I thought Sucker Punch was a hot mess, but it also had more ideas going for it than most... |
Devon Energy's operations continue to hold up well, despite persistently weak crude prices. That operational strength was on full display during the third quarter and was the key theme on the company's third-quarter conference call. Here are five keys to its success, which CEO Dave Hager noted on that call. |
1. It was a record-setting quarterHager highlighted several notable achievements, including the fact that Devon "achieved record oil production" during the third quarter. While a number of its peers are letting production plateau or even slip because of weaker prices, Devon continues to push ahead, having grown its oil... |
2. We're exceeding our own expectationsNot only is Devon growing its oil production, but production growth has also been faster than anticipated. In fact, for the fifth straight quarter the company has exceeded its own guidance. Hager noted that Devon "raised our 2015 oil growth outlook for the second time this ye... |
One of the reasons Devon has been able to exceed its guidance is that its new wells are performing better than expected. We see this in the chart in the bottom right corner of the following slide, which shows a 40% productivity increase in Delaware Basin wells drilled in 2015 versus those drilled just last year. |
Two factors have played a role in this increased performance: an enhanced completion design and a greater focus on development drilling. |
3. We controlledcostsDevon Energy isn't just focused on volume growth to help offset oil price weakness. It is just as focused on reducing its costs, in an effort to capture a higher margin per barrel produced. Hager noted that it's making great progress controlling its costs, with operating expenses coming i... |
Not only did Devon enter the downturn with a strong balance sheet, but it also has other sources of cash that its peers don't have, namely its large stake in EnLink. That stake provides Devon with both cash flow and access to capital. For example, not only can Devon drop down midstream assets such as the Access pi... |
5. We're confident about our plan in 2016Looking ahead, Hager expects Devon Energy's "outstandingoperationalperformancetocontinueasweheadinto2016." That said, he does expect the company to pull back the reins on spending bringing it down from the $4.5 billion it spent this year to a range of $3 billion to $3.... |
Investor takeawayDevon Energy has handled the downturn much better than a lot of its peers. The company has benefited from cost savings and better well performance, which, when combined with its strong balance sheet, provides Devon with the flexibility to continue to invest at a time when its peers had to hold back. Th... |
The article 5 Things Devon Energy Corp.'s CEO Wants You to Know originally appeared on Fool.com. |
The anklet is back – but will you commit for life or is it just a holiday fling? |
Looking at people’s feet for fashion inspiration is a strange pastime, yet here we are, casting our eyes down once again, all in the name of a summer style feature. There is a distinct amount of embellishment going on at pavement level of late, mostly in the form of fancy flat sandals with jewelled straps, tassels and ... |
LONDON - LONDON (AP) — World markets mostly rose Monday after Dubai said it had received $10 billion in emergency funds from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi, helping to allay investor fears that the emirate will default on its debt. |
In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed up 53.77 points, or 1 percent, at 5,315.34 while Germany's DAX rose 45.97 points, or 0.8 percent, to 5,802.26. The CAC-40 in France was 26.72 points, or 0.7 percent, higher at 3,830.44. |
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 32.57 points, or 0.3 percent, at 10,500.07 around midday New York time while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 6.39 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,112.80. |
The gains came after Dubai government said the financing would help pay off $4.1 billion in debts owed by struggling Dubai World's property division and due Monday. The rest would go toward bills and expenses through April. |
The news cheered investors — particularly in Dubai where the stock market closed up 10 percent — who had feared the consequences of Dubai World defaulting. Since the state-owned company announced its intention last month to delay payment on its $60 billion in debts, investors have braced for more financial turmoil and ... |
"Markets have welcomed the news and we continue to think that the fallout from the emirate will be limited," said Kevin Grice, an analyst at Capital Economics. |
However, investors around the world remain on alert for any fiscal stresses elsewhere — Greece was once again in the spotlight Monday as investors awaited to hear the government's plans to tackle the budget deficit, which is forecast to shoot up to nearly 13 percent of the country's gross domestic product this year and... |
Ahead of Prime Minister George Papandreou's speech later, the Athens Composite Share Price index closed up 2.6 percent at 2,216.94 as investors hoped he would announce at least the beginnings of a cogent strategy. |
Underpinning the gains around the world has been solid U.S. economic data over the last couple of weeks, including Friday's retail sales data for November, which helped reinforce hopes that the world's largest economy was recovering solidly from recession. |
In conjunction with recent jobs data, analysts said the outlook for the U.S. economy has improved, but that could mean that the U.S. Federal Reserve brings forward its plan to withdraw extraordinary policy measures put in place earlier to avert a total economic collapse. |
As a result, investors will be carefully monitoring the Fed's final interest rate meeting of the year on Wednesday even more closely than normal to see if the accompanying statement is slightly more hawkish than before. |
Neil Mackinnon, global strategist at VTB Capital, said there's a risk that the Fed could alter the language in its statement and remove the reference to interest rates being low 'for an extended period' — code for keeping interest rates at the current level of near zero percent for a while yet. |
Investors are also fully aware that gains could well peter out as this is the last full trading week of 2009 and investors may use the opportunity to bolster their portfolios by locking in gains made over the last nine months. |
Earlier in Asia, most stock markets rose with the notable exception of Japan's Nikkei, which closed down 2.19 points at 10,105.68 as investor optimism was weighed down by a fairly sluggish Tankan business confidence survey — it showed only a modest fourth quarter improvement and a continued reluctance by firms to ramp ... |
However, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 183.64 points, or 0.8 percent, to 22,085.75 and South Korea's Kospi added 7.87 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,664.77. Elsewhere, Australia's benchmark added 0.4 percent, China's Shanghai's index was up 1.7 percent and Taiwan's market gained 0.3 percent. |
Oil prices pushed back above $70 a barrel. Benchmark crude for January delivery was up 25 cents at $70.12 a barrel, while gold rose 0.3 percent to $1,123 an ounce. |
Meanwhile, the dollar fell 0.5 percent to 88.52 yen while the euro rose 0.1 percent to $1.4645. |
LeBron James is going home to Cleveland and now Pat Riley is going to a place he never, ever imagined. He is going back to the proverbial drawing board, to rebuild the Miami Heat into a relevant team again. |
With one fell swoop Friday, James showed his enormous power as the sporting world's biggest star. You think the Spurs ran roughshod over the Heat in the Finals? LeBron brought down the Heat franchise all by himself. His announcement that he's headed back to northeast Ohio, where he is going to team up again with the mo... |
"I'm not promising a championship," James told Sports Illustrated's Lee Jenkins in making his announcement. "I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now. No way. Of course, I want to win next year, but I'm realistic. It will be a long process, much longer than it was in 2010. My patience will get test... |
The move leaves Miami in shambles after it just made its fourth straight Finals, such a rare accomplishment that only the NBA's two most famous franchises, the Celtics and Lakers, had ever managed to do it. |
The Heat clearly panicked in re-signing Chris Bosh for a maximum contract at $118 million. Miami will also keep Dwyane Wade, but his physical decline was one of the major reasons that James opted to go back home. |
In a way, it makes complete sense for James. He goes back to Akron. He tries to do right by all those Cavs fans who burned his jersey on the night of "The Decision" in 2010. He tries to deliver his home-area team the first title Cleveland has had in 50 years, since the days of Jim Brown. |
But it also raises eyebrows. He rejoins Gilbert, who famously excoriated James for leaving four years ago in a classic piece of hate mail and is known as a first-class screamer and meddler. He joins a rookie GM in David Griffin who has never built a thing. His new coach, David Blatt, has never worked a second in the NB... |
LeBron James opts for Sports Illustrated for this decision. |
LeBron picked that support staff over Miami? James sure did, and that alone had to floor Riley. |
James didn't pick the most stable place, as the Cavs fired two coaches and two GMs in the four years he played in Miami. But he picked home, and who can argue with that? |
It's still shocking to see this happen to Riley, one of the game's top executives, an icon who successfully recruited James and teamed him with Wade and Bosh. That turned Miami, not much of a franchise before the Big Three arrived, with only one title, into the capital of the NBA. |
The capital is really San Antonio, but from a superstar perspective, it's been South Beach since 2010. Now Riley loses the best player in the sport, still in his prime, and Miami is back to being a football town. |
So now the capital might be relocating to Cleveland, especially if the Cavs can swing a deal for Kevin Love. If not, James tries to win with young talent such as Kyrie Irving, who has never made the playoffs. He picked that cast, unproven in so many ways, over the aging Heat roster. For a guy whose M.O. is to go into e... |
"I'm going into a situation with a young team and a new coach," James told SI. "I will be the old head. But I get a thrill out of bringing a group together and helping them reach a place they didn't know they could go. I see myself as a mentor now and I'm excited to lead some of these talented young guys." |
Only a few weeks ago, Riley was still simmering about what went down against San Antonio and took his attack to James, challenging his four-time MVP not to run out of the first door he saw. Everyone says that irked James, but here's what probably annoyed him even more: seeing how Wade's gimpy knees and other assorted a... |
For all the never-ending problems James likely saw with his buddy Wade and an aging team and some very unimpressive off-season additions, Riley likely still held out hope that James would be back, even after their meeting in Las Vegas on Wednesday night when James would not give Riley a commitment. |
Then Friday around lunch-time the world — and Pat Riley — found out that LeBron James ran out of the first door he saw. The one marked "home." |
A puppy that needs special care because it was rejected by its mother has been stolen from a house in North Ormesby. |
Police are searching for three men after four jewellery thefts across Middlesbrough in April and May. |
Christopher Parkinson from Sunderland stole £14,000 in cash from his grandfather's home, before blowing it all in under three weeks. |
Police in Richmond are appealing for information after a 70-year-old man had a large amount of cash stolen from his home by a sneak-in burglar. |
The theft happened in Parkinson's Yard, Richmond between 1pm and 5pm on the afternoon of Monday April 4. |
The suspect(s) got into the house through an unlocked front door and stole the cash from inside his home. |
"This was a callous crime targeted at a pensioner who was trusting enough to leave their front door unlocked, pending the arrival of an expected caller. I am appealing to anyone with any information about the burglary or knows who is responsible to contact us. It is also a timely reminder of the importance of keeping y... |
Nearly 20 phones have been recovered from a property in Middlesborough after partygoers reported them stolen from Newcastle City Centre. |
Police received a number of reports of mobile phone thefts, mainly around the Diamond Strip area of Newcastle, on Saturday night. |
Using the app Find My Phone, a number of phones were tracked to an address in Middlesborough. Officers found 18 phones and arrested six people. |
Police continue to appeal for witnesses and urge anyone who may have been in the area at the time and saw anyone acting suspiciously to contact them. |
Officers are also trying to return the phones to their rightful owners and ask anyone who may have lost a phone in the area on Saturday night to contact them. |
This is a timely reminder to people the value of having tracking devices for your phones as this has certainly assisted in tracing the phones. I also urge people to be vigilant when on a night out. Sadly there are people who will target people on a night out so just be sure you don't leave your bag unattended and keep ... |
Officers in Newcastle are receiving an increasing number of reports, mostly from students, of mobile phones being stolen by taxi drivers. |
A twenty thousand pound speedboat that was stolen from outside a house in Trimdon earlier this week has been found. |
It was discovered undamaged apart from two flat tyres at a nearby industrial unit. Police say the thieves may have become concerned by the publicity surrounding the theft and decided to abandon it before stripping it down. |
The owner has been informed and is said to be delighted. |
Around £19,000 worth of clothing has been stolen from a country wear shop in Barnard Castle. |
The burglary happened just after midnight on Tuesday, December, 8th at Zara Country Wear, in Market Place. It is thought that a silver estate car reversed up to the entrance of the store to force the door open. |
Suspects then stole hundreds of items including wax, riding and shooting jackets, blazers, tweed coats, gilets, and hats. Some of the clothing was special edition and is no longer available to buy. |
Crook CID, who are investigating the offence, are asking anyone who may have been offered similar items for sale to contact police on 101. |
Someone in the local community will have information about this and we would encourage those people to come forward. Tens of thousands of pounds worth of clothing has been stolen and this has obviously been a distressing time for the owners of the shop. |
A customer stole £50 in coins from a barber shop after confessing he did not have enough to pay for his haircut. |
Britton Mabrouk was mid trim when he told barber Gary Scott he could not settle the bill at the shop in Green Lane, South Shields, in July. |
Newcastle Crown Court heard during the argument that followed, the 22-year-old demanded his haircut was finished despite his lack of cash. |
Prosecutor Paul Currer told the court: "There was an argument. The defendant was aggressive and angry with Mr Scott. |
"He said he would get the money and demanded he finish the haircut. Mr Scott refused to do so. The defendant went to the back of the shop, opened a cash box and removed a bag of pound coins, around £50 worth." |
At the time of the theft, Mabrouk was on bail after having a violent street confrontation with pal Stephen Wynne on June 30th. |
The court heard Mabrouk was arrested later that day after he was seen disposing of a kitchen knife in bushes at the West Park. However the judge said it was accepted Mabrouk was not carrying a knife when he went to the barber shop. |
Mabrouk, of Gainsborough Avene, South Shields, admitted theft, affray and having a bladed article. |
Wynne, of Halstead Place, South Shields, admitted threatening with an offensive weapon and a separate charge of having a bladed article on a later date. |
Both men were jailed for a total of 15 months each. |
The West End Foodbank in Newcastle has reopened after a break-in on Monday. More than 700 toys have been donated in the past 48 hours. |
AMMAN, Jordan – Jordan's royal palace says King Abdullah II has sworn in a caretaker Cabinet ahead of parliamentary elections. It's likely the last time the king appoints a premier. |
The new 21-member Cabinet took office Thursday, a week after Abdullah dissolved parliament ahead of elections. That's a focus of his reform campaign to try to stave off Arab Spring uprisings that have toppled four Mideast leaders so far. |
A key reform is allowing the parliament to pick the premier. |
The new Cabinet is headed by Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, an independent politician who has cordial ties with the opposition, including the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, which is boycotting the election. |
The election is expected at the beginning of 2013. |
The palace statement says ministers of finance, foreign affairs and planning retained their posts. |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is making World Chocolate Day global like never before and like no one else. For the first time in the company’s history, on Saturday, July 7, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts will offer its fan-favorite Chocolate Glaze Doughnuts at participating shops on six continent... |
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