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In the recent budget there was some talk about making continued investment in the North Sea Oil Fields attractive.
This has been done by offering tax breaks to those developing and exploring some of the smaller fields. With the lower Oil Price many of these fields, which are often harder to reach, are unattractive to investors. [...]

Mobile Phones in India are on the increase in a big way, Reuters report that on the back of 28 million plus new customers in 2009 so far, another 15 million new Customers have been signed in March.
There is obviously a huge market in the emerging markets, and as Reuters suggests, the networks are starting [...]

I love this,  apparently in a recent interview Jim Rogers has suggested that diversification is not the way forward, and is merely something invented by Financial Advisors to cover their own backs.
He is suggesting that you work out where you want to be investment wise, and go for it.
It does make sense, if you think [...]

We recently moved hosting companies, after looking around for a while we chose Supergreen Hosting.  The initial appeal was that they have green credentials, and are obviously proud of their 100% carbon neutral status.
The green appeal and competitive status won us over, but the service since we signed has been fantastic.  I had a few [...]

I like Rhodium, but have long since decided that I am probably unable to trade in it directly, but will instead keep an eye out on the Platinum miners who’s side-products usually include Rhodium.
I search quite regulary for Rhodium, but this isn’t being helped by HTC releasing a phone called the HTC Rhodium. This is [...]

When it became very obvious that there was going to be a substantial economic downturn I started to read articles on how low the markets would fall. I have read all kinds of ideas on the subject, those related to charting and historians comparing to previous drops to name but two. One simple suggestion appealed [...]

I have just finished watching a 70 minute documentary on trading, “How to make a million like Larry” hosted by Larry Williams, not someone I had heard of before but he seems to be a fairly famous trader.
Anyway, the video was a great watch, some really useful tips in there, which I’ll look forward to [...]

Recession proof …… is it possible ?
There are some companies out there that have the ability to do well during a recession, I doubt many will find it easy but a few may thrive.
McDonalds are a decent choice, picking up business from resturants and more expensive takeaways. Obviously they have reached these conclusions quicker [...]

Are there areas left in the world where the telecoms giants have not yet stretched themselves, where mobile phone ownership is not at a crazy level ? I wasn’t sure what to expect if I started to search around to see if I could see any answers, are there companies out there [...]