2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (168+ words) Investors' Chronicle Investors are too gloomy about this Aim stock’s prospects In 2022, California was facing a devastating youth mental health crisis, with 284,000 young people suffering from depression, and two-thirds of them unable to receive treatment. In response, Governor Gavin Newsom…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1192+ words) Spire Healthcare (SPI) has agreed to a £1.03bn takeover by a consortium of private bidders, namely hedge fund Toscafund and private equity firms Three Hills and Ares Management (US:ARES). The 250p-per-share offer gives the private healthcare provider an enterprise value…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (159+ words) Investors' Chronicle How to invest when you fear the next crash Those of us who write about finance for a living have a stack of phrases we all reach for. In our defence, many are not just tired clichés. Staying…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (126+ words) Cash of £18.5mn on 24 August Tin price above $54,000 a tonne $161mn-plus equity raise needed At times over the past three months it felt as though the UK’s summer would never end. But as the seasons finally start to turn, investors in…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (137+ words) Search revenues slump by 63 per cent Leverage rises to 3.9 times There were few surprises in Team Internet’s (TIG) half-year numbers, which were largely disclosed in July. The Aim-traded internet solutions company saw gross revenue slump by 32 per cent in the…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1480+ words) Every year, thousands of people across the UK receive a questionnaire. It asks for their views on everything from immigration to sexuality, and forms the backbone of the British Social Attitudes survey. For more than four decades, these reports have…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (284+ words) It’s a cautious start to trading as an unexpectedly strong US jobs print on Friday collided with the weekend’s fresh escalation of the war between America and Iran, pushing bond yields and oil prices higher, while stock markets across Europe…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (192+ words) This week’s show begins with a look at Meta after the social media giant had to fork out $18bn following accusations that its products are deliberately addictive for younger people. Valeria Martinez is in the studio to discuss whether big tech…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (156+ words) Investors' Chronicle Talk of market concentration in the US is old news. But Asia has also long had a ‘Magnificent Seven’ problem in the form of TSMC (TW:2330) taking up a huge chunk of the index. In the past year,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (127+ words) Price: 175p, IC view: Buy Cobalt assets perform strongly Marked reduction in net debt If any more proof was needed that Ecora Royalties (ECOR) has successfully reduced its historical reliance on the Kestrel coal royalty in favour of ‘future’ metals, it…...