Here are the most read and most listened-to articles and Bearcasts on ShareProphets over the past seven days. The most read non-Quiz, non-Tom article last week is by Steve Moore, Velocys – “delighted to announce” launch of new technology facility. Er, what about going concern though?! at No 1 or No 3 including Bearcasts.

If you are a paid subscriber, you'll see a new box at the top of every story: ‘Listen to this Article’. Click play, and no surprise, a robot will read out the article to you. I'm putting this up over the weekend and may take it down by Monday, it depends what ShareProphets readers think. It's very much a beta version but if people like it, we'll take the time to improve it.

Hello Share Gatherers. You'll be uncomfortable discussing this subject. But even in the throes of horrible war, life for most of us, and our trading of shares, goes on. So perhaps we can live with our guilt about assessing which shares will rise and those that’ll fall because of the two hideous current conflicts.

Today no-longer describing itself as “the leading UK focused retailer and manufacturer of PVCu replacement windows and doors for the homeowner market” as it did just yesterday, there’s a “Further Update on Process & Suspension of Trading”-titled announcement from Safestyle UK (SFE). How’s this then following I previously noting that, with its clearly dire negotiating position, it was good luck with its sale discussions!?

Steve Moore and I have warned you all often enough about Strix (KETL), the company claiming to be revolutionizing the world of kettles. Today another two big red flags.

I asked the correct question back in May, of how International Consolidated Airlines (IAG), which you will previously know as British Airways, was “feeling about 2024 (and beyond)?”. So far however I have come to the wrong conclusion, a point made not only by its own share price but also rough peers such as easyJet (EZJ) too…