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Character

February 2004

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

Character has reported that sales for the first four months to 31 December grew by a massive 145% in its digital division, althoughsales in the toys & games business was below earlier projections, reducing overall sales growth to 8.5%. That said, Character expects to meet forecasts of Â£7m pretax (10.5p eps) for the full year to 30 August. Tipped at 47p last March and 60p in April. Strong hold. ...

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NSB - FY pre-items operating profit at Â£2.5m

London Bridge - To beat expectations

Character - More cautious on outlook (October 2011)

Character (July 2011)

Character (May 2011)

Character - Gain to date: 453% (March 2011)

Character - 33% jump in first half sales (February 2011)

Character Group - Piling up the cash (November 2010)

Character Group (October 2010)

Character Group (September 2010)

Character Group - Unveils range of Michael Jackson dolls (August 2010)

Character - Forecast eps upgraded to 17p (June 2010)

Character - Completes Â£5m buyback programme (March 2010)

Character - Charles Stanley set share price target of 110p after Â£1.5m upgrade to forecast (February 2010)

Character - Directors buy shares (August 2009)

Character Group - Largest product launch to date (June 2009)

Character Group - Anticipates â€œsubstantial revenue (February 2008)

Character (January 2008)

Character - â€œClassic Doctor Whoâ€ launch in 08 (December 2007)

Character - Master rights for Postman Pat (October 2007)

Character - Launches Classic Doctor Who range (September 2007)

Character - Goes over £2 (May 2007)

Character - Significantly ahead of forecast (April 2007)

Character (March 2007)

Character Group - Sales up 35% in first four months (February 2007)

Character (November 2006)

Character Group - Collins Stewart slashes forecast (August 2004)

Character (June 2004)

Character - Digital cameras with Foveon technology (January 2004)

Character Group - Cool-iCam and Polaroid digital cameras still selling well (November 2003)

Character Group - Polaroid cameras selling like hot cakes (April 2003)

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