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Published: 12/09/2008

TOROTRAK The technology with this one may be great, but without any idea what the earnings potential is there is no way to gauge what premium (if any) the shares should be on to the net cash in the balance sheet – can anyone help the Champion?

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Bateman Litwin Chieftain Group Dart Group Fenner Hallin Marine Hamworthy IS Pharma KBC Advanced Technologies Mattioli Woods Pressure Technologies Tikit Group Torotrak Velosi

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