Sunday newspaper share tips

By THIS IS MONEY
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This Is Money's round-up of who's being tipped by the Sunday newspapers:

MAIL ON SUNDAY
After trading below its float price since it joined the stock market in February, mobile phone company Orange moved into the black and ended the week at 652p. The company should report robust customer figures tomorrow and remains a long-term buy.

Recruitment specialist Longbridge International is a long-term buy at 317 1/2 p. Last week it reported a 73% rise in pre-tax profits and chairman Frank Varela said there were no signs of a weakness in its niche position in the executive search and recruitment markets.

Continue to buy shares in Slug & Lettuce pubs group SFI. The company has rallied in recent weeks and institutional investors have an appetite for the shares.

THE SUNDAY TIMES
Britain's biggest grocer, Tesco, should report profits of more than £1bn on Tuesday. It is now Europe's fastest-growing international retailer. Buy at 262p.

Investors may want to take a look at book chain Ottakar's (102 1/2 p). Teather & Greenwood believes the chain is demonstrably moving from a recovery to a growth situation.

Those with strong stomachs may want to take a look at Atlantic Telecom (34p), one of the heaviest casualties of the TMT crash. Nicholas Berry, the former chairman, has been buying up the shares in recent weeks, and Prudential has also taken a stake.

Shares in medical devices company Maelor have fallen from a year high of 203 1/2 p to just 130p. Numis, the broker, believes the stock should return to former glories and has set a target of 200p. Buy.

Kewill Systems, the e-fulfilment solutions company, overhauled its portfolio last year to focus on e-strategies. It appears to have the right idea. Buy at 105p.

Cable & Wireless has a fundamentally sound strategy and deserves to recover from the current lows. Buy for the long term at 495p.

Shares in Swallowfield, the aerosol and shower-gel maker, have climbed steadily to 112 1/2 p. Directors clearly believe the shares have some way to go, five of them bought £38,000-worth at 103p. Investors should consider following their lead.

SUNDAY EXPRESS
Shares in international airports operator TBI have been flying higher this year and the company recently increased its stake in Luton Airport, where it is now the majority shareholder. Higher passenger growth and spending ought to boost earnings. Buy at 79p.

Builders' merchant Wolseley has combined organic growth with deals to secure leading positions in European and US markets. Buy at 417p.

Shares in Signet, the former Ratners jewellery business have not been badly tarnished by the slowdown in the US economy. Around 70% of its sales are made across the Atlantic and like-for-like trading has remained positive. Buy at 65 1/2 p.

THE OBSERVER
Shares in Top Shop-to-Wallis fashion retailer Arcadia are worth a flutter at 239 1/2 p. Forecasts were upgraded following last week's results, and chief executive Stuart Rose's decision to ditch five brands to focus on six others sounds sensible enough.

Intermediate Capital Group is the leading provider of Mezzanine funding - the layer of management buy-out funding between shares and bank debt - in Europe. And it has been growing fast. At 736p the shares look good value.

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Buy shares in Laing (525p). The company is finally pulling out of construction and that leaves it with three divisions: up-market housing, its property and its support services, infrastructure and transport business. All three are profitable, well-run operations.

There is speculation discount department store operator TJ Hughes (155p) will report worse-than-expected full-year results tomorrow. But the underlying business is sound and investors who believe in the fundamentals of discount retailing should buy on current weakness.

Anyone who fears a down turn should keep buying shares in Unite Group (350p), the student and nursing accommodation business, which has been a stout performer in troubled times.

Shares in Hunting are worth a punt at 195p. The company is engineering a change of identity by selling off its defence business to focus on the provision of services to the oil drilling industry and the strategy seems to be paying off.

Land Securities, previously referred to as the sleeping giant of the property sector, is now leading the revolution sweeping the industry. Buy at 894p.

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