Saturday's share tips

By THIS IS MONEY
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Here are the expert broker buys and sells from the City pages of today's newspapers. First from the Daily Mail:

Teather & Greenwood says buy Vodafone at 188p. Mobile operators face a challenging environment but Vodafone is best placed to benefit in future.

Teather & Greenwood says buy United Business Media at 748p as it has been on a 10% discount to the UK market in 2001 and 2002 - most media stocks trade on a 20/30% premium.

Merrill Lynch says buy Standard Chartered at 1031p as the bank has entered 2001 with a broader business franchise and a reduced dependency on the difficult Hong Kong mortgage market.

ING Barings says buy Hilton Group at 235p as it says it should be a major beneficiary of growth and consolidation in the global hotel market and of changes in UK betting duty.

Here are the broker sells

ING Barings says sell Alldays at 15p as concerns about the balance sheet remain.

ING Barings says sell Aortech International at 625p as it says its tri-leaflet heart valve may require more anti-coagulation than the new pericardial heart valves, limiting its market.

Here are the broker views from today's Daily Telegraph

Williams de Broe says buy Legal & General at 173p as final results announced last week showed that it has been making steady progress, despite a demanding trading environment. The broker says it can maintain margin levels over the coming year, even with the introduction of low-cost stakeholder pensions in April.

Teather & Greenwood says buy Singer & Friedlander at 284p as the company announced this week that profits had almost doubled last year, buoyed by the good performance of Carnegie, the Swedish broker and fund manager, which it intends to float this summer.

WestLB Panmure says buy Jazz FM at 172p as it is well placed within the radio industry, with strong audience growth, rising airtime revenue, a booming CD production business and an expanding portfolio of digital broadcasting licences.

Charterhouse Securities says buy Diageo at 698p as it is optimistic about profits growth in the second half.

Teather & Greenwood says buy SDL at 328.5p as the software provider proved last week that product development and technology acquisitions are paying off. The company has a large chunk of money set aside for product investment over the coming year and the broker believes this will deliver enhanced profits.

WestLB Panmure says buy CMG at 770p. Despite concerns over a fall in telecommunications spending, CMG, the Anglo-Dutch IT services company, saw its Wireless Data Solutions division grow by 129%.

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