Zara Phillips knows a thing or two about relaxation. So if she favours a beautiful horsey resort in the rolling hills near Lisbon, it can’t be a bad place for us, either April 25, 2011 THESE are busy days for Zara Phillips, what with her wedding to rugby player Mike Tindall in July, her cousin Will’s nuptials this week and training to compete in next year’s Olympics. But judging by Zara’s choice of holiday home – a 220 sq m, four-bedroom villa with pool set on rolling Portuguese hills half [...]
FTSE falls sharply as Japan crisis hits commodity shares April 12, 2011 BRITAIN’S top share index fell sharply yesterday, led by commodity stocks which suffered partly from concerns over the nuclear crisis in Japan and the impact of the earthquake on its economy and also global growth. This dented mining stocks and technology firms such as ARM Holdings. Miners dropped sharply, weighed down too by Alcoa’s fall [...]
FTSE falls sharply as Japan crisis hits commodity shares April 12, 2011 BRITAIN’S top share index fell sharply yesterday, led by commodity stocks which suffered partly from concerns over the nuclear crisis in Japan and the impact of the earthquake on its economy and also global growth. This dented mining stocks and technology firms such as ARM Holdings. Miners dropped sharply, weighed down too by Alcoa’s fall [...]
Albertas Run can take another Melling Chase April 7, 2011 TONY McCoy warmed up for his Grand National success last year by taking Friday’s Grade 1 Melling Chase (3.05pm) aboard ALBERTAS RUN and I fully expect them to be in the winner’s enclosure again this afternoon. The key to Jonjo O’Neill’s high class 10-year-old is having genuine good ground and the sun on his back. [...]
Imagining tomorrow: possibilities, probabilities and potential in 2025 April 5, 2011 1 TRANSFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY There’s been a lot of fuss about digital forming technology – that is physically printing anything from plates and cups to medical equipment and cars. But it is worth the fuss since it will radically impact on the world economy when it comes into fruition. The technology would give us the capability [...]
UNLEASH THE MATRIX TO GET ACTION April 5, 2011 CONSULTING ANALYST, INTERTRADER Do you remember the film Trading Places with Eddie Murphy? The key scene takes place in the commodities trading pit for orange juice in the World Trade Centre. Two traders observe that Randolph and Mortimer, the two old-timers running the show, are buying every orange juice contract in site. Then those two [...]
Wal-Mart opposes sex-bias case at class-action suit filed in the US March 29, 2011 SEVERAL US Supreme Court justices questioned yesterday whether female employees at Wal-Mart can proceed with the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history that seeks billions of dollars. At issue in the case was whether a small group of women who began the lawsuit 10 years ago against the world’s largest retailer can represent a huge [...]
Wal-Mart opposes sex-bias case at class-action suit filed in the US March 29, 2011 SEVERAL US Supreme Court justices questioned yesterday whether female employees at Wal-Mart can proceed with the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history that seeks billions of dollars. At issue in the case was whether a small group of women who began the lawsuit 10 years ago against the world’s largest retailer can represent a huge [...]
I’m leaning towards Pisa in the Dubai World Cup… March 24, 2011 TOM Queally rides Twice Over for Henry Cecil in tomorrow’s Dubai World Cup and the pair are as short as 2/1 with Paddy Power to land the staggering £3,846,154 first prize. The triple Group One winner looked really impressive over course and distance at the beginning of the month and is definitely the one to [...]
I’m leaning towards Pisa in the Dubai World Cup… March 24, 2011 TOM Queally rides Twice Over for Henry Cecil in tomorrow’s Dubai World Cup and the pair are as short as 2/1 with Paddy Power to land the staggering £3,846,154 first prize. The triple Group One winner looked really impressive over course and distance at the beginning of the month and is definitely the one to [...]