RETURN TO SENDER: ROYAL MAIL SPINNER POSTS P45 TO ITV’S PR May 25, 2011 ALL GOOD things come to an end, and so it is that ITV is parting company with Tulchan, its financial public relations adviser of four years, The Capitalist can reveal. The commercial broadcaster, whose new press chief is former Independent and Sunday Telegraph journalist Mary Fagan, has told Tulchan it wants a regime change among [...]
Episode 10: cannons and a child’s anger April 18, 2011 THE case is empty. Nelson’s delicate Trafalgar coat has been removed for conservation. I remember it vividly, with its four orders of chivalry and with the entry hole of the fatal musket ball, fired by a sniper from high in the rigging of the French ship Redoubtable, just beneath the left epaulette of the vice [...]
Admiral Group rules out buying Churchill or Direct Line from RBS August 22, 2010 ADMIRAL GROUP, the insurer that releases its interim numbers on Wednesday, has dealt a blow to Royal Bank of Scotland’s hopes of finding a trade buyer for Churchill or Direct Line by ruling itself out of any auction. In an interview with City A.M., Admiral chief executive Henry Engelhardt said: “We don’t think we will [...]
TRADE BETTER BY REVIEWING YOUR RESULTS April 3, 2011 TOM HOUGAARD CONSULTING ANALYST, INTERTRADER HERE is an exercise that my own trading coach Steve Ward taught me. I may be paraphrasing, but to the best of my recollection these are his exact words: “Tom, you will never make the progress you want, if you don’t go back and review your old trades. On your [...]
TRADE BETTER BY REVIEWING YOUR RESULTS April 3, 2011 TOM HOUGAARD CONSULTING ANALYST, INTERTRADER HERE is an exercise that my own trading coach Steve Ward taught me. I may be paraphrasing, but to the best of my recollection these are his exact words: “Tom, you will never make the progress you want, if you don’t go back and review your old trades. On your [...]
ENGLAND’S NEMESIS | KEVIN O’BRIEN March 2, 2011 Who is he? Students of the county game are fully aware of O’Brien’s prowess as a big hitter. He joined Nottinghamshire in 2009 and performed admirably in the 2007 World Cup, scoring a rapid 48 in victory over Bangladesh. Against the same nation he guided Ireland to a victory in the 2009 Twenty20 Cricket World [...]
In the long run the Aussie is a wager against entrepreneurs May 3, 2011 ON 2 May, the Australian dollar climbed to a high of $1.1011, not reached since its 1983 float. Despite a small retreat, this upward trend is largely expected to resume on the back of continued demand for commodities and a hawkish Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Yet over the long-term, trouble in China and technological [...]
Four reasons why the Eurozone may survive – and two reasons it won’t May 8, 2011 1 COMMITTED TO AUSTERITY Despite (well denied) rumours at the end of last week about a Greek pullout from the euro, Greece, Spain and Ireland are less opposed to reform and austerity than many in the media would have us believe. In Ireland, the electorate remember the prosperity of the Celtic Tiger years and want [...]
Theatreland’s most alluring oyster bar April 18, 2011 J SHEEKEY OYSTER BAR 28-32 St Martin’s Court, WC2N 4AL Tel: 020 7240 2565, j-sheekey.co.uk/oyster-bar FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £35 OK, I admit it. We’ve got a bit of a Caprice Holdings love-in today – a review of the J Sheekey Oyster Bar and an interview with the Ivy’s director, below. [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS February 23, 2011 BODYCOTE S&P Equity Research revised its target price from 255p to 320p before the company’s results today. Analysts Andrew Douglas and Pzremslaw Nowak will be looking at volumes growth and operational improvements in today’s update. “We expect management to be reasonably upbeat in respect of the outlook, but also highlight the usual lack of visibility across [...]