Look dazzling for your Xmas bash December 8, 2011 MOST of us get ready for festive bashes in the loos at work – after a crazy day. We certainly don’t have time to spare primping for mid-week dos. The key is having the outfit ready to go, but even more importantly, having the right makeup for instant glamour and shine. At the end of [...]
Somersby the pick over the Rainbow January 19, 2012 SOMERSBY was beaten only a short head by Master Minded in last year’s Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot and looks the value alternative to Finian’s Rainbow in tomorrow’s 25th running of the race (3.45pm). Henrietta Knight’s eight-year-old hasn’t found winning that easy and has only one success to his name in 11 runs since December [...]
THE TIPSTER January 9, 2012 THE retail festive sales reports are in full swing but today sees not just an ordinary update – this is a Marks and Spencer update. Expectations are for good food sales and based on a strong performance from fellow high street staple Next last week, the clothing side is expected to be none too shabby [...]
Catastrophes cause record losses in 2011 January 4, 2012 EARTHQUAKES, storms and floods that battered the world in 2011 caused an unprecedented level of economic damage and insured losses, a leading insurance group said yesterday. Natural catastrophes set a new record of $380bn (£244bn) of economic losses last year, two and a half times higher than in 2010 and $160bn higher than the previous [...]
X FACTOR CAST GET FIRST LOOK AT SOHO’S £25M NIGHTCLUB LAUNCH December 14, 2011 CRISIS, what economic crisis? Piccadilly, at least, is experiencing a revival, says clubs entrepreneur Fraser Donaldson, who tonight opens the £25m Dstrkt on Soho’s Rupert Street. “If you look at Hakkasan, Nobu and Roka, they all have two to three-week waits for tables,” reasons Donaldson, the former owner of Prince William’s favourite club Crystal on [...]
Kean on the brink as Coyle enjoys the spoils December 20, 2011 BLACKBURN 1 BOLTON 2 BLACKBURN manager Steve Kean edged closer to the sack last night after the club’s fans staged angry demonstrations against him and owners Venky’s before, during and after last night’s defeat against relegation rivals Bolton. First half goals from Mark Davies and Nigel Reo-Cocker put the visitors, who had lost their previous [...]
Global stocks start 2012 with an upswing but experts are forecasting a New Year hangover January 2, 2012 EUROPEAN stocks ended higher in their first trading session of the year yesterday, led by defensive utilities such as E.ON and GDF Suez, while volumes were anaemic as UK and US markets remained closed for the New Year holiday. The handful of Asian markets that opened yesterday gave a more patchy performance, and analysts warned [...]
Global stocks start 2012 with an upswing but experts are forecasting a New Year hangover January 2, 2012 EUROPEAN stocks ended higher in their first trading session of the year yesterday, led by defensive utilities such as E.ON and GDF Suez, while volumes were anaemic as UK and US markets remained closed for the New Year holiday. The handful of Asian markets that opened yesterday gave a more patchy performance, and analysts warned [...]
Onward and upwards in 2012 please December 22, 2011 AS the business year draws to a close, there is one last opportunity to reflect on what has gone before, and to consider what might lie ahead. In the financial world, 2011 will forever be remembered as the year the wheels fell off the euro. The single currency is still intact, but nobody quite knows [...]
Desert island dream in remotest Philippines February 19, 2012 AS the plane rumbles along from Manila to Busuanga in the Palawan peninsula in the Philippines, the smiling stewardess at the front starts playing a game of “Show and Tell” to an enraptured audience, in the absence of TVs to divert us. First person to hold up a… pen, wins a thermos flask. Next person [...]