THE TIPSTER November 29, 2010 THE US car giant Ford is due to give a trading update tomorrow. Its stock has rallied over 50 per cent in 2010 thanks to optimism that quantitative easing will prevent a double dip and people will keep buying cars. It was only two years ago since the stock was trading at $3 and looking [...]
Euro worries push banks down, leave FTSE flat December 15, 2010 THE FTSE tipped up to 5897 briefly this afternoon but sank again to close flat at 5882, dogged by Eurozone worries and poor performances by the banks. Barclays was the top FTSE100 faller, down 3.7 per cent as worries resurfaced over European sovereign debt, caused by Moody’s announcement that it was reviewing Spain’s credit rating, [...]
Give your career a new year’s boost December 8, 2010 WITH 2011 on the horizon, now is an excellent time to start thinking about adding a new string to your bow. If you are in search of a New Year’s Resolution, you could do worse than choose to study for a professional qualification. Luckily, there are options this January. BPP is launching its MBA next [...]
The master of business buyouts December 2, 2010 IT WAS a huge day for Matthew Riley the founder of telecommunications company Daisy yesterday. He announced a £23.5m buyout of his competitor, NEG MBO Two Limited – a big deal particularly considering that just last week Daisy bought out SpiriTel Technologies for £30m. When asked about the deals Riley grins cheekily and says he’s [...]
CITY PUBLIC AFFAIRS LANDSCAPE DUE FOR A SHAKE-UP AS TIM BURT LEAVES BRUNSWICK December 1, 2010 TIME for some fresh blood in City public affairs, it seems, with the founding of a brand new financial PR firm by Brunswick partner Tim Burt. Burt is set to launch Stockwell Group along with the former chief executive of Maitland Philip Gawith and Financial Dynamics co-founder Julian Hanson-Smith, both of whom will be on [...]
Happy Christmas to all our readers December 22, 2010 AS another year draws to a close we at City A.M. have good reason to feel fortunate about the way things turned out in 2010. Firstly, it was a sensational year for news, both financial and political. In the financial sphere, there was the takeover of Cadbury by Kraft, which brought all sorts of calls [...]
Happy Christmas to all our readers December 22, 2010 AS another year draws to a close we at City A.M. have good reason to feel fortunate about the way things turned out in 2010. Firstly, it was a sensational year for news, both financial and political. In the financial sphere, there was the takeover of Cadbury by Kraft, which brought all sorts of calls [...]
THE TIPSTER November 14, 2010 THE minutes from this month’s Bank of England meeting will push sterling’s fortunes back into the spotlight. The outlook for the pound has been somewhat eclipsed by the euro in recent days given concerns over the Irish economy. Certainly any suggestion in the minutes that there is mounting support for a second round of QE [...]
Upbeat Swann’s itching to get started November 21, 2010 GRAEME SWANN cannot wait to open the final window of his Ashes advent calendar as the excitement and anticipation builds towards a crescendo ahead of the first Test at the Gabba on Thursday. The world’s premier spin bowler has been patiently ticking off the days ever since the touring party landed in Perth at the [...]
FTSE treads water as fears over European debts weigh December 16, 2010 BRITAIN’S top shares closed little changed yesterday as persistent concerns over Europe’s debt problems capped moves on the upside while BP fell after the US government launched a lawsuit over the Gulf oil spill. The FTSE 100 ended down 1.06 points at 5,881.12. The index ebbed away from an intra-day high of 5,907.10, with analysts [...]