Touching distance March 13, 2011 ENGLAND (22) vs SCOTLAND (16) Grand Slam just one win away after England survive a scare to defeat tenacious Scotland ENGLAND manager Martin Johnson admits major improvement is needed if his side are to complete the Grand Slam in Dublin next weekend. Scotland put up brave resistance at Twickenham yesterday but eventually succumbed to Tom [...]
Car Talk December 21, 2010 JAGUAR’S C-X75 ON SHOW Jaguar’s stunning C-X75 concept is on display at the Jaguar Boutique at the Berkeley Hotel, London, the first time the car has been on shown to the British public. The supercar has batteries which are charged by two mini jet turbines mounted in the rear which means that the car would [...]
Investments to fit your social views December 15, 2010 THE idea that you can change the world through what you buy has been around for a while now. In 1977, the Swiss food producer Nestle endured a boycott over claims its baby-milk products were killing children in third world countries. More recently, the “fair trade” movement has explicitly charged consumers a premium so as [...]
LSE sees sales lifted in the third quarter January 27, 2011 THE London Stock Exchange reinforced its position as Europe’s leading bourse yesterday with a solid third-quarter trading update yesterday. The exchange beat analysts’ expectations with revenue of £165.9m in the three months to December, a six per cent rise over that period in 2009. The increase was largely due to income from its central counterparty [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND December 16, 2010 FILM BURLESQUE Christina Aquilera makes her film debut in this excerable drama, co-starring Cher. ANIMALS UNITED Safari-centric kids animation, with James Corden and Stephen Fry among the voices.. LOOSE CANNONS A beautifully-made Italian comedy all about – what else? – the family. DVD THE EXPENDABLES Sly Stallone and a bunch of other past-it duffers – [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND December 16, 2010 FILM BURLESQUE Christina Aquilera makes her film debut in this excerable drama, co-starring Cher. ANIMALS UNITED Safari-centric kids animation, with James Corden and Stephen Fry among the voices.. LOOSE CANNONS A beautifully-made Italian comedy all about – what else? – the family. DVD THE EXPENDABLES Sly Stallone and a bunch of other past-it duffers – [...]
Pocket camcorders February 9, 2011 PUT it down to the rise of the video blogger, the omnipotence of YouTube or the influence of mobile phones and digital cameras with video options, but the game has changed when it comes to recording moving images. Everyone’s a filmmaker these days, and you don’t need mini-DV to do it. A couple of years [...]
Mystery bidder makes Chi-X approach August 24, 2010 A MYSTERY bidder has made an approach for London Stock Exchange (LSE) rival Chi-X, sending the market rumour-mill into overdrive. Chi-X released a statement admitting an enquiry has been received but would not be drawn on who the bidder was. Pan-European stock market BATS was touted as a potential suitor yesterday. The firm declined to [...]
Now is not the time to buy December 12, 2010 ITV cashed in this weekend on what has become one of the biggest UK television events of the year, reportedly bagging £25m in advertising revenues from the X Factor final. But does the reality TV boost mean that investors should be rushing to scoop up the firm’s shares? Its stock has climbed to over 73p [...]
LISTED PRODUCT NEWS December 1, 2010 DB X-TRACKERS LISTS MORE ETFS IN SPAIN Deutsche Bank’s exchange-traded funds (ETF) arm db x-trackers yesterday launched its second set of ETFs on the Spanish stock market. Db x-trackers yesterday announced 10 more ETFs listed on the Bolsa de Madrid, which provide exposure to developed and emerging market equities, to two short indices, and also [...]