CELEBRATING WITH THE CITY’S TOP 30 UNDER 30 March 28, 2010 AWARDS ceremonies, as many in the City will know, are all too often worthy but slightly dull affairs, with tables full of gnarled luminaries guffawing at bad jokes after numerous glasses of lukewarm Sauvignon Blanc. But Friday afternoon’s Square Mile 30 Under 30 London Talent Awards could not have been further from that disheartening stereotype, [...]
Lethal Torres has Liverpool firing again March 28, 2010 LIVERPOOL (3) vs SUNDERLAND (0) LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez revelled in a vindication of his tactics after seeing his team reignite their charge for a Champions League spot with a devastating attacking display. Striker Fernando Torres, whose return to fitness could yet prove a major factor in deciding who finishes in the much-coveted fourth place, [...]
CFD ANALYST PICKS March 22, 2010 TECHNICAL STRATEGIST JOEL KRUGER My pick: Buy US dollar index at 90.30 Expertise: Technical analysis Average time frame of trades: 5-10 days The index has been in the process of consolidating for a good portion of the year with any rallies being well capped at just over 81. However, the consolidation has been bullish and [...]
Camp Carrey in strange but true romance March 18, 2010 Film I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS Cert: 18 Jim Carrey has never played it weirder than in this so-strange-it-must-be-true (and it is) story of a conman who became one of the most persistent escape artists in the American penal system, all for the love of another man. Written and directed by the creators of 2003’s [...]
CFD Analyst Picks March 15, 2010 TECHNICAL STRATEGIST JOEL KRUGER My pick: Sell FTSE 100 at 5,560 Expertise: Technical analysis Average time frame of trades: 5-10 days The market rally over the past few days has been most impressive, with gains extending to levels not seen since September 2008. However, we would not yet adopt an overly bullish outlook. With the daily [...]
Travis Perkins says markets still subdued February 24, 2010 builders’ and home improvements supplier Travis Perkins reckons its markets have stabilised but is not expecting them to start growing again until, at best, the end of 2010, its chief executive said. “We’re at the bottom and we’re going to burble along it and there’ll be some weeks and months when we’re up and some [...]
Travis Perkins profit dips after “worst year ever” February 24, 2010 BUILDERS’ merchant Travis Perkins has posted a drop in profits of 11 per cent and issued a warning of the “fragile” state of trading. Pre-tax profits for 2009 were £180m, down from £202.5m in the previous year, as revenue dropped 8 per cent to £2.9bn. The firm, which owns the Wickes chain, dubbed trading conditions [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS February 11, 2010 HSBC The bank has appointed Chris Barrow as global head of sales for its recently-launched HSBC Prime Services business, targeted at hedge funds and institutional fund managers across Europe and Asia. Barrow joins from Nomura, where he was international head of sales for prime services, and has also worked as head of sales and marketing [...]
Four by phwoar January 12, 2010 I’VE just returned from a stint on the East Coast of the USA where I thought we had done quite well with snow. The thing is, it’s no surprise when it arrives over there. “Snow days” tend to close schools, but people are out shovelling immediately, protecting themselves from any litigious opportunists. Snowploughs are put [...]
Perkins sees a boost in its DIY branch December 17, 2009 RETAIL group Travis Perkins gave a glimmer of hope to retailers yesterday, as it reported a steady improvement in its DIY arm Wickes. Perkins, which also owns chains Tile Giant and Toolstation, added that it was seeing positive moods in the builders’ merchant market. The group said earnings for the full year would be towards [...]