BEST OF THE BROKERS January 4, 2011 BAE SYSTEMS Espirito Santo Investment Bank, which incorporates Execution Noble, recommends a “buy” on BAE?Systems, saying the stock “has sunk back towards the bottom end of its historic price-to-earnings ratio range”. The broker says that the risk-reward trade-off now “looks attractive heading into results”. DOMINO’S PIZZA Numis rated the stock a “buy” yesterday, ahead of [...]
Domino Printing sees profit surge June 21, 2010 Domino Printing Sciences yesterday posted a 65 per cent rise in first-half underlying pre-tax profit and said strong levels of demand had been continuing through spring. The company, whose printers are used for stamping barcodes and best-before dates on food, drinks and other products, raised its interim dividend by 20 per cent to 5.48p. “Domino [...]
Domino Printing sees profit surge June 21, 2010 Domino Printing Sciences yesterday posted a 65 per cent rise in first-half underlying pre-tax profit and said strong levels of demand had been continuing through spring. The company, whose printers are used for stamping barcodes and best-before dates on food, drinks and other products, raised its interim dividend by 20 per cent to 5.48p. “Domino [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING February 15, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES JERSEY AND ISLE OF MAN OFFER TAX SOP TO BRUSSELS Jersey and the Isle of Man have announced changes to their corporate tax regimes in an effort to neutralise criticism from Brussels. Both crown dependencies said they were withdrawing laws that aim to stop local shareholders from avoiding personal income tax by rolling [...]
Retailers set to add pennies for charities November 7, 2010 A NEW national charity collection scheme launches across the UK today in a bid to counter a decline in donations due to economic uncertainty. Pennies, an “electronic charity box” that enables credit card users to add a charitable donation of up to 99p to their purchases, goes live at all Domino’s pizzas stores today and [...]
Spain relies on troops to keep order December 6, 2010 SPAIN is braced to extend its state of emergency after a strike by air traffic controllers last week shut down the country last week. The army took over the running of control towers until the threat of jail forced the controllers back to work. They were protesting the proposed privatisation of Spain’s airports as part [...]
ANALYST VIEWS: WHAT NEXT FOR IRELAND? November 22, 2010 JULIAN JESSOP | CAPITAL ECONOMICS The price of international support may be an even tougher period of fiscal austerity, which ultimately risks an even deeper recession. Ireland therefore still has a mountain to climb. JAMIE STUTTARD | SCHRODERS The plans will involve further fiscal austerity. For those looking at the potential economic impact, it should [...]
Greece says it’s on target while Portugal teeters November 23, 2010 GREECE claimed it is on track to meet the fiscal targets laid out in the terms of its International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, despite being on the verge of missing the 2010 deficit target. IMF and EU inspectors said that, while it would mis s its 2010 target by around 1.5 per cent, the country [...]
IMPROVING US PROSPECTS MAY AID EURO November 30, 2010 AT THE start of this week’s trading the FX market was gripped by fears of sovereign debt default contagion as traders continued to worry about the prospect of another financial bailout of the Iberian peninsula. Despite an €85bn rescue of Ireland, investor confidence remained shattered as euro-dollar slid towards the 1.3000 level on fears that [...]
BORIS FUND BREAKFAST CLUB MEETS AT SAVOY December 7, 2010 LONDON mayor Boris Johnson played host to a star-studded launch for the corporate sponsors of the charitable Mayor’s Fund for London yesterday morning, with grandees of the City treated to an 8am poached egg and salmon breakfast in return for their paid-up membership of the London Business Club – an organisation for fund donors. The [...]