Why Am I So Single? review: Six the Musical creators return with the most fun new show in the West End
US markets up on McDonald’s and tech stock December 10, 2012 US stocks edged higher yesterday Monday, helped by gains in McDonald’s after the fast-food giant posted strong sales results, and a move up in technology shares. Technology stocks were the S&P 500’s best-performing sector as Hewlett-Packard climbed 2.9 per cent to $14.20 on rumours that activist investor Carl Icahn is building a stake in the [...]
Matching readers’ donations December 18, 2012 PEOPLE often get the wrong idea about what international development actually means. Yes, some of it is about giving emergency help following natural disasters or humanitarian assistance to people whose lives are turned upside down by war. But that’s only part of the picture. In the last few decades there’s been a real shift in [...]
Rapid responses December 9, 2012 Austerity forever [Re: Careful chancellor: there is good austerity and bad austerity, Friday] George Osborne does appear to be slowly realising that his measures aren’t working, but my worry is that it’s now too late. All the international evidence shows that fiscal retrenchment only works if cuts happens quickly, take place across the board, and [...]
FTSE 100 flat on US budget uncertainty December 4, 2012 The FTSE 100 was broadly flat in early trading as uncertainty continued over the fate of US budget talks to avert January’s so-called “fiscal cliff”. The White House has dismissed a budget deal proposal from congressional Republicans that included tax reforms and spending cuts, saying it did not meet President Barack Obama’s pledge to raise [...]
Banks are part of the solution: They’re the lifeblood of UK economic growth November 21, 2012 WHEN it comes to the economy, banks are usually seen as the problem – as the ones that got us in this mess. But banks are also part of the solution. It is not just that financial services is a major sector of the economy – one of the few sectors where the UK is [...]
Aviva looks to the future but faces a hard slog to get there November 8, 2012 AVIVA yesterday echoed President Barack Obama, promising the best is yet to come as it touted costly transformation plans. It doesn’t face a crisis as ominous as America’s fiscal cliff, but the headwinds are severe. As we wait for a decision on its new chief executive, Aviva can’t even promise an easy transition, admitting with [...]
Less than 1pc of firms go bust during October November 25, 2012 FEWER and fewer firms are being forced into insolvency, data out this morning suggested, despite continued economic pressure on business. Just 1,685 firms went insolvent during October, according to data from Experian, down 8.7 per cent on October 2011, to make up just 0.08 per cent of the total business population. Nearly all firm sizes [...]
What do you make of standard life’s results? October 31, 2012 GARY GREENWOOD | SHORE CAPITAL Although the short-term outlook is uncertain and has scope to drive some associated share price weakness, we would use this as an opportunity to buy into the shares as we believe substantial gains remain available to investors who are willing to build holdings for the long-term. BARRIE CORNES | PANMURE [...]
Spain’s part-nationalisation of Bankia sparks fears over fresh Eurozone crisis May 9, 2012 SPAIN’S dramatic decision to part-nationalise its fourth-biggest bank, Bankia, last night escalated fears over the implications of a fresh Eurozone crisis. The deal, which means the state will now have a 45 per cent stake in Bankia, due to the conversion of its previous €4.5bn bailout loan into shares, marks a U-turn for Prime Minister [...]
New York Stock Exchange set to resume full trading today October 30, 2012 THE NEW York Stock Exchange will re-open today, little more than 24 hours after the passing of the monster storm and severe flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy. “NYSE Euronext will open for normal trading operations in coordination with all US equities, bonds, options and derivatives markets,” the exchange said. “Trading will commence on the New [...]