ANALYST VIEWS: IS THE SHINE COMING OFF THE IPO FIRM’S SUCCESS STORY December 15, 2010 PHILIP DORGAN | ALTIUM SECURITIES Given the premium rating and no upgrades, coupled with the gross margin comment, the shares may struggle to make progress. NICK BUBB | ARDEN The statement reads very well, with Christmas going well. SuperGroup looks to be ahead of expectations in sales for womenswear for 2011 to 2012. MATTHEW MCEACHRAN [...]
ANALYST VIEWS: IS THE SHINE COMING OFF THE IPO FIRM’S SUCCESS STORY December 15, 2010 PHILIP DORGAN | ALTIUM SECURITIES Given the premium rating and no upgrades, coupled with the gross margin comment, the shares may struggle to make progress. NICK BUBB | ARDEN The statement reads very well, with Christmas going well. SuperGroup looks to be ahead of expectations in sales for womenswear for 2011 to 2012. MATTHEW MCEACHRAN [...]
EUROPE GETS ANOTHER SCROOGE: OSBORNE NOW JOINED BY MERKEL December 20, 2010 LAST time The Capitalist reported on the activities of Evolution Securities’ head of fixed income Gary Jenkins, he was fantasising about taking over ratings agencies and hiring Natalie Portman as his PA. He has been putting his wild imagination to other productive uses recently, it seems, churning out a re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas [...]
INTERIORS November 25, 2010 Andrew Dunning HEAD DESIGNER AT APD INTERIORS Q.Dear Andrew, we now have guests visiting for Christmas. How can we prepare our home in time? A.Christmas is a lovely time to have guests but the additional people, decorations and presents can make your home feel very crowded. If you are house-proud then you want your home [...]
US factory and spending data see solid growth January 31, 2011 Factory data for the US midwest rose to a 22 and a half-year-high in January on strong orders and employment prospects, adding to hopes the US economy will stay on a solid growth path this year. A second dataset has also shown that consumer spending ended 2010 on a firmer footing, a trend expected to [...]
Swedish, swift and very swish January 4, 2011 THIS is the first Saab to be launched since GM handed the brand over to Dutch supercar maker Spyker, and one that gives a flavour of what Saab might look like in the future. It’s been a long, long 13-year wait since the previous 9-5. Thankfully this one is a lot more attractive and slick [...]
London’s festive sporting highlights December 22, 2010 WITH the weather having potentially put paid to any pre-planned foreign-based festive frolics, City A.M. has heroically rescued Christmas by pointing you in the direction of some of the sporting highlights the capital will be hosting. FOOTBALL Pivotal games at the top and bottom of the Premier League will be staged in London this weekend. [...]
Ferrovial revives plan to sell off BAA stake January 13, 2011 Spanish group Ferrovial is pushing ahead with a plan to sell a ten per cent stake in British airport operator BAA, operator of London’s Heathrow, a move aimed at halving its 24.5bn euro (£20.46bn) debt. The company said it would seek offers for the stake, estimated last year to be worth about 200M euros, in [...]
Banks support FTSE amid broad-based gains January 11, 2011 LONDON’S FTSE made strong gains today as bank shares surged and sovereign debt fears receded. Athough stocks gave back some of the day’s earlier gains by the market close, the leading index closed closed up 57.73 points or one per cent at 6,014.03. It ended a three-day losing streak and stayed ahead of the 6,000 [...]
Banks support FTSE amid broad-based gains January 11, 2011 LONDON’S FTSE made strong gains today as bank shares surged and sovereign debt fears receded. Athough stocks gave back some of the day’s earlier gains by the market close, the leading index closed closed up 57.73 points or one per cent at 6,014.03. It ended a three-day losing streak and stayed ahead of the 6,000 [...]