Nintendo leaps ahead with 3DS January 23, 2011 AFTER being surrounded by the latest in 3D technology for a week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the sight of two-dimensional images – a video of a puppy playing, for example, or a photograph of a friend’s newborn baby – now makes me uncontrollably and violently sick. Watching standard 2D TV is [...]
Nintendo leaps ahead with 3DS January 23, 2011 AFTER being surrounded by the latest in 3D technology for a week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the sight of two-dimensional images – a video of a puppy playing, for example, or a photograph of a friend’s newborn baby – now makes me uncontrollably and violently sick. Watching standard 2D TV is [...]
Home Retail hit as Argos sales dented October 20, 2010 HOME Retail Group yesterday said that cash-strapped customers were abandoning its cut price retailer Argos as sales dopped. The company, which also owns Homebase, revealed that its overall profit had dropped 12 per cent to £103m in the six months to 28 August. A plunge in demand for furniture, video games and televisions contributed to [...]
Sterling rewards when surfing silver December 5, 2010 SILVER traders might feel like the comic book character the Silver Surfer (pictured above) when they sit down to Christmas dinner this year. Surfing the silver wave has been a very profitable affair. The precious metal hit a 30-year high in August and has even outperformed gold as shown by the gold: silver price ratio. [...]
Sales of super-high heels lift sales at Kurt Geiger stores November 23, 2010 LUXURY shoe brand Kurt Geiger has reported a 25 per cent rise in turnover in the nine months to November this year, as ladies have flocked to buy its coveted 120mm-high heels. Sales of its highest heels quadrupled compared with a year earlier, it said in its third quarter trading update. Sales of red and [...]
CITY VIEWS: WHAT WILL ONE NEW CHANGE MEAN FOR THE CITY? October 28, 2010 MARK WEBSTER | BT “It means I won’t have to spend my weekends shopping, as I can do it all in my lunch break. It’s interesting to see such a large project in these economic times, but from the crowds today it seems like it will be used.” JANDRE ELS | REDSTONE “It’s quite a [...]
CITY VIEWS: WHAT WILL ONE NEW CHANGE MEAN FOR THE CITY? October 28, 2010 MARK WEBSTER | BT “It means I won’t have to spend my weekends shopping, as I can do it all in my lunch break. It’s interesting to see such a large project in these economic times, but from the crowds today it seems like it will be used.” JANDRE ELS | REDSTONE “It’s quite a [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 20, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES TRICHET OPPOSES DEAL IN EU BUDGET Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, has refused to endorse the full package of Eurozone sanctions decided by European Union finance ministers this week. The revelation came amid mounting criticism in Germany of a compromise deal that Angela Merkel, the chancellor, agreed with Nicolas Sarkozy, [...]
Eurostar bounces back after bleak Christmas April 12, 2010 EUROSTAR has recovered from the breakdowns which blighted the business at the close of last year to record a profits and passenger number boost in the first three months of this year. The Channel Tunnel rail operator hit sales revenue of £178m in the first three months of 2010 – up more than five per [...]
Tube strikes caused major delays but failed to paralyse London yesterday November 3, 2010 A THIRD wave of tube strikes failed to paralyse the capital yesterday as London Underground maintained around 40 per cent of trains despite the walkout. Speculation that another strike will take place over Christmas and New Year eased after the Transport Salaried Staffs Association said they will not recommend the action to its members. Some [...]