Mario Kart 8 is the game that Nintendo’s Wii U needs right now June 11, 2014 Mario Kart 8 is both joyous and frenetic, nostalgic but packed with twists and innovations. It’s exactly the game Nintendo needs right now, a strong – albeit lonely – argument for investing in a Wii U (an argument that will be considerably strengthened if the Japanese firm can repeat the trick with its upcoming Star [...]
Here’s a novel new way to estimate US jobs figures January 10, 2014 We can't say this isn't an innovative way to estimate nonfarm payrolls. Waiting for the cat to come in from the garden for this month's US non-farm payroll predictions #NFP pic.twitter.com/icS9Ji60cV — Craig Drake (@csdrake) January 10, 2014 Consensus estimates say that the US will have added 196,000 jobs in December. We'll add Bob [...]
Odey joins illustrious group of investors backing biotech firm March 17, 2014 HEDGE fund guru Crispin Odey has added his name to a gilded list of investment royalty by taking a stake in biotech firm Circassia. Odey joins top fund veterans Neil Woodford, Sir Paul Ruddock and Paul Tudor Jones as a backer of the firm, which is developing a drug to make cat allergies a thing [...]
New airline turns to crowdfunding to launch business class-only flights April 30, 2014 A new airline set up by a Goldman Sachs alumnus, which hopes to bring back business class-only flights to the States, is raising up to £5m through crowd-funding. Odyssey Airlines was founded by Adam Scott, a former banker who has assembled a team of start-up veterans including some of the founders of Silverjet, whose [...]
Our favourite way to forecast the US jobs numbers February 9, 2014 This remains our favourite way to predict the US labour data release. After last month’s non-farm payroll prediction miss, this month we are using a different cat #NFPguesses pic.twitter.com/CwwyVhsYas — Craig Drake (@csdrake) February 7, 2014 Last time this was tried Bob the cat was well off – but that’s because her options were restricted [...]
City & Gild: Time to get back on track April 25, 2014 So, as I was dozing-off watching another lack-lustre F1 race this past weekend (Bernie is right, it’s missing the awe and thunder), I was briefly awakened by the exchange between Red Bull’s lead driver – Sebastian Vettel, and his team. For those of you who were also asleep, the world champion was asked to let [...]
Our favourite way to forecast the US jobs numbers February 7, 2014 This remains our favourite way to predict the US labour data release. After last month's non-farm payroll prediction miss, this month we are using a different cat #NFPguesses pic.twitter.com/CwwyVhsYas — Craig Drake (@csdrake) February 7, 2014 Last time this was tried Bob the cat was well off – but that's because her options were [...]
What investors are looking for in today’s US jobs report May 2, 2014 Investors are hooked on this afternoon's US jobs market report. We've got the critical nonfarm payrolls (NFP) number coming up, and analysts expect to see that 215,000 jobs were created this April. If that happens, it'll be the strongest month for the US labour market since November, the month before the country saw a period [...]
What investors are looking for in today’s US jobs report April 4, 2014 Stocks are moving higher ahead of this afternoon's US labour market report. The headline nonfarm payrolls number is what most investors are concerned with, and is expected to show that 200,000 jobs were added in the US this March. There's a continued debate as to whether the weakness in recent US data is down to [...]
Review: Watch Dogs on Xbox One June 11, 2014 ★★★☆☆ I can’t remember the last game I anticipated quite as fervently as I have Watch Dogs. It's a title that places cyber crime and state surveillance at its heart, making its protagonist’s weapon the connected world; a world it doesn’t take a spectacular mental leap to imagine us all living in. And, for the [...]