Not so smooth: Clegg falls to pieces in bank bonus chit-chat January 10, 2011 LIBERAL Democrat leader Nick Clegg clearly didn’t eat his Weetabix yesterday morning. Normally a consummate media performer, as evidenced by his strong showing in the leaders’ debates, the “trust me, I’m a Lib Dem” act didn’t do the trick on Radio 4’s Today programme. Verbose Scot Jim Naughtie was asking the questions, and he caught [...]
How business school helps with a job-hunt February 16, 2011 ASK people who are currently studying an MBA what their top priority is and they will almost all tell you that it’s finding a job after they graduate. Always true, perhaps, but more so at the moment when the economic future remains uncertain. We asked four recent MBA graduates how they used their time and [...]
Live in romantic style overlooking Piccadilly itself December 9, 2010 IF YOU stroll down any of London’s busiest and most famous boulevards, you can generally look up above the shops and restaurants to floors of offices filling what were once grand residences. The opportunity to actually live in one of these places is rare enough, and to live overlooking the street that epitomises the glamorous [...]
Think again about “no dealing desk” February 13, 2011 PRESIDENT AND CEO, GFT Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in the business media about the “no dealing desk” model in retail forex. Let’s take a closer look at what a dealing desk is, how “no dealing desk” brokers stand up to dealers and market makers, and what you should really be looking [...]
Think again about “no dealing desk” February 13, 2011 PRESIDENT AND CEO, GFT Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in the business media about the “no dealing desk” model in retail forex. Let’s take a closer look at what a dealing desk is, how “no dealing desk” brokers stand up to dealers and market makers, and what you should really be looking [...]
This hornet has a comic sting January 13, 2011 FILM THE GREEN HORNET Cert: 12A SETH Rogen is both writer and star of the latest film to play fast and loose with the superhero genre. He plays Britt Reid, a rich layabout who becomes a masked crime fighter principally because it amuses him – and it amuses us too. Rogen manages to weave the [...]
HAYWARD: THIS YEAR’S HIGHEST PROFILE CEO December 6, 2010 CAUSE for former BP boss Tony Hayward to take comfort from the old adage, “all news is good news” – if he can. Data from media analysis firm Sweet & Maxwell reveals that he was the most high profile FTSE 100 chief executive in the last year. The beleaguered Hayward, who was banished from BP [...]
HAYWARD: THIS YEAR’S HIGHEST PROFILE CEO December 6, 2010 CAUSE for former BP boss Tony Hayward to take comfort from the old adage, “all news is good news” – if he can. Data from media analysis firm Sweet & Maxwell reveals that he was the most high profile FTSE 100 chief executive in the last year. The beleaguered Hayward, who was banished from BP [...]
FTSE surges to a 30-month high as risk appetite boosted by strong US earnings December 21, 2010 MINERS and banks drove Britain’s top share index to a 30-month closing high yesterday, as risk appetite rose due to easing tensions on the Korean peninsula and upbeat earnings from US software maker Adobe Systems. The FTSE 100 index ended up 60.19 points, or one per cent, at 5,951.80, its highest close since early June [...]
FTSE surges to a 30-month high as risk appetite boosted by strong US earnings December 21, 2010 MINERS and banks drove Britain’s top share index to a 30-month closing high yesterday, as risk appetite rose due to easing tensions on the Korean peninsula and upbeat earnings from US software maker Adobe Systems. The FTSE 100 index ended up 60.19 points, or one per cent, at 5,951.80, its highest close since early June [...]