Sainsbury’s sales up as shoppers buy bargains June 15, 2011 Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has seen like-for-like sales grow 1.9 per cent in the past three months, excluding sales of fuel but including VAT, confirming the subdued consumer spending trend. It warned that customers were turning to its own-brand products to try to spend less on food and had focused on products included in meal deals. [...]
Investors ignore growth abroad to focus on UK woes June 14, 2011 MAYBE Tesco should move its primary listing to Hong Kong. Then investors might pay more attention to Asia, where sales grew by 11.4 per cent at constant exchange rates in the first quarter. The region accounted for around 17 per cent of sales and trading profit last year, a figure that will only grow. Or [...]
Investors ignore growth abroad to focus on UK woes June 14, 2011 MAYBE Tesco should move its primary listing to Hong Kong. Then investors might pay more attention to Asia, where sales grew by 11.4 per cent at constant exchange rates in the first quarter. The region accounted for around 17 per cent of sales and trading profit last year, a figure that will only grow. Or [...]
THE TIPSTER June 13, 2011 THE recent uncertainty over the state of the global economy has left the major indices bouncing around without any clear direction. The FTSE 100 is currently at the lows of its recent range. With some big numbers out this morning, there is a chance that we could well get a degree of excitement for the [...]
Leahy invests in tech firm June 12, 2011 FORMER Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy has invested £2m of his personal wealth into a British software startup. He has bought a ten per cent stake in MetaPack, a small technology firm that co-ordinates customer deliveries for several big retailers. The company counts Sir Terry’s former employer, from which he stood down as chief executive [...]
City honoured in the Queen’s birthday list June 12, 2011 BANK of England governor Mervyn King has topped a list of City figures recognised for their services to British business, banking and finance in the Queen’s birthday honours list. This year’s honours list is weighted heavily towards recognising the contribution of the City. This is partly due to it being seen as politically unpalatable for [...]
THE TIPSTER June 12, 2011 SAINSBURY is due to report its quarterly figures this week. The share price of the supermarket has had a torrid start to the month. Despite the fall in share price, expectations for the results are good, due to the hot bank holidays and the royal wedding. Interestingly enough, it is now also the seventh largest [...]
Mining shares rebound and oil stocks rise on supply fears June 9, 2011 MINERS rebounded from the previous day’s sharp sell-off to help push Britain’s top share index higher yesterday, while oil stocks tracked crude higher on supply fears. The FTSE 100 closed up 47.45 points, or 0.8 per cent, at 5,856.34, having bounced well clear of the session low of 5,795.00, although thin volumes exaggerated the index’s [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS June 8, 2011 NESTLE Nomura rates the company “reduce” and has a target price of CHF49 (£35.83). The broker notes that the company is the best in class as it seeks to develop close relationships with farmers and superior options to many food manufacturers in terms of procurement. However, Nomura thinks Nestle needs to plan for the long-long [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS June 8, 2011 NESTLE Nomura rates the company “reduce” and has a target price of CHF49 (£35.83). The broker notes that the company is the best in class as it seeks to develop close relationships with farmers and superior options to many food manufacturers in terms of procurement. However, Nomura thinks Nestle needs to plan for the long-long [...]