Lifestyle

  • The apps that mean business
    Monday, 18th January 2010
    As more firms engage with Apple’s iPhone, Jeremy Hazlehurst takes a look at some of the most useful applications for City folk
    Jeremy Hazlehurst
    Financial information Bloomberg has the best financial information on the iPhone by a mile (free). For those in the UK, you might also want to add Shareprice (free, pictured above), which gives you real-time live streaming level one market prices for the LSE. MarketWatch from Dow Jones (free) is also good, while Thomson Reuters (free) is trusted and reliable. Morningstar and Forbes also have apps. For keeping tabs on your positions, Apple’s Stocks app (which comes loaded on the phone, and is therefore free) is probably the most reliable. For those involved in commodities trading, Black Gold,... [Read more]

  • Is Twitter all it’s cracked up to be?
    Monday, 18th January 2010
    After Ricky Gervais denounced the site, we ask if it’s worth being a tweeter
    YES Timothy Barber ONE of the things I like most about Twitter is its capacity to seriously irk those who’ve barely even looked at it. There are masses of noteworthy websites out there that most... [Read more]