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Why Britain’s housing crisis risks turning into catastrophe June 3, 2014 THE HOUSING crisis – worst in London, but bad across Britain – is fundamentally driven by lack of supply. For the past five years, we have been building fewer houses than in any peacetime period since before World War One. But house building has been on a downwards trend since the 1960s. Reasonable estimates suggest [...]
Back to basics: End of the job advert June 3, 2014 Businesses don’t hire like they used to. In a recent blog, Stacy Zapar of online retailer Zappos lamented the end of old-fashioned headhunting, “when recruiting was all about relationships.” Cold-calling, networking, and conversations were the modus operandi, she says. A trusted network of contacts was used to spread word of a new opening. And while [...]
Renewables not fossil fuels are a threat to energy security says new report June 3, 2014 The widespread use of wind and solar energy poses a serious risk to the UK’s energy security and could undermine the reliability of the country’s energy supply, according to a new report from the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). The crisis in Ukraine and Crimea has focused the minds of policy makers on energy security. [...]
Moores tells top order to shine June 3, 2014 ENGLAND head coach Peter Moores has challenged captain Alastair Cook and his fellow top order batsmen to seal a one-day international series win against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston today. All-rounder Chris Jordan has shone with both bat and ball, while there have been notable contributions late in innings too from Jos Buttler and Gary Ballance, [...]
Any Other Business – 03/06 June 3, 2014 FOR ONE City spinner, watching yesterday’s Apple conference was a more emotional experience than for most. Founder of Redleaf Polhill Emma Kane’s 17-year-old son Patrick featured in the opening video sequence for the eagerly awaited tech event. Why? Well, when Patrick was a baby he contracted meningococcal septicaemia and sadly lost a leg and many of [...]
CNBC Comment: What central bank shifts mean for funds June 2, 2014 THE ECB has heavily hinted that it will provide more support to markets on Thursday, although how the support will look has yet to be determined. I had Ron Mock, chief executive of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, a $145bn fund that manages pension savings for over 300,000 current and retired teachers in Canada, on [...]
DailyFX Tips & Picks: How to manage risk when trading around news events June 2, 2014 WITH the ECB meeting this Thursday, and the US non-farm payrolls report out on Friday, the FX markets are bound to experience a great deal of exuberance. With volatility, we stand to make a great deal of money – but also to lose a great deal if risk is not managed properly. HOW TO MANAGE [...]
DailyFX Tips & Picks: Analyst’s pick June 2, 2014 QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST DAVID RODRIGUEZ My pick: Short dollar-yen against ¥103 Expertise: System trading Average time frame of trades: Two to ten weeks The US dollar rally looks a bit long in the tooth, as futures positioning data shows large speculators at their most long on the dollar against the single currency since the major July [...]
How to be an inspiring leader: The six skills you need to inspire your employees June 2, 2014 If you want to be a more inspiring leader, you need to develop six important skills. The following tips come from those in the know: leaders of global companies, charities and organisations I have interviewed on leadership communication. FOCUS ON OTHERSYou have not communicated well if people have not heard you, understood you and felt [...]
The biggest story since the end of the Cold War: China’s new anti-West axis June 2, 2014 IN THE words of the great stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius, “The object of life is not to be in the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” By this definition, the greater number of foreign policy analysts ought to be speedily locked up, as they have so underrated the seismic [...]