And they’re off: Royal Ascot racegoers put on a patriotic show as iconic horse racing meet gets underway
And they’re off: Royal Ascot racegoers put on a patriotic show as iconic horse racing meet gets underway
Standard Chartered looks to buy wealth management unit February 27, 2013 Standard Chartered is rumoured to be in talks to buy Morgan Stanley's Indian private wealth management unit according to Reuters sources. The unit manages approximately $1 billion including loans. It was not immediately clear what the price tag might be, but one of the sources said wealth management units in India get bids at 1.5 percent to [...]
WPP-owned Ogilvy & Mather acquires majority stake in Media February 27, 2013 Ogilvy & Mather, the global marketing communications group, has confirmed that it has acquired a majority stake in Strike Media Proprietary Limited in South Africa. Strike is a mobile marketing and technology agency delivering customised mobile strategy, campaigns,design and development services to clients across the financial, retail, consumer and telecommunications sectors. It posted revenues of [...]
Eurozone outlook worsens as retail struggles February 27, 2013 Data from Markit Economics today showed that yet again there has been no expansion in Eurozone retail this February (release). Our economics reporter Ben Southwood comments: The state of the retail sector worsened further, data from Markit showed, with the currency bloc’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) slipping to 44.5 in February, from 45.9 in [...]
Fed governor Bernanke testifies to the House Committee February 27, 2013 Watch live on C-SPAN3. Questions are not known beforehand, so answers can affect the markets. It is worth watching the dollar alongside this session.
Ikea pulls sausages from stores as horsegate continues February 27, 2013 Ikea is pulling its wiener sausages from sale in France, Spain, UK, Ireland & Portugal. The sausages are produced by Dafgaard, the same Swedish suppler as its meatballs. Dafgaard is contesting the results of tests conducted on the meatballs by Czech Republic officials. "Out of 320 tests performed in the last three weeks, none contain [...]
FTSE Group and Canada TMX confirm combined fixed index deal February 27, 2013 In a press release on Canada TMX's website (release) the Canadian group confirmed that it would be working with FTSE Group in a deal that will see TMX receive £72.2m. They will combine their fixed income index businesses in a new joint venture. FTSE TMX Debt Capital Markets will be the third largest fixed income exchange [...]
Euro slips as Grillo blasts rival February 27, 2013 As Beppe Grillo says that rival Pier Bersani is a "a dead man talking" and is making "indecent proposals" to his Five Star Movement the euro slips against the dollar: (Source: Yahoo! Finance) The political deadlock looks likely to continue, and we may see the rally in Italian markets this morning wane following these remarks.
US durable goods crash February 27, 2013 Falling beyond an expected 4.8 per cent decline, US durable goods orders have plunged by 5.2 per cent in January from a 4.6 per cent rise in December. Lower defence and aircraft numbers were responsible for the reduction. Defence capital spending fell by 69.5 per cent, the most since July 2000. Durable goods ex-transport rose 1.9 [...]
Italy’s joker won’t help any politician February 27, 2013 Third placed in the Italian elections, Beppe Grillo has just snubbed Pier Bersani of the centre-left coalition by ruling out a coalition or a vote of confidence for Bersani. Grillo has said that his movement will not vote in favour of any politician. It is unclear as to whether this would mean that Grillo might [...]
Barclays bonuses cut by £450m February 27, 2013 Sky News reports that Barclays will be reducing its staff bonus pool by £450m. This comes as a result of the Libor-rigging scandal, and is in excess of the £291m fines imposed by US and UK regulators. Barclays will still award £1.8bn in bonuses to staff. This has not yet been confirmed by Barclays. The [...]