Heat is on for a US debt deal July 24, 2011 DESPITE the lifeline thrown to Greece by Eurozone leaders last week, there seems to be a widespread view that this was merely a band-aid fix, even a hastily cobbled together deal, which still does not draw a definitive line under the European public finances crisis. Furthermore, any relief rally which it may have spurred on [...]
WALL STREET WEEK AHEAD July 24, 2011 NEW York City may be frying in near record temperatures but Wall Street has been feeling the heat for months. Wrangling over the US debt ceiling and questions marks over corporate earnings mean markets are unlikely to get a break any time soon. Wall Street is set to close its worst three months in a [...]
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THE TIPSTER July 24, 2011 DOMINO’S Pizza has been one of the success stories of the last couple of years as more and more people have opted to stay in rather than go out for dinner due to restricted finances and economic uncertainty. CMC Markets spread on Domino’s Pizza is 463.74p-464.97p Sainsbury’s dipped to a very significant long term support [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT July 24, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● Domino’s Pizza releases its interim results today. The popular take-away pizza chain will be hoping that its results will be sizzling hot rather than a soggy disappointment. ● ARM Holdings is set to release its second quarter results tomorrow. After a successful year when its chips have been used to supply the [...]
Who to call when you’re stuck in a battle zone July 24, 2011 IF TIMING is everything in business, then rarely can anyone have got their timing quite so spot on as Ted Jones. The former army officer founded his company, Northcott Global Solutions (NGS), a mere 16 months ago, with the aim of revolutionising the rather exciting world of emergency evacuation – getting people out of global [...]
LATE PAYMENTS ARE STRANGLING SMALL BUSINESS July 24, 2011 THE government has just launched its “Business Buddy” scheme. This will have MPs spending time working in small or medium-sized businesses, seeing first-hand the challenges faced by entrepreneurs. These businesses represent the engine room of economic growth: in total 4.8m of these businesses provide 60 per cent of UK jobs and over half the country’s [...]
Nervous FTSE ends higher as EU solution for Greece looms July 21, 2011 FINANCIALS drove gains on Britain’s top share index yesterday, as hopes a solution could be found to Europe’s sovereign debt crisis boosted investor sentiment. The UK’s benchmark index closed up 46.07 points or 0.8 per cent at 5,899.89, having endured a choppy session, trading in a 137 point range as nervous investors jostled positions awaiting [...]
US debt discussion boosts Wall Street July 21, 2011 US stocks climbed yesterday as signs of progress on the US debt talks and concrete action from Europe on its own debt crisis heartened investors. Unexpectedly robust earnings results from Morgan Stanley, whose shares rose 11 per cent to $24.20, extended a relief rally in bank stocks after Goldman Sachs’ dismal trading profits stunned the [...]
Soaring tech stocks burnish banking rally to send FTSE up July 20, 2011 BANKING stocks led Britain’s top shares higher yesterday on strong corporate earnings and optimism over a deal in Washington to increase the US debt ceiling and avoid default. The UK benchmark index closed up 63.83 points, or 1.1 per cent, at 5,853.82, building on the previous session’s 0.7 per cent advance. Solid US earnings, including [...]