Women’s fashion: summer style JW Anderson x Versus Versace top, £POA, uk.versace.com; Antonio Berardi trousers, £440, antonioberardi.com; Christian Louboutin shoes, £545, 08432274322; Cartier bracelet, £55,500, 020 3147 4850; Theo Fennell ring (purple stone) £1,550, ring (red stone), £1,550, and ring (band) £1,650, all available at theofennell.com; Pippa Small earrings, £3,100, 201 Westbourne Grove, London, W11 2SB Antonio Berardi [...]
Men’s fashion: travel in style Billionaire Couture suit, £2,135 and shirt, £350, both at billionairecouture.com; Berluti shoes, £2,700, 43 Conduit Street W1S2YJ; Carven jacket, £775, 85 Pelham Street, SW7 2NJ; Tumi bag, £695, 211 Regent Street, W1 Dolce and Gabbana jacket, €1,852, waistcoat, €416 and trousers, €343, all available at dolcegabbana.com; Oliver Brown shirt, £65, oliverbrown.org.uk; Hermès bag, [...]
Eat your way out of winter blues IF YOU’RE one of those repentant souls trying to stick to a punishing detox regime of lemon water and cabbage throughout January, think again. Experts say that spring is the time to stick to salads and fruit, not winter, when it is crucial to eat the right foods to fend off low moods and a [...]
Stocks edge up but Fed urges caution January 6, 2010 THE DOW and S&P 500 inched higher, while the Nasdaq dipped yesterday after Federal Reserve officials said they were still worried about labour market weakness and a report on the services sector showed only slight improvement in the economy. Cautious minutes from the Fed’s last meeting, as well as the ISM services report, which showed [...]
Miners push FTSE higher but M&S weighs on retail shares January 6, 2010 BRITAIN’S top shares added 0.1 percent yesterday as a rally by heavyweight miners, in tandem with stronger metal prices, offset weakness in energy issues, with retailers upset by a disappointing update from M&S. At the close, the FTSE 100 index was 7.54 points higher at 5,530.04, another 16-month closing high. “It looks like the big [...]
No need to mistrust providers January 6, 2010 BEING a covered warrants issuer is a big undertaking. The calculation of the price and the dispatch of quotes is carried out by a complex, automated process, but there is also significant human intervention. Every day on the trading floor, our team of 30 market-makers works with a wide range of covered warrants, giving the [...]
Trades to suit all views and risk levels for the year ahead January 6, 2010 THE LAST couple of years have been a rollercoaster for investors, and while 2010 is not shaping up to be quite so unpredictable, there are certainly some bumps in the road ahead. It’s just the sort of environment where covered warrants come into their own. For one thing the most you can lose is your [...]
THE COUP THAT MELTED FASTER THAN THE SNOW January 6, 2010 TWO former cabinet ministers yesterday called for a secret ballot to decide whether Gordon Brown should lead the Labour party into the general election, although the plot against the Prime Minister soon fizzled out. Former health secretary Patricia Hewitt and ex-defence secretary Geoff Hoon wrote to all Labour MPs urging them to back a secret [...]
Strong demand for gilt sale despite worries over deficit January 6, 2010 A KEY auction of government bonds was yesterday heavily oversubscribed, in a tentative sign that investors are still keen to buy UK debt despite fears over the country’s credit-worthiness. The Debt Management Office (DMO) said it had received bids for 2.68 times the £4bn of five-year gilts on offer, equivalent to the highest level of [...]
Labour can’t even organise a proper plot January 6, 2010 HOW incompetent can you be? If the Labour Party had any sense, it would remove Gordon Brown as soon as possible; all the polls show that Labour would gain at least some ground with any half-decent alternative leader. A change at this late stage is what the Tories dread the most. Instead, we had the [...]
