It’s open season for football’s economic analogies and the sky’s the limit August 27, 2012 EVEN though I’m an Everton fan, I’m enjoying the start of the new Premier league season. Part of the optimism is the latest round of television money that offers a lifeline to clubs that are financially perilous. This season, the Premier League made £3bn selling the rights to screen matches, a surprise 71 per cent [...]
Are new landmark skyscrapers destroying the City of London’s traditional character? August 27, 2012 YES Robert Adam The City of London has lost the intimacy of its streets and lanes. Planners have traded it away for the blank facades of huge monoliths crashing into the pavement, apparently mitigated by wind-blown plazas. Towers and offices with large floor plates are seen as an essential for the City as a global [...]
Rapid responses August 27, 2012 Unprepared youth [Re: Rigour in GCSE’s is essential but we need students fit for business, Thursday] Our nation’s future depends upon our willingness to create new educational partnerships, raising academic expectations of all children and providing them with skills. Our research on skills and future jobs shows that between 2007 and 2010 an average of [...]
Central Bank elixir isn’t certain – but expect volatility August 27, 2012 THIS weekend’s economic symposium at Jackson Hole has the power to monumentally shake world markets, which is what voracious traders – subdued by the summer’s low trading volumes – will want to see. With both Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), due to speak [...]
The glistening appeal of precious metals returns August 27, 2012 SENIOR MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT UP UNTIL last week, gold and silver – like a Parisian in August – appeared to have shut up shop for the summer. In contrast, equity markets had pushed higher in a low volume melt-up that brought the Dow and S&P 500 up to levels last seen in December 2007. Even [...]
Analyst picks for 28 August 2012 August 27, 2012 CURRENCY STRATEGIST CHRIS VECCHIO My pick: Short Aussie-dollar Expertise: Fundamental and technical analysis Average time frame of trades: A few hours to a few days Despite the rally that came after minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting were released, the Aussie-dollar has broken down to fresh lows for the month of August. Given this [...]
Pop-ups are everywhere but The Seagrass shines August 27, 2012 RESTAURANT THE SEAGRASS 74 Chapel Market, Islington, N1 9ER Tel: 020 7837 5270 FOOD **** SERVICE *** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £30 POP-UPS. They’ve become a thing, haven’t they? If it’s not located in the loft of an abandoned Victorian insane asylum, it isn’t worth a dime. You can’t move for the [...]
For a taste of Peru in Fitzrovia try Lima August 27, 2012 RESTAURANT LIMA 31 Rathbone Place, Fitzrovia, W1T 1JH Tel: 020 3002 2640 FOOD **** SERVICE *** ATMOSPHERE **** Cost per person without wine: £45 PERUVIAN FOOD has soared in popularity in recent years, which would explain why Lima was packed out, even on a Monday night. There are countless restaurants in London that offer bland [...]
Beat the back to work blues with a revamped daily routine August 27, 2012 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT NOT KNOWN as “the ugly cousin of hangovers” for nothing, post-holiday blues can be at their worst this time of year. They are helped along by the knowledge that the last Bank Holiday until mid-winter has passed, a new school term is around the corner and there are no more Olympics [...]
Murray masters Bogomolov but admits to being below his best August 27, 2012 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray admitted he was unable to perform to his best during the 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 US Open first round victory over Alex Bogomolov Jr but was regardless satisfied with the result on a court he felt had slowed in the year since the last Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows. The Scotsman was [...]
