Are the huge queues at Heathrow airport a problem for Britain’s reputation overseas? May 1, 2012 YES Willie Walsh London rightly aspires to be the business capital of the world. And the government keeps telling us that the UK is “open for business”. Why, then, are ministers apparently content to see potential overseas investors, and UK business people returning from securing vital job-creating contracts, frequently queue for over an hour just [...]
RAPID responses May 1, 2012 Brain drain [Re: It’s time for the supporters of the single currency to apologise, yesterday] An excellent article. As someone who works in recruitment, many of my best applicants are from Greece, Portugal, Spain and increasingly Italy. But not too many from Ireland, yet. The irony is that these are the most highly-skilled and mission-critical [...]
Time to buy your tickets for our trading extravaganza May 1, 2012 CURRENCY trading is as popular as ever, but does it have a place as part of a portfolio of stocks, bonds, and other asset classes? In order to answer it we need to look at a range of factors and cross-market correlations to see where it might fit in with a well-diversified investment programme. We [...]
John Hardy who will be speaking at our trading event considers the dollar’s fortunes May 1, 2012 WE’VE got a pair of important event risks for the US dollar for the rest of this week, including the April ISM non-manufacturing survey on Thursday and the always hotly anticipated US employment report on Friday. These event risks will be critical for testing whether the dollar is set to fall further across the board [...]
MASTERS OF FOREX 4.40PM – 5.30PM, 24 MAY May 1, 2012 BORIS SCHLOSSBERG GFT Boris is director of currency research at GFT. He is a weekly contributor to CNBC’s Squawk Box. His daily currency research – available at www.fx360.com – is widely quoted by newswires and newspapers worldwide. Schlossberg is co-author of the bestselling Millionaire Traders: How Everyday People Are Beating Wall Street at Its Own [...]
Driving this Jeep is a hard wrangle May 1, 2012 Wow, this is cool Daddy, what is it?” says my daughter as she clambers into the back of the 70th Anniversary edition Jeep Wrangler. I appear to have acquired instant street cred. Amongst the under threes, in any case. That I am driving this car at all for this column is questionable. There is almost [...]
CAR TALK May 1, 2012 Audi Q5 SUV with Google and online radio Details on the latest Audi Q5 SUV have been released. The popular 4×4 has undergone styling tweaks and chassis improvements and has a new electro-mechanical power steering system. Engine efficiency is up by 15 per cent. You can now also choose Audi’s in-car internet service which includes [...]
Moody’s says Olympics will give UK economy minor boost May 1, 2012 The Olympic Games in London this summer will likely provide only a temporary boost to corporate earnings, credit ratings agency Moody’s said. Britain, which went back into recession at the start of 2012, has spent nine billion pounds building the Olympics venues in east London and hopes the Games will be a catalyst to help [...]
FTSE edges up as Lloyds gains May 1, 2012 The FTSE 100 clawed back some lost ground in early trading with Lloyds among the top gainers after quarterly results that matched forecasts. London’s blue-chip index ended April in negative territory yesterday – its second consecutive monthly loss – as concerns rose over Spain’s economy and political tensions in Europe took their toll. Meanwhile UK [...]
UK manufacturing growth slows May 1, 2012 British manufacturing eked out growth in April as an economic slowdown in the euro zone curbed demand for goods made in Britain, a survey showed, raising the risk of a longer recession. The unexpectedly sharp slowdown will also fuel a debate over the chances of further monetary stimulus from the Bank of England (BoE), after [...]
