Analyst picks for 10 April 2012 April 9, 2012 CURRENCY STRATEGIST JOEL KRUGER My pick: Looking to Buy euro-Swiss franc Expertise: Fundamental and Technical Analysis Average time frame of trades: 1 month to 3 months We don’t usually incorporate fundamentals into our trade ideas, but it’s hard to ignore the Swiss National Bank SFr1.2000 floor. Still, the market is technically in the process of [...]
Treat your feet with these fab runners April 9, 2012 NIKE FLYKNIT £TBA from nike.com The Nike Flyknit have a novel USP: their upper is almost entirely knitted making them, in Nike’s own words, “ridiculously light”. They will be showcased by top athletes at the Olympics before a version goes on sale to the public. They also look so cool they are enough to make [...]
EPISODE 52 – IN WHICH WE’RE LIKE CALVES TO THE SLAUGHTER April 9, 2012 We’re just off the return flight from Venice. Walking through the terminal, I’m speaking to Noel on the telephone. “Were you good for Maria?” “Yes daddy. Of course I was. But Gwennie…” The call is suddenly interrupted by a flurry of incoming messages. “Noel, I’m going to have to call you back.” “But daddy…” “A [...]
Capoeira isn’t just fun, it also helped to hone Man U’s flipping great Nani April 9, 2012 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT The Man Utd player has something of a martial arts past, hence the gymnastic flips when he’s celebrating on the pitch. HOW HE DOES IT: Nani spends most of his time in football training nowadays but admits that he misses the martial art of Capoeira he grew up with on the [...]
Best-Mex: Soho’s sizzling-hot new eaterie deserves the hype April 9, 2012 LA BODEGA NEGRA 9 Old Compton Street, W1 5JF, 020 7758 4100 FOOD ***** SERVICE ***** ATMOSPHERE ***** Cost per person without wine: £50 You know The Box? The impossible-to-get-into night-club, beloved of Keira Knightley and Jude Law and every other Soho-partying A-lister? Well, Serge Becker – who is behind The Box as well as [...]
New Peruvian cevicheria hits the spot well April 9, 2012 CEVICHE 17 Frith St, W1D 4RG, 020 7292 2040 FOOD **** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE ***** Cost per person without booze: £25 SOUTH American madness continues apace over on Frith Street, with the really rather excellent Peruvian bar and restaurant Ceviche which – along with an increasing number of restaurants in London – features that most [...]
Champions League fight to go to wire, says Di Matteo April 9, 2012 FULHAM (1) vs CHELSEA (1) Chelsea boss predicts tight battle after late Dempsey goal denies Blues top-four boost CHELSEA manager Roberto di Matteo expects the four-way skirmish for two Champions League places to remain unresolved until the final day of the season, after local rivals Fulham dented their hopes last night. Midfielder Frank Lampard’s penalty [...]
Beaten English readjust targets April 9, 2012 SARACENS boss Mark McCall has backed his team to bounce back from European disappointment and focus on their Aviva Premiership title defence, starting this weekend at London Irish. Defeat against Harlequins at Wembley 10 days ago followed by a 22-3 Heineken Cup exit to Clermont Auvergne on Easter Sunday leaves the domestic champions with just [...]
SYNCHRONISED TARGETS HISTORIC DOUBLE April 9, 2012 CHELTENHAM Gold Cup winner Synchronised has one of racing’s oldest records in his sights after he was confirmed as one of 48 acceptors for Saturday’s Grand National. JP McManus’s charge is bidding to become the first horse since Golden Miller in 1934 to win both races in the same year, and will again be ridden [...]
Redknapp concedes third place to Arsenal April 9, 2012 TOTTENHAM (1) vs NORWICH (2) TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp has all but conceded defeat in the battle for third place after their late-season slump deepened with a shock home defeat to Premier League surprise package Norwich. Goals from Anthony Pilkington and Elliott Bennett, either side of Jermain Defoe’s equaliser, condemned Spurs to a fourth defeat [...]
