Villa stay in fourth hunt as Hull slip towards drop April 21, 2010 HULL CITY (0) v/s ASTON VILLA (2) GABRIEL Agbonlahor netted his 16th goal of the season as Aston Villa kept up the chase for fourth place with a convincing win over struggling Hull. Fellow England hopeful James Milner completed the win from the penalty spot to lift Villa ahead of Liverpool and back into sixth [...]
Know how to value your ETF April 21, 2010 WHEN placing a trade, investors understandably concentrate on making the decision that will yield the most profitable returns. But it is just as important for traders to understand how they are investing as well as what they are investing in. This is particularly relevant for investors using exchange-traded funds (ETFs) – knowing how an ETF [...]
Miners boost the South African stock market April 21, 2010 SOUTH Africa will be in the world’s spotlight like never before as the World Cup approaches. Television pictures of gazelles and wilderbeest roaming across the veldt will no doubt be great for the country’s tourist industry, but other parts of its economy also look sure to benefit. According to a report released last month by [...]
THE TIPSTER April 21, 2010 UK GDP figures for the first quarter of this year are released on Friday morning and analysts suggest that the economy could have stagnated after a weak showing in the fourth quarter of 2009. Uncertainity surrounding the impact of the volcanic ash cloud on some UK companies combined with weak growth figures could see the [...]
LISTED PRODUCT NEWS April 21, 2010 FIRST LISTING FOR RBS’S ETC PLATFORM Standard Commodities, the Royal Bank of Scotland’s exchange-traded commodities (ETC) platform, launched its first product on the Frankfurt Xetra stock exchange this week. Its physical gold ETC gives investors exposure to the performance of the London gold market fix price and the ETC is denominated in euros. The ETC [...]
Travel chaos will spur on Liverpool, insists Benitez April 21, 2010 LIVERPOOL may have undertaken an energy-sapping trek to reach Madrid but manager Rafael Benitez has urged them to draw strength from the ordeal as they look to end a disappointing season on a high note. The Reds finally arrived in the Spanish capital for tonight’s semi-final first leg against Atletico Madrid yesterday, more than 24 [...]
Lower commodity prices and concerns over Greek debt weigh on FTSE stocks April 21, 2010 BRITAIN’S top share index ended down yesterday as lower commodity prices hit miners and oil stocks and concerns over Greece’s debt returned to haunt banks, though positive broker comment boosted food retailers. The FTSE 100 index closed down 60.26 points, or 1 per cent, at 5,723.43, giving back Tuesday’s one per cent gain. “Equity sentiment [...]
Poor forecasts from drug firms leave Wall St flat April 21, 2010 US stocks finished little changed yesterday as disappointing outlooks from healthcare companies offset strong earnings from Morgan Stanley and Apple. Healthcare stocks took a beating after both Abbott Laboratories and Gilead cut profit forecasts. Both Abbott and Gilead cited the impact of costs from US healthcare reform in their outlooks. The two represented a setback [...]
Train journeys could derail Reds’ hopes of Euro glory April 21, 2010 RAFA BENITEZ and Liverpool have had to ride many twists and turns in this rollercoaster season so far, but preparing for tonight’s Europa League semi-final with Atletico Madrid has been a whole new experience. Footballers love routine and the Liverpool players have been so out of their’s this week it is unreal. The three lengthy [...]
Beauty parades are no way to recruit April 21, 2010 THERE is some very bizarre behaviour going on,” says David Sims, professor of organisational behaviour at Cass Business School in London. He has heard of one HR department that threw away any applications written in blue ink, not because anybody believed there was anything wrong with those candidates, but just as a way of whittling [...]
