US EQUITIES NEED TO SEE RISING SALES April 12, 2010 DAVID MORRISON CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT IT IS US earnings season again. As soon as one quarter is over, investors have to begin assimilating the next set of numbers. Traders are already poring over Alcoa’s earnings – the world’s third biggest aluminium producer unofficially heralds each quarter’s reporting season, and it announced its results last [...]
Pound the City streets this summer April 12, 2010 WELL, the sun is out and the London Marathon is just a couple of weeks away, which means that there’s really no excuse not to strap on your trainers and get out there for a good, long lunchtime run. With perfect timing, the DLR has launched a new service called Discover Lunchtime Runs, with running [...]
Flapjacks and pasta are the best diet for the marathon April 12, 2010 AT the moment, with just under two weeks before the marathon (writes Henrietta Bailey) you should continue with your normal training diet which should be made up of 50-60 per cent carbohydrate. But when you get to three days before the marathon you should be starting to carb-load and your intake should go up so [...]
How the thirst for a good English cuppa led to a global travel empire April 12, 2010 IF, when staying in a ski chalet, your day has ever started with being brought a cup of tea in bed, you have Andrew Dunn to thank for it. It may seem a simple enough touch of hospitality, and the sort of thing that’s par for the course nowadays in chalets of a certain level, [...]
OUT OF OFFICE April 12, 2010 AT THE BRIDEWELL: WHIPPING IT UP As election fever takes hold, the Tower Theatre Company is reviving Steve Thompson’s rip-roaring dissection of Westminster double dealing and dirty tricks. Set just after a general election that’s returned the Tories to power with a tiny majority, the play is rife with rebellious backbenchers, backstabbing Chief Whips and [...]
A palace of calm after the storm April 12, 2010 Pétrus 1 Kinnerton St, SW1X 8EA 020 7592 1609 www.gordonramsay.com Cost per person without wine: £55 IT’S hard to believe that so tranquil a restaurant as this was born of an immense falling out. We all know the saga. For years Pétrus in Belgravia’s Berkeley Hotel was one of the shiniest jewels in Gordon Ramsay’s [...]
OTHER OPTIONS IN BELGRAVIA April 12, 2010 ZAFFERANO One of London’s most valued Italian restaurants, with a kitchen formerly led by Giorgio Locatelli, now by his protégé Andy Needham. Luxurious Italian dishes include duck lasagna with morel mushrooms and veal shin ravioli with saffron. 15 Lowndes Street, SW1X 9EY. 020 7235 5800, www.zafferanorestaurant.com BOISDALE OF BELGRAVIA The London home of Scottish good [...]
Ancelotti in no mood for mind games April 12, 2010 CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti has laughed off Sir Alex Ferguson’s suggestion that his team view tonight’s visit of Bolton as a routine win on an inevitable procession to the Premier League title. The leaders could put one hand on the trophy with a victory tonight that would propel them four points clear of flagging Manchester [...]
Portsmouth to appeal for Euro licence reprieve April 12, 2010 PORTSMOUTH are to make a desperate plea to the Football Association to allow them play in Europe next season. The relegated south-coast club secured a place in next season’s Europa League after winning through to the FA Cup final against Chelsea on 15 May with victory over Tottenham on Sunday. But with the club in [...]
Westwood’s time will come April 12, 2010 WELL, he’s getting closer but Lee Westwood is certainly being made to work in his quest for a first major title. Westwood played beautifully all week but just didn’t quite do enough on the final day to hold off the resurgent Phil Mickelson, who, in the end, was a worthy winner of the best Masters [...]
