Lack of home comforts a worry for ragged Spurs November 27, 2014 HAVING taken 17 points from their opening 10 Premier League games this season, Mauricio Pochettino is under pressure at White Hart Lane. His Tottenham side have been beaten in four of their six home games and Sunday’s visitors Everton have lost just once on the road. Everton are still below the form that saw them [...]
Spread betting on tries with sporting index November 27, 2014 SPORTING Index price up player try minutes for all 30 players on the pitch for every rugby match so whether you are with, or against, the likes of Jonny May and Israel Folau, a bet on their total try minutes will keep you gripped to the action for every minute of the 80. Player try [...]
Candy Crush chairman Morris steps down November 26, 2014 KING Digital, the firm behind the hugely successful game Candy Crush, said its chairman Melvyn Morris had stepped down. Morris, also the firm’s second-largest shareholder, will be replaced by board member Gerhard Florin as chair. King said Morris would be taking a leave of absence from the board for personal reasons and did not comment [...]
Smith & Wesson boosts its Arsenal with $130m purchase November 26, 2014 Smith & Wesson, the US gun manufacturer, announced yesterday that it had agreed to pay $130.5m (£82.6m) in cash for Battenfeld Technologies, an American manufacturer of hunting gear, including tripods, metal targets and shooting rests. Massachusetts-based Smith & Wesson has struggled to maintain sales growth after speculation that Congress would introduce tighter regulation of guns led [...]
French connection beats the autumn blues November 26, 2014 FRENCH Connection Group said its full-year results were likely to meet market expectations after a strong quarter for its wholesale business, giving it an edge over rival British fashion retailers in a tough market. Shares of the company, known for its FCUK brand, rose as much as 19.6 per cent on the London Stock Exchange [...]
Best of the Brokers for 27 November 2014 November 26, 2014 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com PARAGON Numis reiterated its “sell” rating, however upgraded its earning per share estimates by 14 per cent in 2014. The broker said the firm had “done very well buying assets at the bottom of the cycle at prices that have allowed them to [...]
FTSE ends flat as travel firms weigh on index – London Report November 26, 2014 BRITAIN’S top share index closed flat on Wednesday, erasing early gains, with weaker travel and leisure stocks offsetting a rebound in miners and strength in telecoms. The blue chip FTSE 100 index ended 1.97 points lower, or flat in percentage terms, at 6,729.17 points after hitting a session high of 6,765.01 in early trading, as [...]
Tech helps S&P and Dow to hit new records – New York Report November 26, 2014 US STOCKS rose yesterday, boosted by tech shares, with the S&P 500 and Dow industrials closing at records. However, the energy sector was once more the largest weight on the market as crude prices continued to flirt with multi-year lows. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 12.81 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 17,827.75, the [...]
Black Friday and Cyber Monday: The luxe online shops changing how we consume November 26, 2014 Millions of pounds are set to be spent online during the two biggest dates in the retail calendar – Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We round up some of the luxury fashion sites where an increasing proportion of that money is spent. Welcome to the new digital high street. LYST lyst.com Lyst [...]
Apple joins the $700bn club… on its own November 25, 2014 TECH giant Apple, the world’s most valuable business, is the first company to be valued at $700bn (£446bn) after its share price rose one per cent in New York. The iPhone maker’s worth is now higher than the GDP of all but the top 19 countries in the world.
