City Moves for 12 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs June 11, 2014 JLL The real estate services firm has announced the appointment of Paul Hodge as a director of loan valuation. He joins from CBRE, where he was an associate director in its real estate finance team, responsible for the development of its loan valuation business. Deutsche Bank The investment bank has appointed Marc Benton as head [...]
Best of the Brokers for 12 June 2014 June 11, 2014 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com HAYDALE GRAPHENE Cantor Fitzgerald has started covering the graphene development firm with a “buy” rating and a target price of 160p. While the shares have lost around half of their value since the IPO in early April this year, the broker believes Haydale [...]
Rolls-Royce and airline share price falls put FTSE in a spin June 11, 2014 Trouble in the skies and a reduction in the World Bank’s global forecast and a couple of companies going ex-dividend yesterday brought the FTSE down. The FTSE 100 closed down 34.68 points at 6,838.87, a fall of 0.50 per cent. The cancellation of Emirates Airlines’ major order for 70 new Airbus A350s hit shares of [...]
New York Report: Dow slips to biggest drop in three weeks June 11, 2014 WOES in the airline and aircraft manufacture industries yesterday pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average down to its biggest single-session decline in three weeks. The Dow shed 102.04 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 16,843.88, breaking a four-day streak of all-time closing highs. Helping weigh down the Dow was Boeing, which fell 2.3 per cent [...]
Letters to the Editor – 12/06 – Simpler energy, Best of Twitter June 11, 2014 Simpler energy [Re: A bureaucratic nightmare, Tuesday] Stephen Littlechild overlooks the importance of Ofgem’s reforms to make the energy market simpler, clearer and fairer for consumers. Consumers told us they found the market confusing and that the number of tariffs on offer put them off shopping around. We have placed a limit of four core [...]
How to make a good first impression June 11, 2014 There’s more to showing your best side than a winning smile or the right footwear RECENT Princeton University research found that the window of opportunity to impress is even shorter than previously thought: humans make judgments on someone’s trustworthiness within the first 500 milliseconds of hearing their voice. So if it takes a mere half [...]
World Cup 2014: Wayne Rooney fires warning shot at Italy ahead of opener June 11, 2014 England striker Wayne Rooney has warned Saturday’s World Cup opponents Italy: “underestimate us at your peril”. Italy dumped England out of the 2012 European Championship via a penalty shootout, though had outplayed Roy Hodgson’s team during a goalless 120 minutes with midfielder Andrea Pirlo their star turn. Two years on, questions are still being asked [...]
World Cup 2014: Brazil ready to fulfil star billing as the greatest show on Earth commences June 11, 2014 “The time has arrived”, Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari roared last night as his team made their final preparations before taking on Croatia in the eagerly anticipated opening match of the World Cup. Seven years after Fifa president Sepp Blatter announced football would come to its spiritual home for the first time since 1950, the [...]
World Cup in brief June 11, 2014 Chile angry at hotel amenities CHILE’S coach Jorge Sampaoli is unhappy with the quality of the team’s hotel in Cuiaba. The South Americans have concerns over security, say the air conditioning is in need of repair and the internet signal is poor. Chile kick off their World Cup campaign against Australia tomorrow night. Sneijder gunning [...]
Sporting Index: Brazil v Croatia spread betting June 11, 2014 So, the wait is finally over and the 2014 World Cup gets under way tonight with Brazil v Croatia. However, those expecting a one-sided goal fest should tread carefully. Sporting Index unsurprisingly make the hosts the 1.5-1.7-goal favourites and have pitched total predicted goals in the game at 2.55–2.75. Yet, there is the distinct possibility [...]
