DailyFX Tips & Picks: Analyst’s pick May 5, 2014 CURRENCY STRATEGIST CHRIS VECCHIO My pick: Stay short euro-Aussie, short euro-dollar Expertise: Fundamental and technical analysis with risk management Average time frame of trades: A few hours to a few weeks We look to the ECB’s May policy meeting as a filler before the June meeting, at which the ECB will make adjustments to its [...]
Find your sea legs at Tahiti’s Pearl Regatta May 5, 2014 Intrepid adventurer Chris Osburn reminisces about his adventures on Tahiti’s high seas CELEBRATING its eleventh anniversary and touted as one of the most important yacht races in the South Pacific, the Tahiti Pearl Regatta combines competitive sailing – on the high seas and in lagoons – with cultural events and boozy night time festivities. The route [...]
48 hours in… Dubrovnik, Croatia May 5, 2014 WHERE TO STAY For sublime views over the crystalline waters of the Adriatic, go to boutique luxury hotel Villa Dubrovnik. It specialises in Mediterranean fine dining and it has a private beach. Rooms from £234 at villa-dubrovnik.hr WHERE TO EAT Proto dates back to 1886 but it’s a hangout for A-listers like Bono and Richard [...]
BMW has big ideas for new Mini May 5, 2014 Richard Aucock discovers the sophisticated side of the Cooper S on a test drive around Mallorca MINI, that most celebrated of British icons, played a blinder when it launched the /new model earlier this year. It held the event on Puerto Rico, a tiny Caribbean island hardly famed for its amazing driving routes. It then [...]
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Premier League: Liverpool title hopes blown away by Gayle May 5, 2014 CRYSTAL PALACE 3 LIVERPOOL 3 LIVERPOOL boss Brendan Rodgers last night conceded the Premier League title to Manchester City after shipping three goals in the final 11 minutes to drop two vitally important points. Goals from Joe Allen, Daniel Sturridge and Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year Luis Suarez looked set to move Liverpool [...]
Golf Comment: Pinpoint driver Rose has game to blossom at golf’s fifth Major May 5, 2014 ANOTHER solid performance from Justin Rose last week makes me think he could be ready to mount a challenge at the fifth Major, The Players Championship, which tees off on Thursday. The Players at Sawgrass is notorious for its last two holes, particularly the 17th, but taken in its entirety is not overly long or [...]
England lift plate as New Zealand near title May 5, 2014 ENGLAND coach Simon Amor hailed another encouraging display after his team warmed up for this week’s climax in London by winning the plate at the Glasgow Sevens on Sunday. A narrow defeat to Fiji in the quarter-final of the cup sent England into the plate competition, but they made amends with resounding victories over Australia [...]
Tennis world mourns as former British No1 Baltacha dies, aged 30, from liver cancer May 5, 2014 “A GAPING hole has been left in tennis”, the Lawn Tennis Association said yesterday, after former British No1 Elena Baltacha died, aged 30. Baltacha battled the liver condition primary sclerosing cholangitis– an inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts – since the age of 19 and was diagnosed with liver cancer in January, two months [...]
A global game: why Heathrow Express is investing in sevens May 5, 2014 THE aim of Heathrow Express’s investment in sevens rugby is simple: to get more people to travel on our train between London Paddington and the airport. Our customers, 70 per cent of whom are business travellers, come from 120 different countries. Our challenge is to let those people know about us before they arrive at [...]
