Letters to the Editor – 18/03 – No clothes Cameron, Best of Twitter March 17, 2014 No clothes Cameron [Re: Cameron sets out his agenda for EU reform, yesterday] David Cameron’s EU plan will be a stillbirth, if it ever reaches the delivery room. Powers cannot flow away from a German-driven, Frenchbacked, ever closer union, which suits weaker member states. Qualified majority voting is increasingly the norm, and there is little [...]
Rethinking the safe haven: What’s fuelling gold’s rise March 17, 2014 Simple assumptions about the yellow metal could result in traders getting burnt. Treasury yields could be a better metric for gauging where it may go next To many, gold’s sharp rise in recent months, widely attributed to increasing geopolitical tension in Ukraine and fears of a Chinese economic slowdown, has underscored its role as the [...]
CNBC Comment: Why Kiev’s corruption problem matters March 17, 2014 WHAT have insider trading, price-fixing, front-running financial market players got to do with the Crimea crisis we are now confronting in Ukraine? On the surface, not a lot. But as I sit here at my vantage point overlooking the destruction and barricades in the centre of Kiev, I can’t help thinking that there is one [...]
DailyFX Tips & Picks: How effective leverage contributes to trading success March 17, 2014 WHILE trading with high leverage is theoretically an effective way to quickly generate a good income with a small deposit, results show that it’s not necessarily the best way to trade. As an analyst at FXCM, I meet many traders every year; they join us for our in-house seminars or our daily webinars. Many have [...]
DailyFX Tips & Picks: Analyst’s pick March 17, 2014 CURRENCY STRATEGIST CHRIS VECCHIO My pick: Long euro-dollar from $1.3825, long euro-yen from ¥141.50 Expertise: Fundamental and technical analysis with risk management Average time frame of trades: A few hours to a few weeks The most significant event to dislodge the euro from its recent resiliency was commentary from ECB president Mario Draghi on Thursday. [...]
The five interview gaffes to avoid March 17, 2014 How you perform will determine whether you get your dream job. Here’s what not to do FROM asking to be paid “in cash” to hugging the prospective boss, eager applicants can make fatal errors in the interview process. Aside from the basic mistakes like failing to do their homework or not looking up the interviewer [...]
The convertible for all weathers March 17, 2014 The new BMW 435i Convertible is a versatile offering that’s perfect for the temperamental British climate Looking for somewhere that’s warm at this time of year? Well, you can strike Nevada off the list – BMW just launched the new 4 Series Convertible there, and it was freezing. I know, I know – poor old [...]
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Bringing lobster out of its shell March 17, 2014 Franco Gatto, executive chef at Il Baretto, on why he will never tire of making pasta I come from Treviso, a village just outside Venice. We didn’t have a favourite dish as a family but we ate a lot of pasta, as you would expect. We ate it at least twice a day, sometimes more. [...]
Dish of the day March 17, 2014 Franco Gatto’s Lobster linguine INGREDIENTS (serves 4) ■ 300g linguine ■ 2 lobster 500/600g each ■ 1 onion ■ 1 carrot ■ 2 sticks of celery ■ ½ glass of white wine ■ 250ml 1tbsp tomato paste ■ 1 chopped garlic clove ■ 1 sweet red chilli ■ chopped parsley ■ Extra virgin olive oil [...]
