Elite listening: The tricks to getting what you want done November 15, 2015 Why is it that so many meetings, negotiations and everyday conversations are so frustrating? Why didn’t you emerge with the result you needed or manage to persuade others to do what (you thought) you were asking for? It’s all in the listening. Most people will say they’re a good listener. The reality is that, [...]
Marks and Spencer, Carlsberg, Young & Co Brewery: Best of the Brokers for 13 November 2015 November 13, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com MARKS AND SPENCER RBC Capital Markets liked what they saw at Marks & Spencer’s summer season 2016 clothing preview so much, they made the retailer RBC’s “top pick” with a target price of 700p. The broker said he was encouraged M&S was [...]
Rolls-Royce and miners put the brakes on FTSE 100 index – London Report November 13, 2015 A massive fall in Rolls-Royce stocks and continuing problems in the mining sector yesterday hit the blue-chip FTSE 100 index. The index fell 1.88 per cent to 6,178.68 points. Rolls-Royce was the biggest casualty of the day, tumbling 19.57 per cent to 536.50p after warning profits will be at the lower end of expectations due [...]
Why the work-life balance is redundant: Employers will feel the commercial benefits if staff are freer November 13, 2015 More than two-fifths of UK employees feel they don’t have a good balance between their work and personal lives, according to research conducted by global management consultancy Hay Group. And worse, only half believe that their employer is sensitive to the need to balance home and work. So what can companies do to ensure [...]
City Moves for 13 November 2015 | Who’s switching jobs November 12, 2015 SAVILLS The property consultancy has appointed Derek Moir as a director in its building and project consultancy team. He has over 27 years’ experience in the property sector, and is returning to Savills after seven years in China, where he was head of Turner & Townsend’s Beijing office. DELOITTE Jason Warnes has been appointed partner [...]
Wall Street has worst day in two months – New York Report November 12, 2015 Wall Street suffered its worst session in over a month yesterday as lower commodity prices weighed on energy and materials stocks and comments by a Federal Reserve policymaker hinted at an approaching interest-rate hike. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.44 per cent to end at 17,448.07, the S&P 500 lost 1.4 per cent to [...]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit: A new glorious chapter in UK-India relations is beginning November 12, 2015 The visit of India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is the second landmark trip to the UK in a month, following the successful state visit by President Xi of China. Today, Modi meets the Queen and this evening he will be greeted in a manner that is normally the preserve of rock stars, by over 60,000 [...]
Hillary Clinton’s gender problem: Playing the victim is a desperate way to win November 12, 2015 Hillary Clinton has a women problem. Usually when candidates have issues with a certain voter demographic, it comes down to their inability to connect with historically marginalised groups. But Clinton’s problem is different. Although a September Washington Post-ABC News poll found she has lost support with left-leaning women – by a massive 29 percentage [...]
Generation traditional: Don’t believe the cliches about young people – give them a leg up November 12, 2015 Young people are sometimes accused of being lazy, lacking concentration and exhibiting an overwhelming lust for instant success – perhaps compounded by too much reality TV. But it turns out that Generation Z – those born between 1994 and 2010, and now starting to enter the workforce – are actually very realistic about what it [...]
With Iraq pumping oil at its fastest rate since the early 1960s, is this the end of the road for US shale? November 12, 2015 Chris Beauchamp, a senior market analyst at IG, says Yes While oil prices continue to command attention, the shale industry has slipped beneath the radar. Production continues to rise, having skyrocketed in recent years. New drilling techniques have allowed production to remain profitable even as the price falls. But now, a reckoning is due. Production [...]
