THE TIPSTER December 4, 2011 WHEN Victrex reports its earnings on Tuesday, analysts are expecting revenues of around £93m, up from £75m this time last year. The maker of polymers’s shares have slid 27 per cent from their highs in July of 1,600p, but it looks like it is on the way back from lows of 1,020p. Strong gains and [...]
WE MUST TURN ON THE PRESSES December 4, 2011 IN AN earlier article I said that I was disheartened by the chain of disappointments that are perpetuating the crisis of the Eurozone. Many analysts, and I among them, believe that the European Central Bank has the ability to change history, or is destined to repeat it. To quote the world renowned economist and Nobel [...]
X FACTOR JUDGE IS THE LAST MAN AT THE BAR AT IRELAND FUND BALL December 4, 2011 CITIGROUP managing director Basil Geoghegan proved his stamina when he became the eighteenth Irishman to successfully scale Mount Everest earlier this year. But even he is no match for X Factor judge Louis Walsh, who was the last man standing at the Ireland Fund of Great Britain’s tenth winter ball at The Savoy on Saturday [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK December 4, 2011 THIS week’s bill from Italian restaurant Bunga Bunga was so long this column had to cut it in half. So let’s just say that ten well-funded fund managers spent £116.50 on food when they visited the Battersea venue for lunch, before frittering away seven times that amount on the more “interesting” end of the menu. [...]
They hit the road for an idea that’s on the money December 4, 2011 WHEN the shadow business secretary makes a speech calling your seven-month old business “the lifeblood of the lifeblood of our economy,” it’s fair to say you’ve made quite an impression. This happened to the co-founders of MarketInvoice Anil Stocker and Charles Delingpole two weeks ago: Labour’s Chuka Umanna described their business as “turning straw into [...]
SIX SECRETS OF THE SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR December 4, 2011 ENTREPRENEURS are an intriguing species. Charismatic, fragile, passionate, distracted: with such conflicting personality traits, it’s no wonder they sometimes fail to turn great ideas into viable – and profitable – businesses. At Piper, we have worked with countless entrepreneurs during our 25-year history. The best share characteristics that can make all the difference between failure [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF December 4, 2011 NEW PIRATING PENALTIES SCARE INVESTORS Angel investors and venture capitalists are hesitating to invest in digital content intermediaries (DCIs) as the US government contemplates new, tougher rules on pirated digital content. Under the US House Judiciary Committee’s proposed “Stop Online Piracy Act” a website could be subject to fines and penalties if its users uploaded [...]
Doing the Wild West in style December 4, 2011 IT’S with a spirit of rebellion that three girlfriends and I sip G&Ts, descending over Las Vegas, the first leg of what we planned to be a mammoth 30th birthday blowout road trip to the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, and the Big Sur. The trip is as much about commemorating a key cornerstone in our [...]
TRAVEL NOTES December 4, 2011 Anantara opens luxe resort in Koh Phangan North of Koh Samui, you’ll find Koh Phangan tucked away at the base of a lush mountain. Set amid towering coconut palms and steps from idyllic Thong Nai Pan Noi beach, the resort has 44 private pool suites and villas and an open-air spa. Snorkeling, archery, elephant trekking, [...]
Turn your travel dreams into gold December 4, 2011 With the New Year just around the corner, now is the perfect time to start thinking about where 2012 will take you. If your resolution is to discover new places – be it the south coast of England or South America – the Preferred Rewards Gold Card from American Express can make your getaway even [...]
