Analyst picks for 24 April 2012 April 23, 2012 CURRENCY STRATEGIST JOEL KRUGER My pick: Sell sterling-dollar at $1.6210 Expertise: Technical analysis Average time frame of trades: 3 days to 1 week The market has recently broken to fresh 2012 highs beyond $1.6000. This now likely opens additional upside, back towards the October 2011 peak by $1.6165 further up. While our core bias remains [...]
Fundamentals remain for gold to resume its bull run April 23, 2012 With the US balance sheet more than doubling, it is not gold and other commodities that are expensive but cash that is cheap GOLD has been struggling to make any real breakthroughs of late, stuck below the psychological $1,700 an ounce level since the beginning of March. On the New York Mercentile Exchange, Comex gold [...]
INSIGHT MARKETS April 23, 2012 CHIEF MARKET STRATEGIST THE news of the French election, with the Socialist candidate creeping ahead of incumbent president Nicholas Sarkozy, had the predictable effect of unsettling the FTSE yesterday morning. Although yesterday’s falls have only taken it back to the levels seen around a week ago, it is beginning to seem as if a combination [...]
Get your life April 23, 2012 There is about a 25 per cent chance you suffer from allergic rhinitis. If you do, the chances are your body is currently producing a surplus of antibody immunoglobulin E. This IgE will be busy binding to your mast cells, tricking your body into releasing the inflammatory mediator histamine. In short, you suffer from hay [...]
FIT IN THE CITY April 23, 2012 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT There will be plenty of sore limbs around this weekend following the London Marathon. But you needn’t just grin and bear the pain – proper post-run care can quicken your recovery and help stave off injuries. I caught up with top physio Shreena Patel to find her top tips for getting [...]
EPISODE 54 – FEEDING TIME AT THE ZOO April 23, 2012 But dad, it’s disgusting. It never tastes like this when Maria makes it.” “You don’t have to like it, you just have to eat it.” “I can’t eat it. It’s all slimy. I’m going to be sick.” Noel slams his knife and fork down on the kitchen table. He sits with his arms crossed and [...]
Hot stuff: Trishna is great for date night but mind the spice April 23, 2012 RESTAURANT TRISHNA 15-17 Blandford Street, W1U 3DG FOOD *** SERVICE ***** ATMOSPHERE **** Cost per person without wine: £45 TRISHNA is that rare thing: a rustic-chic restaurant serving top-dollar Indian cuisine. Elsewhere in London, posh Indians are in over-sleek rooms without windows and rustic is the very last word you’d apply to them. At the [...]
Vivek Singh goes to Soho with Cinnamon April 23, 2012 RESTAURANT CINNAMON SOHO 5 Kingly Street, W1B 5PF FOOD *** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £40 VIVEK Singh is one of London’s most serious restaurateurs: The Cinnamon Club in Westminster was the first of its type: a deeply elegant, quirky dining room and food to match. The Cinnamon Kitchen followed: a [...]
We can be Euro champs, says Chelsea boss April 23, 2012 16 Number of goals scored by Barca this season CHELSEA manager Roberto di Matteo insists his side are good enough to win the Champions League as they prepare for 90 minutes that could define their season in Barcelona tonight. A gutsy 1-0 win in last week’s semi-final first leg has given the Blues an outstanding [...]
Drogba doesn’t dive, insists Barca defender Pique April 23, 2012 BARCELONA’S Gerard Pique has defended Didier Drogba from accusations the Chelsea striker is a diver ahead of this evening’s crucial Champions League semi-final. Pique, who left Manchester United to become one of Barca manager Pep Guardiola’s first signings, was an unused substitute for Chelsea’s 1-0 victory in the first leg and said he believes Drogba’s [...]
