Busting winter work-out myths December 5, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT WORRIED it’s not safe to spin with a sniffle? Thinking of packing the SPF away with the bikinis? I’ve debunked the top winter exercise myths below: It’s best to stick to indoor workouts in the winter. False. It’s fine – good even – to exercise outside, regardless of the temperature. A [...]
EPISODE 39 – and for a moment, 40 is perfect December 5, 2011 MY mother called at 7.49am, reminding me of the details of forty years ago and the agonies I’d caused her. I think she meant just at that moment. But I could be wrong. When the subject of my 40th first arose we were three. I feigned indifference but enticing beach holidays, a football match against [...]
Shops, sun and spice: Marrakech is the perfect winter weekend getaway December 5, 2011 HAVING spent a bit of time in Morocco before, I was bracing myself. Six years ago, on a lone voyage on a rusty old ship from Algeciras in Spain to Tangier, I was accosted by three tipsy artifact sellers on board, before getting my camera pinched on arrival at the dusty old port. Further into [...]
Calls for PM to protect the City December 4, 2011 A RECORD 49 new EU regulations are about to hit the City, prompting calls from industry groups, think-tanks and Tory MPs for David Cameron to do more to protect British interests at a European level. A tidal wave of rules, covering areas from derivatives trading to the location of clearing houses and short-selling to insurance, [...]
Life science firms to get £180m fund December 4, 2011 DAVID Cameron will today unveil a new £180m fund to help firms in the life science sector bring their products to market more quickly, as part of a new strategy designed to boost Britain’s biomedical industry. The Prime Minister hopes the fund will help bridge the so-called “valley of death” – the period between when [...]
City vacancies tumble again December 4, 2011 CITY vacancies shrank by 16 per cent in November, with candidates facing the toughest competition for years. There are now five qualified candidates for every available post, according to figures published by financial services recruitment firm Astbury Marsden today. The firm said the ratio of candidates to vacancies is at its highest since December 2008, [...]
Central bank independence won’t last December 4, 2011 SLOWLY but surely, the case for central bank independence is being undone. It may not look like it, with central bankers being afforded even greater powers than before the recession, but we are probably at the high watermark of their influence and autonomy. At some stage, as it becomes clear that monetary policy has turned [...]
Clegg targets CEO pay December 4, 2011 NICK Clegg, the deputy Prime Minister, yesterday said the government was prepared to introduce new legislation that could force listed firms to change the way they determine pay awards for top executives. Clegg said the government would publish a set of proposals in January, adding it was willing to introduce new laws that could force [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 4, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES SURGE IN UK CORPORATE BONDS Sterling corporate bond issuance is soaring, but euro-denominated bond sales are at a six-year low – as more companies turn to the relative stability of the London market amid Europe’s financial turmoil. UK and international companies have sold more than $42bn worth of sterling-denominated bonds so far this [...]
US denies Iran shot down drone December 4, 2011 Iranian media reported yesterday that their country’s military had shot down a US reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran, but a US official said there was no indication the aircraft had been shot down. NATO’s US-led mission in Afghanistan said the Iranian report could refer to an unarmed US spy drone that went missing last week. [...]
