Building the Olympic family: Adecco has its whole team at work on 2012 September 27, 2011 COUNTDOWN TO THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 303 DAYS TO GO Steve Girdler lays out the business case for becoming the official recruiter for London’s organising committee Q.WHAT WAS YOUR BRAND’S PRIMARY REASON FOR BEING INVOLVED WITH THE GAMES? A.We’ve been involved in a number of Games in the past. In this one we’ve taken [...]
Strong dollar should be seen as a warning September 27, 2011 THOUGH yesterday saw a broad market rally, it was a tiny chink of light in an otherwise dark tunnel for the economy. The ongoing Eurozone debt crisis and the seeming inability of anybody involved to take hold of the situation with a credible plan for managing the fallout of an inevitable Greek default has driven [...]
POUND COULD SUFFER FROM EU FALLOUT September 27, 2011 RECENTLY the focus in the FX market has been squarely upon the euro, while trading in cable has been uncharacteristically quiet. While the euro has tumbled as European officials desperately try to contain the growing credit crisis in the region, sterling has remained relatively steady. Amazingly enough the pound has become a safe haven play, [...]
THE TIPSTER September 27, 2011 ONE of the FX pairs hit the hardest from dollar strength and the commodities sell-off over the past week has been the Australian dollar-dollar pair. The Aussie tumbled over 6.5 per cent to lows of $0.9623 last week, but since then has recovered steadily as the US dollar rally takes a breather. It may struggle [...]
FOREX ANALYST PICKS September 27, 2011 FOREX STRATEGIST JOHN KICKLIGHTER My pick: Short euro-dollar $1.3400 and sterling-dollar below $1.5300 Expertise: Fundamental analysis with risk management Average time frame of trades: 1 day to 1 week This past week the markets delivered a major shock to risk trends. The opportunities this development produced were substantial. In this move, my Aussie-yen and Loonie-yen [...]
The latest in Mini’s adventure September 27, 2011 IF you’re not a Mini fan look away now. The relentless march of the Mini brand has taken a further step towards automotive world domination with the introduction of its fifth model in the mini lineup, the Mini Coupé. According to the marketing guys at Mini, a two-seater Mini is just what the world needs. [...]
CAR TALK September 27, 2011 TOYOTA’S PRIUS PLUG-IN HYBRID Toyota’s new Prius Plug-in Hybrid will cost less than £31k when it goes on sale next year. The car has an electric (EV) driving range of more than 14 miles, CO2 emissions of 49g/km (combined) and a claimed potential fuel economy of 134.5mpg. The Ultra-Low Carbon Vehicle grant scheme could possibly [...]
England blow as Wilshere ruled out for five months September 26, 2011 ARSENAL and England have been rocked after midfielder Jack Wilshere was told his persistent ankle problems will keep him sidelined for most of the rest of the campaign. Wilshere, who broke down during pre-season and has not played since, underwent surgery on a stress fracture yesterday after attempts to let it heal naturally failed. The [...]
Lawes faces battle to win back England starting spot September 26, 2011 ENGLAND lock Courtney Lawes concedes he faces an uphill struggle to win back his starting place at the World Cup, with the team having gone from strength to strength in his absence. Lawes has missed the last two games, a flawed thrashing of Georgia followed by an impressive demolition of Romania, after being cited for [...]
Gatland reads the riot act to inspire Welsh landslide win September 26, 2011 WALES 81 vs NAMIBIA WALES coach Warren Gatland admits it took a half-time dressing down to inspire his team to their biggest ever World Cup victory yesterday against Pool D whipping boys Namibia. Gatland’s men looked on course for a huge score after claiming three tries inside the first 17 minutes – centre Scott Williams, [...]
