Growing role of automatic FX trading September 21, 2011 OVER the last two years, we have witnessed a significant increase in demand to trade automatically in the FX market. Even if it is to follow the same trend as the equity and futures markets after Mifid – its high levels of liquidity and huge volumes of trade per day makes it a very attractive [...]
The latest gadgets that will help turn your home into a 3D palace September 21, 2011 3D technology is having a moment. No longer just the add-on special effect confined to the realm of cinemas and the odd Derren Brown show on television, it is now the hero embracing its mainstream appeal. With companies such as Sony, LG and Samsung leading the charge with gadgets that let you recreate the 3D [...]
Hurray! Put on your Zuckerberg masks – it’s Facebook day! September 21, 2011 IT’S Facebook day! Put on your cut-out Mark Zuckerberg masks. Celebrate by poking your colleagues; remember – you can’t be taken to a tribunal on Facebook day. Today, of course, being the F8 (fate, see) conference in San Fransisco where the social network will layout the next stage in its plans for world domination. Later [...]
Gregory’s new one is ambitious but under-juiced September 21, 2011 THE LADY OF THE RIVERS BY PHILLIPPA GREGORY Simon & Schuster, £7.99 PHILIPPA Gregory’s success has been built upon portraying women that have remained on history’s periphery – notably Mary, sister of Anne Boleyn in 2002’s The Other Boleyn Girl and Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry Tudor, in 2009’s The Red Queen. Both have enjoyed [...]
My girlfriend is too ambitious at work and it troubles me September 21, 2011 DEAR VEXED: My girlfriend is powering ahead in her career at a global accountancy firm and is working 24/7. The more successful and ambitious she is, the worse I feel. It sounds bad but I’m not sure I’m comfortable in a relationship with a woman this ambitious. Should I stick with it and try to [...]
Global economy put on red alert September 20, 2011 THE GLOBAL economy has hit a “dangerous new phase”, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned yesterday, as it slashed growth forecasts for nearly every corner of the world. The UK’s economy will grow by just 1.1 per cent this year, the IMF expects, knocking 0.4 per cent off its projections from June. And stock market [...]
Greek aid talks fail to agree plan September 20, 2011 LAST-DITCH talks to prevent Greece from running out of money will drag on into next week after international leaders again failed to strike a firm deal with politicians in Athens. The markets are today expected to take a dim view of the delay, created when a two-hour conference call between officials from the European Commission, [...]
Huhne: energy prices will fall September 20, 2011 A CRACKDOWN on energy companies will boost competition, secretary of state Chris Huhne claimed yesterday, promising that consumers will be “better off in 2020 thanks to our low carbon policies.” Huhne has recently dismissed rising energy prices by calling on Britons to shop around for better deals. “We are determined to get tough with the [...]
Chancellor must ignore siren voices September 20, 2011 HOW fast the world can change. A year ago, the data and corporate surveys suggested we would be undergoing a square root shaped recovery. The collapse of 2008-09 looked like it would be followed by a mini rebound in 2010-11 (with annual growth of up to 2 per cent), before a return to quasi-stagnation. This [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 20, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES TESCO BANK FACES MORTGAGE DELAY Tesco faces a fresh delay to the roll-out of Tesco Bank, with mortgages unlikely to be launched until early next year. Britain’s biggest retailer by sales had been expected to introduce mortgages this autumn but, having bought out Royal Bank of Scotland’s 50 per cent share in their [...]
