Sony restores PSN worldwide July 4, 2011 Sony said it will fully restore all Playstation Network videogame services in Japan, marking the resumption of all network services worldwide after a massive security breach forced the company to shut them down in April.
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 4, 2011 Compact GTL The modular gas solution for oil and gas fields has appointed Simon Clark (pictured) as its first chief operating officer. Clark joins Compact GTL after spending the majority of his career at Centrica, where he developed large-scale energy infrastructure projects such as the North Sea oil and gas production business and the offshore [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS July 4, 2011 NATIONAL EXPRESS Nomura rates the transport group as a “buy” with a target price of 320p, and calculates that its year-on-year growth in both its US schoolbus and Spanish operations have improved sequentially in the second quarter. The broker sees momentum at the company as positive at the moment, with a successful bidding season underpinning forecasts [...]
Buoyant integrated oil stocks power FTSE past 6,000 mark July 4, 2011 INTEGRATED oil and property stocks helped Britain’s top shares end higher yesterday, when gains were limited by weaker banks after Standard & Poor’s warned a potential Greek debt deal would amount to a default. The FTSE 100 index rose for a seventh straight day, adding 27.78 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 6,017.54, closing above [...]
Global shares up after Greek deal July 4, 2011 World stocks hit a 4-1/2 week high yesterday as investors grew confident over global economic prospects after Greece avoided an early debt default and data pointed to a moderate slowdown in China’s growth. Shanghai stocks hit a six-week high after data last week showed Chinese manufacturing growth moderated in June, raising expectations that the economy [...]
Looking at off-the-shelf CFD trading strategies July 4, 2011 STARING at a blank page, chewing on your pencil and trying to work out a trading strategy can be a daunting task. There are plenty of guide books out there to aid you, of course. But is there any merit in taking an off-the-shelf trading strategy devised by an experienced trader and using it yourself [...]
AT HALF-TIME GOLD NEEDS A PEP TALK July 4, 2011 THE first half of the year came to a close last Thursday. Events in the final few days of June helped to lift equity markets and temper earlier losses. The FTSE 100 ended the month virtually unchanged, while the Dax finished in positive territory rallying over 5 per cent from its low-point. In the US, [...]
Gyms with added five star luxuries July 4, 2011 GYM bunnies looking for the top-flight places to keep fit should head to the city’s leading hotels. Lavish surroundings, less-crowded gymnasiums and access to magnificent spas make exercise a pleasure, even an indulgence. Here are five of the best. CORINTHIA HOTEL Plush, in a word. The new Corinthia Hotel is a place of dazzling, no-expense-spared [...]
EPISODE 17: airborne, sleeping beside a beautiful colleague July 4, 2011 I AWAKE in darkness. My mouth is dry. Just for a moment I am uncertain as to my whereabouts. Then I turn and see Juliette’s lustrous brunette curls, loose and spread across her pillow. I watch her sleep, peacefully, the sheet rising and falling with her breath. Juliette stirs. I know I should turn away, [...]
FIT IN THE CITY July 4, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT NO need to quiver in fear at the prospect of sporting a pair of Speedos/a bikini (delete as appropriate) this summer – we’ve sourced the very best ways to whittle that tum into shape in double time for your summer hols. GO TECHNO If state-of-the-art equipment in heavenly surroundings is your [...]
