The Eurozone’s crisis isn’t holding back its most dynamic companies May 18, 2011 ALTHOUGH the slow-motion car crash of the Eurozone crisis is threatening the single currency, focusing on the monetary disaster could distract from potential income from European funds thriving from economic growth in emerging markets. The Eurozone’s troubles won’t help the UK’s aversion towards funds invested in European equities. After all, Portugal’s bailout is just another [...]
FUND MANAGEMENT NEWS May 18, 2011 JP MORGAN EXTENDS ITS OFFERING Yesterday, JP Morgan announced the extension of its offerings direct to the consumer, to include funds from Smith & Williamson. JP Morgan Asset Management has added 10 funds from Smith & Williamson, bringing the total number of third party funds available to investors to just over 600. The funds are: [...]
African MBAs – beating Bono at his own game May 18, 2011 GOVERNMENTS, NGOs, rock-stars and politicians of all stripes have tried to help African development. Now a wave of business schools is trying to do its bit. Henley, Edinburgh, Duke, Spain’s IESE and even Shanghai-based CEIBS have all gone into the continent with varying amounts of fanfare. In theory, they should be able to do a [...]
INTRODUCING: MOTOROLA XOOM May 18, 2011 COULDN’T you just look at it all day? The MOTOROLA XOOM™, the world’s first Android 3.0 tablet has landed in SELFRIDGES London and already the excitement is palpable among tablet fans. Motorola XOOM is fresh from winning the coveted “Best of Consumer Electronics” 2011 award and comes packed with features. It’s strong, fast and features [...]
ACCESSORISE YOUR XOOM May 18, 2011 HEADPHONES What better (or more stylish) way to rock out to your favourite Motorola XOOM tunes? Urban Ears, £55 PREMIUM FOLIO CASE A chic accessory, for a chic gadget. The case also allows you to position the XOOM at two different angles. Motorola, £29.99 SPEAKER DOCK This fabulous multi-tasking gadget is a dock stand, speaker, [...]
Five fabulous roof terraces May 18, 2011 NOTHING spells summer in the city better than an ice cold cocktail sipped at leisure from a roof terrace. The warm breeze, the open spaces and skyline views make for an alluring combination as the temperature rises. (Not to mention the feeling of calm and distance they offer from the hustle and bustle on the [...]
OUT OF OFFICE May 18, 2011 MOUNT STREET CELEBRATES It’s party time in Mayfair’s Mount Street this evening as the oh-so-swish stretch of luxury boutiques and restaurants celebrates the 325th anniversary of the original “May Fayre” – the event from which the area gets its name. Mount Street’s resident businesses will also no doubt be raising glasses to the end of [...]
THE JOB NO ONE WANTS May 17, 2011 Poyet becomes latest manager to shun West Ham as search for new boss goes on WEST HAM’S search for a new manager suffered another blow last night when Brighton boss Gus Poyet became the latest candidate to distance himself from taking charge at the crisis-hit Upton Park club. Poyet, who has begun his managerial career [...]
A £40m deterrent: New boss faces sale of stars May 17, 2011 WEST HAM face the prospect of losing up to £40m worth of talent over the summer as the club looks to offset the cost of relegation from the Premier League. England midfielder Scott Parker, the newly crowned Football Writers’ Player of the Year, looks certain to be one of the first high-profile names out of [...]
Mancini’s confident of Tevez stay as City climb up to third May 17, 2011 MAN CITY (3) vs STOKE CITY (0) MANCHESTER CITY boss Roberto Mancini has given his strongest indication yet that club captain Carlos Tevez will still be at the club next season after watching his side climb above Arsenal into third in the Premier League. Tevez, who following last weekend’s FA Cup triumph declared he would [...]
