RISING COSTS CAST SHADOW ON EARNINGS April 11, 2011 CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT AFTER months of pressure, Portugal finally gave in last week and approached the European Commission for financial aid. This caused widespread relief, as the EU has been desperate to create a firewall between Greece, Ireland and Portugal and the rest of the Eurozone. The consensus is that this latest bailout will [...]
Prices soar, but don’t sell the family silver any time soon April 11, 2011 LAST week saw silver break the $40 a troy ounce barrier for the first time since 1980. Though contracts for difference (CFD) traders may be getting wide eyed about the potential for $50 silver prices, they should be cautious about setting their sights too high. In common with gold, flight into silver is primarily driven [...]
THE TIPSTER AIRLINES, ENERGY, NEWS AND BOOKIES April 11, 2011 RISING fuel prices and the ongoing threat of industrial action at its British Airways division is making it a difficult time for International Consolidated Airlines, despite last week’s encouraging traffic figures. Clearly any progress in the Libya situation may help ease oil prices and in turn give the sector as a whole something of a [...]
Boisdale rings the changes for life in Canary Wharf April 11, 2011 THERE are few restaurateurs who better understand the disposition and dining requirements of the business high-flyer than Ranald MacDonald. Since 1988, when he opened his much-loved restaurant Boisdale of Belgravia, he’s been dispensing hearty Scottish food, superior malt whiskies, Cuban cigars and stonking jazz music to his fellow bon viveurs, all wrapped in a tidy [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS April 11, 2011 BISTRO DU VIN OPENS… It’s all happening in Clerkenwell. Hot on the heels of last week’s Zetter Townhouse launch – a hotel which happens to include an apothecary-style cocktail bar from the 69 Colebroke Row crew – comes a slick new eatery on St John Street (surely London’s foodiest thoroughfare) in the space vacated by [...]
Episode Six: Midnight awakenings April 11, 2011 “EMMA… Are you awake?” Emma twists and stretches. She draws the duvet tightly around her. “No.” “Emma.” She rubs her eyes and looks at the digital clock. 12.24am. “I’m not having sex with you David. Not now.” “No. It’s not that. I saw that dinosaur Carmichael for lunch a few days ago.” “Oh. You didn’t [...]
A spa for all seasons, particularly summer April 11, 2011 WHEN a Four Seasons opens, you can count on a bit of fanfare – some state-of-the-art design, some standard-setting opulence. When it reopens in London after a refurb costing £100m, your expectations can be even higher. Rooms, foyer, bar, restaurant and spa all have their own horns to toot. In the case of the Four [...]
How I learned to stop worrying and love the internet April 11, 2011 THE Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has finally, in its protracted wisdom, decided not to take action against BT and Phorm over an trial they ran, in which the internet browsing activities of around 18,000 customers were monitored. Which, on the face of it, sounds quite bad. Except, when you look at the details, it’s really [...]
KROENKE CLOSES IN April 11, 2011 IT’S ALMOST four years to the day that American businessman Stan Kroenke first took a financial interest in Arsenal, but only now are the club’s supporters fully aware of his intentions with confirmation of a takeover bid set to be announced today. Kroenke, 63, first became involved with the north London club back in 2007 [...]
Schwartzel’s Masters class April 11, 2011 SOUTH AFRICA’S Charl Schwartzel became the Masters champion last night following a day of incredible twists and turns at Augusta Schwartzel, 26, made an astonishing start to his round and then surpassed that with a stunning four-birdie finish. Four behind Rory McIlroy overnight, Schwartzel chipped in on one, pitched in for eagle at the third [...]
