Cleaning up: how selling soap can make millions April 10, 2011 THE 90s recession didn’t really affect me. Well, apart from the fact I couldn’t find a job – that’s why I created one,” says Lara Morgan casually. She describes that job simply as “selling soap.” But more accurately, it was a multi-national hotel toiletry supplier called Pacific Direct that grew into a business that supplied [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF April 10, 2011 BAD WEBSITES COST YOU MONEY A total of 46 per cent of British consumers have cancelled plans to spend with a small business after finding a poor quality website, according to research released today by 1&1 Internet Ltd, www.1and1.co.uk, a web hosting business. From a study of more than 1,800 UK adults, 37 per cent [...]
BUILDING THE BRITISH DREAM TODAY April 10, 2011 PETER JONES ENTREPRENEUR YOU will be familiar with the American Dream – a message that says whoever you are, you can make it if you strive hard enough. What I want to see now is a British Dream, one that shows real people in this country that they can make it too. Building a British [...]
Portugal’s economy is losing its bottle April 10, 2011 PORTUGAL surprised nobody when it became the latest of the debt riddled periphery Eurozone nations to go cap in hand to the EU in search of a bailout. The country’s interim government sought external aid after the bond auction on Wednesday sent the yields on 6 and 12-month bonds to new highs. The Portuguese capitulation [...]
THE TIPSTER April 10, 2011 IMPERIAL Tobacco has been trending upwards since the end of March despite underperforming others in its market. Analysts at UBS have rated the stock a buy with a price target of £21.40 based on potential earnings growth. Technicals suggest possible upside as the moving average convergence-divergence (MACD) is positive and above its signal line and [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD April 10, 2011 COMPANY NEWS • Today, Alcoa reports its first quarter earnings. This will give traders indications to what extent higher commodity prices are feeding through into profits. Alcoa is the world’s largest miner of bauxite and refiner of alumina. • Also today, beleaguered BP will host an EGM, while on Thursday it will have to face [...]
The art of controlling your emotions while you trade April 10, 2011 THE tortured artist Vincent van Gogh left a useful piece of advice for traders: “Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.” Although unable to control his own emotions, van Gogh understood the importance they play in all our actions. To be [...]
FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS CAN’T BE FORGOTTEN April 10, 2011 SHAI HEFFETZ HEAD OF INTERTRADER.COM TECHNICAL analysis is by far the strongest tool in my trading belt, but my experience has taught me that it is not enough on its own. The real world, the one fundamental analysis is based on, should have an impact on the decision-making process of a trader. The validity of [...]
In deep water: learning to dive off the coast of Malta April 10, 2011 AS I floated through the open hatchway into the ship’s galley, the scene appeared frozen in time. Seaweed waved gracefully about the cupboards and a spotted fish darted in and out of the abandoned cooker. A stream of bubbles poured from my dive buddy’s regulator as he laughingly grabbed the ship’s wheel and gave a [...]
TRAVEL NOTES April 10, 2011 HOLIDAY IN THE SKIES It’s the only place on earth left – aside from subway trains (and not for long there) – that people are cut off from phones and internet. No wonder, then, that a recent survey from Delta finds that European business travelers see the aeroplane as a blissful escape rather than getting [...]
