Clegg: Lib Dems have kept soul March 13, 2011 Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg yesterday told Liberal Democrats to hold their nerve ahead of difficult local elections and a key voting referendum whose outcome could strain the 10-month-old coalition. “These are testing times for us as a party,” Clegg said as he closed a party conference in Sheffield. He was speaking a day after [...]
TOP LAWYERS CALL FOR QUOTAS TO BOOST WOMEN IN THE BOARDROOM March 13, 2011 SOME of the UK’s most high-powered female lawyers convened at the Southbank Centre on Saturday afternoon to debate the “chronic inequality” at City law firms. The panel, chaired by Denise Jagger from legal practice Eversheds, which organised the event, contained some of the most high-powered women in the industry (pictured right), including Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, deputy [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK March 13, 2011 FIFTEEN members of a certain high-flying company are regulars at Mayfair haunt Mahiki – although their most recent celebration was large even by their standards, racking up more than £50,000 in tequila, cocktails and champagne. Shots of Patron tequila and top-end versions of the club’s famous Treasure Chest cocktail did the rounds, although the centrepieces [...]
How to cash in on other people’s junk March 13, 2011 I BET you have a cupboard’s worth of stuff that you could sell that you haven’t got round to doing anything about yet,” David Brackin says. “Most people do.” He’s probably right. This is how the Cambridge maths graduates became eBay entrepreneurs in 2004. “We set up the business because both Fraser and I weren’t [...]
Living up to your company’s promise March 13, 2011 DELIVERING on your brand’s promise might sound more fluffy than it is useful. But you would be mistaken. Customers’ perceptions of whether or not your business is offering them what they expected are bound to have an effect on profits. But how does one go about measuring this sort of thing, not to mention preventing [...]
Going for gold at the Cheltenham Festival March 13, 2011 THE Cheltenham Festival is the biggest betting event of the year, and sports spread betting firms like Sporting Index, Extrabet and Spreadex always go to town at this meeting. With four days of top quality racing, there are plenty of spread markets to get your teeth into, some lasting the entire festival and others focusing [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD March 13, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● Bovis Homes will announce its final year results on Monday. They are expected to be decent, with the company planning the resumption of dividend payments. ● Also expect good news on dividends on Tuesday. The German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company BMW will announce its results and is expected to bump [...]
THE TIPSTER March 13, 2011 THURSDAY’S credit rating downgrade by Moody’s for Spain did the local equity market few favours and while we may still be some way above the 12 months lows of May 2010 when the Spanish stock index, Ibex, hit 8,562, the near term challenge will likely be holding onto the psychologically significant 10,000 level. The current [...]
How to ride the price rollercoaster for profit March 13, 2011 THIS strategy hinges on using the Relative Strength Index (RSI) to alert you to over bought or over sold market conditions, where over bought and over sold situations signify a change in the trend. Typically, when the RSI (see guide on the right) rises above 70, the market is over bought, while a reading below [...]
WHY ENGLAND VS GERMANY IS A WINNER March 13, 2011 CONSULTING ANALYST, INTERTRADER I ADMIT it. It’s an attention seeking title, playing on the emotions of every football fan in England since 1966. “England vs. Germany” is also a trading strategy which seeks to play two stock indices against each other. It is perfect for financial spread betting, because you don’t have to factor in [...]
