Lux retreats for weightloss December 20, 2010 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT No longer seen as old-style fat farms, weightloss retreats are perfect for those looking to shift a Christmas-pud tum and locate long-forgotten waistlines. For the purist: Covering everything from Neuro Linguistic Programming – through to Raw Food Training and colonic irrigation, the team at Anamachara Detox maintain they can get your [...]
Kensington’s own slice of Provence December 20, 2010 CASSIS 232 Brompton Road, SW3 2BB, Tel: 020 7581 1101, cassisbistro.co.uk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £35 THE website of Cassis, Marlon Abela’s new venture, says proudly that the interior matches its cuisine. The cuisine, though, is Provencal, an inherently rustic sort of food, with snails and hunks of meat and tomatoey [...]
THREE OTHER FRENCH RESTAURANTS IN SOUTH KENSINGTON December 20, 2010 L’ETRANGER French with a – hang on a minute – Japanese twist, you’re unlikely to find a dining experience quite like this elsewhere in London. Tofu and ginger sit alongside pan-fried foie gras and fillet steak Rossini. Less usual dishes include quail and lychee salad with chicken liver chocolate and miso-grilled aubergine with ponzu caviar. [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS December 20, 2010 NEW YEAR’S AT PARAMOUNT For a decadent New Year’s Eve with the best possible views of London, head to Paramount, the former members’ club at the top of Centre Point. A champagne reception, five-course meal and a DJ from 11pm should ensure a stylish way to ring in 2011. £160 per person. Top of Centre [...]
Utility firms lift FTSE 100 as cold snap drives power sales December 20, 2010 UTILITY stocks helped push Britain’s top shares higher yesterday, as the UK’s near-Arctic conditions boosted demand for energy, but British Airways toiled as the big freeze disrupted airline services. The FTSE 100 closed up 19.86 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 5,891.61. Meanwhile, the FTSE 250 closed up 6.33 points at 11,433.11. It touched a [...]
US cheer sees S&P hit a two-year high December 20, 2010 US stocks tacked on further gains to push the S&P 500 to a two-year high yesterday, continuing a steady upward march investors believe will continue in 2011. Volume was light, as is expected through the rest of 2010. Investors stayed with sectors that have led a sharp December rally, including financials, energy and materials stocks. [...]
Silicon valley is being flooded through by a torrent of cash December 20, 2010 CALIFORNIA itself may be on the brink of bankruptcy, but its most famous Silicon Valley firms very much are not. By one estimate, the top 15 most capitalised technology firms have $316bn (£203.6bn) of cash and short term investments racked up. Apple, now the world’s second largest company by market capitalisation, has about $50bn in [...]
Dangerous times ahead for grown up Google December 20, 2010 GOOGLE was the darling of the 2000s. From its humble beginnings in California’s Stanford University in the late 1990s, Google managed to become a verb in less than a decade. It is now already thought by many to be “the next Microsoft”. Over the last five years, its share price has increased by 450 per [...]
GOOD TIMES FOR EQUITIES MAY NOT LAST December 20, 2010 CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT DESPITE a couple of nasty dips earlier this year, 2010 is ending on a high note for equity investors. Worries over the European debt crisis, concerns about stubbornly high US unemployment and a crippled housing market, and growing fears of inflation in emerging markets have failed to inflict serious damage to [...]
THE TIPSTER December 20, 2010 THE US drugstore chain Walgreen reports its first quarter 2011 earnings on Wednesday with the stock trying to break through the $38 resistance level to new 12-month highs. Walgreen has surged on strong volume over the last three weeks and it does look like only a matter of time before it breaks higher. There is [...]
