RESTLESS IN THE CITY FOR YANK BANKERS November 25, 2010 NO rest for our American friends in the City, it seems. The Capitalist had a snoop around some of the biggest US banks’ UK branches yesterday, hoping to find them wonderfully empty due to an outflow of traders to celebrate America’s biggest holiday of the year. But no, it seems our bankers were hard at [...]
Weird Al and Big Fella can stop The Tank November 25, 2010 HENNESSY Gold Cups are not normally won by horses shouldering nearly 12 stone. However, Denman is no normal horse and has carried top weight to victory twice in three years. I opposed him 12 months ago, as I had done in 2007, and was left gobsmacked on both occasions. It wasn’t just the winning, it [...]
THE INSIDER November 25, 2010 I understand that Newbury will be busy this afternoon with lots of City types, so let’s hope you picked up your copy of City AM before heading to the races. I prefer jump racing when I have plenty of recent form to go on and can work out the well-handicapped from the unfit. The obvious [...]
England can capitalise on Springbok injuries November 25, 2010 ENGLAND vs SOUTH AFRICA TOMORROW, 2.30PM, SKY SPORTS ENGLAND have a final autumn Test to show the southern hemisphere sides that they can be real contenders for the 2011 World Cup. Martin Johnson set his team the target of winning three of their four matches and, judging by the selection, he will take no prisoners [...]
Villa can keep unbeaten home record in tact November 25, 2010 ASTON VILLA vs ARSENAL TOMORROW, 12.45PM, SKY SPORTS FOLLOWING another away defeat at Blackburn last weekend, Aston Villa find themselves in 13th place in the table and just three points above the relegation places. In fairness, that doesn’t tell the whole story as they really should have beaten Manchester United and Fulham, but ended up [...]
Dixons pares losses after restructuring November 25, 2010 ELECTRONICS retailer Dixons narrowed its first half-losses, it said yesterday, after closing smaller stores and replacing them with so-called “big box” units. The company reported a £7.9m loss in the six months to 30 September, less than the £17.6m loss it made in the same period last year. Sales growth was more muted in the [...]
Young’s revenue sees modest increase November 25, 2010 LONDON pub chain Young’s reported profit before tax rose four per cent for the first half of the year to £11.9m despite a period of mixed trading with the first three months benefiting from better weather than the second. However, while it remained positive about its outlook for the full-year it said the government’s austerity [...]
Britain’s largest quoted housing landlord cautious November 25, 2010 BRITAIN’S largest quoted housing landlord Grainger said yesterday that its full-year operating profit rose 19.5 per cent to £94.2m, but expressed caution about the outlook for the UK’s housing sector. “In light of the ongoing challenge of the current economic climate, we remain cautious about the prospects for general growth in residential values over the [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS November 25, 2010 COMPASS JPMorgan rates the caterer “overweight” with a target price of 630p. The broker expects volume recovery to boost earnings next year, with around four per cent organic revenue growth. It adds that the next share price catalyst is the firm’s AGM in February, telling investors to look for recovery in business and industry sales. [...]
Qatar attacks Boeing over Dreamliner November 25, 2010 QATAR Airways has threatened to hand extra business to European aircraft giant Airbus after attacking Boeing over problems with its new 787 Dreamliner. Chief executive Akbar Al Baker said the airline was considering increasing its order for five Airbus A380 super-jumbo planes and might order a re-engined version of the A320 single-aisle jetliner. He did not [...]
