BILL OF THE WEEK June 20, 2010 AUSTERITY still seems to be the order of the day, if this little group dining at Camden’s Gilgamesh restaurant last week are anything to go by. Our diners barely touched their alcohol, claiming that they’d stick to a simple splash of bubbly (a few bottles of Louis Roederer Cristal, natch) because they had to stay [...]
Wake up your trading with a caffeine boost June 20, 2010 UNFORTUNATELY for those of you craving your third Monday morning coffee, feeding that caffeine addiction is getting even more expensive. Over the past week or so, we have seen the price of coffee beans surge by more than 20 per cent, taking them back towards the heady levels last seen at the height of the [...]
THE WORLD CUP TIPSTER June 20, 2010 SO FAR, the 2010 World Cup has been full of shocks and surprises. From England’s draw with the USA and Algeria to Germany and Spain’s defeats at the hands of Serbia and Switzerland, it has been difficult for traders to predict the outcome of some of these matches. But favourites Spain will be looking to [...]
THE TIPSTER June 20, 2010 NEWS of the BSkyB takeover bid has helped to push the firm’s share price up this week to 699p. Analysts predict that following the rejection of its low-ball attempt, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp may be prepared to make a bid of up to £8 per share to acquire the remaining 61 per cent of the [...]
SPREAD BET GURU June 20, 2010 TECHNICAL ANALYST Q. Dear Sandy, what is technical analysis and can it help me in the current market environment? A. Firstly, technical analysis is not about predicting what the market is going to do next. Instead, it is more about looking at past price movements and patterns to help one make a forecast on what [...]
Yuan un-pegging to lift markets before Budget June 20, 2010 News at the weekend that China is to ease the yuan’s peg to the US dollar will be a boost to stock markets everywhere this morning, in the expectation that the move would prove a major lift to exporters. FTSE SET TO OPEN HIGHER GFT is forecasting the UK’s FTSE 100 to open up 35 [...]
The elegant side of the Balearics June 20, 2010 THERE is so much more to Mallorca than sun, sea and the late-night drunken menace of us Brits in Magaluf. The largest of Spain’s Balearic Islands, the 3,275 sq km atoll has mountains, lush vegetation and close to 100 sandy beaches, many of which are secluded because they are up to half an hour’s walk [...]
TRAVEL NOTES June 20, 2010 Valencia restaurant week: 5-11 July Like tapas but want to explore the best of Spanish food further? Combine a week of serious food discovery with a sunny Spanish holiday in Valencia, one of southern Spain’s most beautiful cities, which will be hosting its third restaurant week from 5 July. On offer will be delicious local [...]
Players meet Capello for crisis summit June 20, 2010 ENGLAND’S fraught squad held clear-the-air talks with manager Fabio Capello last night in a desperate bid to salvage a campaign that could be dead within 48 hours. The summit was prompted by England’s disastrous start to the tournament, which saw them follow their opening draw with USA with an even poorer stalemate against Algeria. Capello’s [...]
Don’t laugh, but we could still win it June 20, 2010 IT DOESN’T have to be bad news if England’s players feel they need to tell Fabio Capello that they are unhappy with certain aspects of his management. In fact I think it’s healthy for the boss to listen to their opinions. They care and it shows they are trying to find a solution to their [...]
