Champions England still have a long way to go, warns Flower May 17, 2010 COACH Andy Flower last night warned his jubilant England troops not to get carried away with their World Twenty20 success, insisting they still have plenty of room for improvement. Flower’s England claimed a first-ever global tournament victory in Barbados on Sunday after sealing a seven-wicket final triumph over Australia. It has signalled the dawn of [...]
LIAM BYRNE BOMBS WITH TICKING MESSAGE TO TREASURY SUCCESSOR May 17, 2010 HOW poor old Liam Byrne must now be regretting his decision to leave his successor David Laws a sardonic little note of welcome in the office of the chief secretary to the Treasury. “Dear chief secretary,” the note read, “I’m afraid there is no money. Kind regards and good luck! Liam.” Within minutes of Laws [...]
FTSE ends day flat on debt jitters as Vodafone rises and travel groups fall May 17, 2010 BRITAIN’S top shares ended flat yesterday as jitters over Europe’s debt eroded early gains, with miners weak on demand concerns and travel firms hit by the Icelandic ash cloud. The FTSE 100 closed down 0.3 points at 5,262.54 after it fell 3.1 per cent on Friday, punished by anxiety over the euro zone debt crisis. [...]
Bargain hunters help Wall Street to stage a recovery May 17, 2010 US stocks staged a comeback in late trading yesterday as bargain hunters snapped up beaten-down shares, setting aside concerns that efforts to tackle the Eurozone debt crisis could stifle the global economy. Retailers Wal-Mart and Target also rose ahead of earnings later in the week. Shares of Wal-Mart rose 1.2 per cent to $52.73 and [...]
Look to the stock markets for direction on the oil price May 17, 2010 THE sense of crisis stalking Eurozone economies has coincided with a steep drop in the oil price. It has fallen 17 per cent in the last fortnight and the benchmark Nymex oil price is currently trading at close to $71.85 per barrel. But, even after this drop in price, some oil analysts are standing by [...]
EUROPEAN TROUBLES HURT ASIA May 17, 2010 CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT THE European bailout package stunned traders and investors alike. Initially, hopes were high that it would help shore-up confidence. But looking at the markets’ reaction to last weekend’s announcement, European leaders must be extremely concerned by the results so far. Over the course of the week, European stock indices managed to [...]
CFD ANALYST PICKS May 17, 2010 TECHNICAL STRATEGIST JOEL KRUGER My pick: Still buy the FTSE 100 at 5,000 Expertise: Technical analysis Average time frame of trades: 5-10 days The FTSE has been hurt in recent days and it seems like it could head back toward the 5,038 lows reached earlier this year. At this point, we would not rule out [...]
Pale, pasty men: it’s time to get yourselves a ‘man tan’ May 17, 2010 ROSS from Friends. Those are the words that seem to spring to people’s lips when you moot the idea of fake tan for men, in reference to the character’s unfortunate run-in with an automatic spray booth in an episode called “the one with Ross’s tan”. Or one thinks of David Dickinson, the telly antiques man [...]
Gamers: boost your health and your game May 17, 2010 ARE you an ardent gamer whose competetive edge is dampened only by sore thumbs, unbalanced hands, tired eyes and back-ache? If so, read on. In honour of the launch of the much-awaited Street Fighter IV last month, personal trainer and all-round fitness guru Laura Williams has joined forces with videogame publisher Capcom to create a “Wellbeing [...]
A body scrub that’s perfect at lunchtime May 17, 2010 Elemis exotic lime and ginger salt glow at the citypoint club **** TWICE last week I stripped down for a strange man. The first was James Read, spray tanner to the stars, based at Agua at The Sanderson (see left). “Hello, just take off all your clothes and put these on,” he said to me, [...]
