LISTED PRODUCT NEWS April 21, 2010 FIRST LISTING FOR RBS’S ETC PLATFORM Standard Commodities, the Royal Bank of Scotland’s exchange-traded commodities (ETC) platform, launched its first product on the Frankfurt Xetra stock exchange this week. Its physical gold ETC gives investors exposure to the performance of the London gold market fix price and the ETC is denominated in euros. The ETC [...]
Travel chaos will spur on Liverpool, insists Benitez April 21, 2010 LIVERPOOL may have undertaken an energy-sapping trek to reach Madrid but manager Rafael Benitez has urged them to draw strength from the ordeal as they look to end a disappointing season on a high note. The Reds finally arrived in the Spanish capital for tonight’s semi-final first leg against Atletico Madrid yesterday, more than 24 [...]
Lower commodity prices and concerns over Greek debt weigh on FTSE stocks April 21, 2010 BRITAIN’S top share index ended down yesterday as lower commodity prices hit miners and oil stocks and concerns over Greece’s debt returned to haunt banks, though positive broker comment boosted food retailers. The FTSE 100 index closed down 60.26 points, or 1 per cent, at 5,723.43, giving back Tuesday’s one per cent gain. “Equity sentiment [...]
Poor forecasts from drug firms leave Wall St flat April 21, 2010 US stocks finished little changed yesterday as disappointing outlooks from healthcare companies offset strong earnings from Morgan Stanley and Apple. Healthcare stocks took a beating after both Abbott Laboratories and Gilead cut profit forecasts. Both Abbott and Gilead cited the impact of costs from US healthcare reform in their outlooks. The two represented a setback [...]
Train journeys could derail Reds’ hopes of Euro glory April 21, 2010 RAFA BENITEZ and Liverpool have had to ride many twists and turns in this rollercoaster season so far, but preparing for tonight’s Europa League semi-final with Atletico Madrid has been a whole new experience. Footballers love routine and the Liverpool players have been so out of their’s this week it is unreal. The three lengthy [...]
Beauty parades are no way to recruit April 21, 2010 THERE is some very bizarre behaviour going on,” says David Sims, professor of organisational behaviour at Cass Business School in London. He has heard of one HR department that threw away any applications written in blue ink, not because anybody believed there was anything wrong with those candidates, but just as a way of whittling [...]
Bulls chief McNamara replaces Smith as new England coach April 21, 2010 BRADFORD BULLS boss Steve McNamara has been named England coach. The 38-year-old will succeed Tony Smith, who stepped down after leading the side to the final of the Four Nations last year. McNamara served as Smith’s assistant for three years and will take over the role at the end of Bradford’s Super League season. His [...]
Relaxed Els looking to contiue his winning streak in Korea April 21, 2010 ERNIE ELS insists he can rediscover his winning touch when he returns to European Tour action at the Ballantine’s Championship today. The South African followed up his WGC-CA Championship success with victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational last month, only to run out of steam when it came to the US Masters at Augusta. But [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF April 21, 2010 Planet is out of this world RACING: Planet of Sound pulled off a surprise victory in the Grade One Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown, beating former Cheltenham king Denman into fourth. The 14-1 shot, trained by Phillip Hobbs and ridden by Richard Johnson, battled gamely to hold off 20-1 chance War of Attrition, who was [...]
CAREERS CLINIC April 21, 2010 I have been asked to mentor somebody, but I am really unsure about what it entails. How do I go about it and what should I expect? The first time I was asked to mentor a young aspiring person I asked the old-fashioned question: why should I, when no-one had done that for me? But [...]
