Tech stocks the apple of every trader’s eye April 19, 2010 AS THE recovery gathers momentum, business spending on technology is creeping back. In the leaner, greener post-recession world, enhancing productivity through more efficient technology is one way that firms are able to keep costs down. Now that firms are more confident about their business prospects they can start to make investment decisions – analysts are [...]
MARKET RISE DERAILED BY GOLDMAN April 19, 2010 DAVID MORRISON CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT LAST week saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average recapture 11,000 while the S&P 500 broke back above 1,200. These are levels last seen back in September 2008. At the beginning of last week, the major US stock indices were heading higher and both the Dow and S&P were within [...]
Supermarket boom will continue April 19, 2010 WHILE retailers on the high-street have been struggling with adverse weather conditions and consumers cutting back on spending during a downturn, their supermarket counterparts have been going from strength to strength. Giant grocer Tesco has seen its share price rise 10 per cent over the past six months and today’s full-year results are expected to [...]
Concerns over Goldman Sachs weigh on the FTSE 100 as mining shares fall April 19, 2010 UNCERTAINTY over the fallout from fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and the grounding of flights across Europe depressed London blue chips yesterday, led by risk-sensitive banks and miners and travel firms. The FTSE 100 closed down 16.05 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 5,727.91, extending Friday’s 1.4 per cent fall. Banks were rattled as investors [...]
Stocks rise as profit hopes outweigh banking jitters April 19, 2010 US STOCKS rose yesterday as investors reassessed the potential damage of the fraud case against Goldman Sachs and earnings optimism grew. Shares of Goldman Sachs, which is expected to report substantial earnings today, reversed course to rise 1.6 per cent to $163.32. Investors said the furore over Goldman started to die down during trading, allowing [...]
Smell delicious this summer with a sensual new perfume April 19, 2010 PERFUME houses have leapt upon the new season like never before, releasing dozens of spring/summer scents for 2010. To help guide your choices next time you’re in Duty Free (assuming the ash cloud clears), we spoke to the poetic-voiced James Craven, perfume consultant and archivist of London’s top perfumery, Les Senteurs. “This spring/summer is all [...]
The key to the marathon is chunking April 19, 2010 JEREMY ADAMS SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST WITH just a few days before the London Marathon, the mental states of the people who are running it will be varied. Some will be excited, some scared, some are confused and not sure what to expect, and others just feel underprepared. The bad news is that it is going to [...]
UK skies are crystal clear for light planes April 19, 2010 WHILE the cloud of Icelandic ash has kept most of Europe’s airliners firmly on the ground, anyone with an interest in flying smaller aircraft will have noticed the volcanic activity has not interrupted all sections of aviation. Many light aircraft even took advantage of the empty skies over the weekend to fly through controlled airspace [...]
Blanc goes bland in the Square Mile April 19, 2010 Brasserie Blanc 60 Threadneedle Street, EC2R 8HP Tel: 020 7710 9441 Cost per person without wine: £26 IT has the name Raymond Blanc attached, but don’t be thinking Brasserie Blanc has anything to do with the French celebrity chef’s haute cuisine flagship, Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons in Oxfordshire. Brasserie Blanc is a chain of [...]
THREE OTHER FRENCH RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY April 19, 2010 RELAIS DE VENISE L’ENTRECOTE This beloved Parisian chain of steak houses doesn’t do much but what it does it does well. Well enough to have Parisians queuing outside (in Paris) for a seat. Here, we can’t get enough of the salad, steak in special green sauce, chips (several plates-full)?and simple but delicious desserts of profiteroles [...]
