BILL OF THE WEEK April 18, 2010 HERE’S an unusual one: a bill of the week made up almost entirely of food rather than a few choice fine wines. This group of Italian businessmen were in London for a meeting last week and seized the opportunity to hop off for some of their country’s finest national dishes at Il Baretto on Blandford [...]
Goldman Sachs shares sell-off was overdone April 18, 2010 UK AND EUROPEAN stock markets are expected to recover some of Friday’s Goldman Sachs-inspired losses on the open this morning. Whilst the markets are still digesting the implications of the SEC fraud charges, our call is that Friday’s knee-jerk sell-off was overdone – exagerrated by profit-taking following a winning streak for the Dow of six [...]
TV firms and ad agencies bounce back April 18, 2010 ALL it took was a bullish note from Goldman Sachs analysts and the European media sector went into a buying frenzy at the end of last week. ITV saw its share price rise to the highest level in two years while advertising giant WPP gained almost 4 per cent last week, taking its stock to [...]
The Tipster April 18, 2010 INVESTMENT company the Alliance Trust has been a solid performer in the FTSE 100 over the past 12 months, gaining 31 per cent in value, which should please most shareholders when its final results are announced today. It is currently trading at the upper resistance of an 18-month-old bull channel, so any pullback to the [...]
Sovereign risks mean gold retains some of its sparkle April 18, 2010 HAD you bought gold back in 2000, you would have paid around just under $300 an ounce. Even taking into account the effect of inflation, this seems an absolute bargain compared to the current price of $1,138. But this decade-long bull run in gold may be coming to an end, says Philip Klapwijk, chairman of [...]
SPREAD BET GURU April 18, 2010 MARKET STRATEGIST josh@cityindex.com Q. Dear Josh, JP Morgan’s earnings were very good, what will this mean for the other banks? A. I take a balanced view on this. That JP Morgan announced much better earnings than the market had first anticipated, a 57 per cent rise in profits, is a good sign for the bank [...]
For babymooners, Brown’s is best April 18, 2010 WHEN I told people that my wife was expecting our first child, a lot of the men who already have kids did this laugh, a sort of bark that seemed to be at once ironic, sardonic and to suggest “you poor, poor fool, you don’t know what you are letting yourself into. No, really, you [...]
Trolley bags for a summer getaway April 18, 2010 1. Townhouse Buckley trunk with wheels by Tumi, £2,895, www.tumi.com 2. Hovercraft garment bag by Eagle Creek, £215, www.eaglecreekluggage.co.uk 3. Quadrant suitcases by Antler, from £159, www.houseoffraser.co.uk 4. Red Termo suitcases by Samsonite, from £139, www.houseoffraser.co.uk 5. Pininfarina wheeled trolley by Bric’s, £295, www.harrods.com 6. Aston Martin racing trolley bag by Hackett, www.hackett.com 7. Medium [...]
TRAVEL NOTES April 18, 2010 A Marathon treat in Mayfair As you pelt towards the finish line of the Marathon on 24 April, it might spur you on if you know your next 24 hours will be spent in the lap of luxury at Dukes, the nearest hotel to the finish line. The hotel is offering a high-carb dinner and [...]
They thought it was all over…it certainly is now! April 18, 2010 Plucky Wigan net three times in the final ten minutes to all but end Arsenal’s title challenge WIGAN ATH (3) vs ARSENAL (2) ARSENE WENGER finally conceded defeat in the race for the title last night – and then tore into his Arsenal troops for good measure after watching them crash to a dramatic late [...]
