HOW TO LOOK HIP IN MATERNITY WEAR March 21, 2010 APREGNANT belly can be the sexiest thing on earth. But figuring out how to clothe yourself when your body is changing rapidly, expanding in unexpected places and presenting you with a big growing bump, can be a source of panic. But with great maternity wear across the high street and and at boutiques and top [...]
Foodie Puglia finding a place in adventurous tourists’ hearts March 21, 2010 FOR centuries, sophisticated Italians from the north have regarded their southern compatriots with a mix of disdain and snobbery, even going as far as to brand them “terrone” in an allusion to the region’s historical dependence on agriculture and the peasants that used to work the land. Although modern-day Puglia – which occupies the heel [...]
WHERE TO STAY: MASSERIE TORRE COCCARO AND TORRE MAIZZA March 21, 2010 ON arrival in Brindisi, we were greeted by a smiling Italian named Carmello, who took our bags and drove us the 40 minutes or so to the Masseria Torre Coccaro, where we were to spend the first two nights of our stay in Puglia. Coccaro is, like many other boutique hotels in the area, a [...]
TRAVEL NOTES March 21, 2010 Bikini Bootcamp Looking to improve your fitness and have a blast doing so? Bikini Bootcamp has returned to The Grove in Hertfordshire with its programme full of various exercises designed to test and improve strength, stamina and overall health. Training will include tennis, boxing, dancersize, power yoga and much more. The Right Body Image team [...]
Banking bulls ought to turn their gaze to Wall Street March 21, 2010 BANKER bashing remains a favourite political pastime – but investors have become a little more upbeat towards the sector, and for good reason. Indeed, a recent global fund mangers survey conducted by Bank of America-Merrill Lynch revealed that banking is no longer the least-liked sector, handing this rather dubious accolade over to utilities. Even the [...]
SPREAD BET GURU March 21, 2010 JOSHUA RAYMOND MARKET STRATEGIST josh@cityindex.com Q. Dear Josh, this week chancellor Alistair Darling gives his budget. Is there likely to be much market reaction? A. The market always has the ability to move both during and at the end of a budget speech, depending on what is said. The share prices of tobacco firms, for [...]
THE TIPSTER March 21, 2010 THIS week the focus will be on Wednesday’s Budget and its political ramifications for the upcoming general election. The Labour Party will have been given a boost by last week’s encouraging public finances and Lloyds Banking Group’s announcement on Friday that it expects to turn a profit this year. But is it too little, too [...]
FTSE gains limited by the Budget March 21, 2010 EUROPEAN stock markets are headed for a positive start to the week, with the FTSE set to continue its current winning streak after closing at its highest level since June 2008 on Friday. However ahead of the pre-election Budget on Wednesday, any further gains are likely to be moderate. GFT is forecasting the UK’s FTSE [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD March 21, 2010 IMPROVING sentiment over healthcare might not be enough to overcome anxiety that is now buffeting Wall Street as investors look for new catalysts to push ahead a year-long rally in US stocks. In the coming week, housing will be a dominant theme with the release of February existing home sales tomorrow and a report on [...]
NOW IT’S HEDGE FUNDS THAT ARE DETERMINED TO DO GOD’S WORK March 21, 2010 ALL this chat about bankers “doing God’s work” is clearly catching on with the rest of the financial community. Across the gusty Atlantic blows word of a hedge fund set up by an Atlanta-based investor, Trebor Chase Brown, who has named his new baby after a particularly pious passage of the Bible. C3:23 Capital – [...]
