FOCUS ON: NOTTING HILL December 17, 2009 SHREWSBURY MEWS, W2 Price: £695,000 Located near the junction of Westbourne Park Road and Chepstowe Road, this 900sq ft traditional mews house has a first floor reception, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms, one en suite. It is close to bars and restaurants, and Westbourne Grove Tube station. Contact: Hamptons Notting Hill, 020 7034 0404 KENSINGTON [...]
Camden: an urban hotspot with leafy streets December 17, 2009 THOSE who consider Camden a gritty choice may want to think again. “Prices dipped in the credit crunch,” says Ed Robinson, of the year-old Camden office of Foxtons. “But they’re already higher than they were before it, and they’re going to rise next year. There’s limited stock and a lot of demand.” The spring opening [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS December 17, 2009 The most fascinating in-running trading contest of the weekend looks to be Ascot’s Long Walk Hurdle run at 2.05pm tomorrow. Big Buck’s is currently trading at around 1.55 on Betdaq, but I expect him to trade at a considerably bigger price in-running. Last year’s World Hurdle winner never came off the bit on his seasonal [...]
Save the Big Buck’s for Bellvano and Dave’s Dream at Ascot today December 17, 2009 PAUL NICHOLLS continued his extraordinary run of Saturday big race wins by landing last weekend’s Boylesports.com Gold Cup at Cheltenham and the Champion trainer will hope that Big Buck’s can make it a ‘famous five’ tomorrow. Kauto Star, Denman, Twist Magic and Poquelin have all grabbed the racing headlines on consecutive Saturdays for Team Ditcheat [...]
SPREAD BETTING AND CRICKET –THE PERFECT MATCH December 17, 2009 It’s always crucial to keep an eye on the weather when spread betting on cricket and with rain forecast at Centurion, the draw is now the bookies favourite at stumps on day two. The beauty of spread betting means we need not focus on that and can place a bet on England’s first innings batting [...]
No festive joy for shaky Hammers against Blues December 17, 2009 WEST HAM vs CHELSEA SUNDAY, 4.00PM SKY SPORTS 1 THE Premier League has been something of a baptism of fire for Gianfranco Zola and he has certainly suffered more than his fair share of bad luck. Financial crises and key injuries have caused big problems for the Hammers and the way they capitulated at Bolton [...]
FED: US ECONOMY IS IMPROVING SLOWLY December 16, 2009 THE Federal Reserve last night heralded further signs of improvement to the US economy but voted to keep interest rates on hold at 0.25 per cent. The jobs market was given a special mention by the Fed which noted that “deterioration… is abating.” However, the Fed’s upbeat reference to the recession-battered US economy was not [...]
BA in fresh talks with its unions December 16, 2009 BRITISH Airways (BA) will find out today whether its bid to block a devastating 12-day Christmas strike in the courts has been successful. The decision comes after the airline reopened talks with its unions yesterday, following the admission by Unite boss Derek Simpson that the length of the strike was “over the top”. Bruce Carr [...]
France goes after traders December 16, 2009 FRANCE will mirror Alistair Darling’s banking windfall tax by clawing back half of traders’ bonuses next year. Economy minister Christine Lagarde said she will single out frontline traders dealing in financial instruments for the 50 per cent tax on bonus payments. This differs from the UK tax, which affects all bankers. It will kick in [...]
Recession over but tough 2010 for UK December 16, 2009 THERE will be so many challenges confronting the British economy next year that it is hard to know where to start. The last remaining hard-core bulls, who still believe in a v-shaped recovery, will be bitterly disappointed; to a lesser degree, so will the perma-bears, who are still convinced that the UK banking system is [...]
