Rapid responses October 22, 2012 Female disclosure [Re: Is the coalition right to force firms to disclose the number of senior women they employ?, Friday] I’m not in favour of quotas, but there are many eminently capable women who are failing to make it to the top of their chosen professions. We know that greater gender parity at board level [...]
Top trader who wants to help the underdog October 22, 2012 ATRAIT common among successful traders is a thirst for knowledge. More knowledge means more trading ideas, according to Lex van Dam, who (in)famously handed eight trading novices $1m (£500,000 at the time) of his own cash to trade the markets at the end of 2009. With training from van Dam, the group outperformed professionals during [...]
A Romney victory could heighten China tensions October 22, 2012 FX360 WITH the US presidential election looming, the subject of employment and the health of America’s economy has predictably been high on the agenda. With the country’s manufacturing base suffering, there is a swathe of US voters looking for someone to blame for the unsettling situation. The Republican challenger Mitt Romney has pointed the finger [...]
The darling of the high street October 22, 2012 THE rocket that has gone off beneath Debenhams’s share price shows little sign of running out of fuel. Having breezed past a 2009 high around 100p per share, it now sits at levels not seen since late 2007. Overseas expansion and a store revamp have helped drive sales growth, providing a welcome change from the [...]
The markets are still a swing voter October 22, 2012 DOES the stock market vote Republican or Democrat? The US presidential elections are now only two weeks away. And as with any major event, there is no shortage of people who think that it will have an effect on the markets one way or another – usually in line with their own political bent. Traditionally, [...]
Analyst picks for Tuesday 23 October 2012 October 22, 2012 CURRENCY STRATEGIST CHRIS VECCHIO My pick: Long euro-dollar and New Zealand dollar-dollar Expertise: Fundamental and technical analysis Average time frame of trades: A few hours to a few days Two weeks ago I explained that I had taken a new long New Zealand dollar-dollar position at $0.8175. Alongside stimulus measures expected from China as its [...]
Hard-to-beat meat at Beard To Tail October 22, 2012 RESTAURANT BEARD TO TAIL 77 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3BS Tel: 020 7729 2966 FOOD ***** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost for two people with wine: £100 I’m ONE of of those awful meat eaters that should really be a vegetarian but in actual fact, loves poor-quality canned meat and a post-pub kebab too much [...]
Take advantage of this year’s hard crop and invest in vintage wine October 22, 2012 bottle.opener@cityam.com Any day now, in some corner of a vineyard in South West France, the last grape of the 2012 harvest will be picked and put into a basket and then, the serious business of making the Bordeaux vintage will begin. Right now, the whole wine world is waiting in bated breath to find out [...]
Prepared food need not give you nightmares October 22, 2012 Head chef, Paternoster Chop House Thinking what to have for dinner tonight? How about some corned beef, pickled herring or brawn (jellied pig’s head) with fermented vegetables in salt? I’m sure these aren’t top of your wish list – they may even bring back nightmares of bad school dinners – but it could be worth [...]
Cycling chief: I won’t quit over Armstrong era October 22, 2012 THE PRESIDENT of cycling’s world governing body the UCI, Pat McQuaid, has rejected calls to resign over the Lance Armstrong scandal and vehemently denied suggestions that a six-figure payment made by the disgraced rider to the UCI constituted hush money. McQuaid confirmed yesterday that the UCI would ratify the US Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) demand that [...]
