Aussies routed by South Africa November 10, 2011 CRICKET: Australia were bowled out for 47 – their fourth lowest Test total – by South Africa as 23 wickets fell in one day in Cape Town. The Proteas closed the day on 81-1, chasing 236 to win.
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 10, 2011 Sciens Sciens Fund of Funds Management Holdings has appointed Alex Allen as senior portfolio manager in Sciens’ fund of hedge funds business. Based in the London office, he will report to Stavros Siokos, president of the Sciens fund of hedge funds and managed account platform businesses. Prior to joining Sciens, Allen was a co-founder and [...]
FTSE falls as fears for Eurozone grow November 10, 2011 THE UK’s top share index closed lower yesterday after moves to bring stability to the governments of Greece and Italy failed to soothe concerns over Eurozone debt contagion. Riskier assets such as commodity and banking stocks led the fallers, as the FTSE 100 shed 15.56 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 5,444.82. Volumes were weak [...]
Wall St rebounds as Italy offset by corporate news November 10, 2011 US stocks bounced back yesterday from the previous session’s steep losses as investors latched onto positive corporate and economic news, in the absence of a clear worsening in Europe’s debt crisis. However, trading was volatile and volumes were thin as turmoil in Europe’s bond markets kept fears alive that the crisis could engulf Italy. A [...]
Italian gold may be just the job to save the day: A mini solution to Italy’s debt crisis November 10, 2011 GETTING the gold out of Italy isn’t easy. Just ask Michael Caine. However, if as some commentators are now speculating, there is no other option, the only thing worse than trying to sneak it out in a coach along treacherous Alpine roads would be trying to sell it. The odds of getting anything close to [...]
My memories of the fallen on our new battlefields November 10, 2011 IRAQ, 2003 BRITISH WAR CEMETERY, BASRA I jumped down from the turret of the Warrior, and squeezed through the rusty gate and entrance arch of Basra’s British War Cemetery. A large walled plot lay ahead, filled with rubble, rubbish, spiky bushes and wild dogs. I wondered where the graves were. Below my boots lay fragments [...]
Let’s agree we’ve had enough of consensus November 10, 2011 IT’S A curious thing that people welcome the end of one consensus by calling for another. On the New Statesman blog this week, Owen Jones wrote “the old neo-liberal consensus is crumbling” and argued this was the moment for Ed Miliband to establish a “new political consensus”. It seems to be the creed of the [...]
RAPID RESPONSES November 10, 2011 Trying times Ever since I was a guest lecturer at Cambridge University I have been forecasting that the maximum life expectancy of the euro was 10 years, that it would probably be the Italian economy that would be the final straw and that when the whole rotten edifice collapsed it would happen at a frightening [...]
If it’s broke, then buy it and fix it up for a tidy return November 10, 2011 Q.Why should someone consider an unmodernised property? A.Unmodernised property provides the opportunity to buy at a lower price than a recently modernised equivalent, and the chance to create one’s own home to one’s own taste and standards. People also enjoy the experience of renovating a property; it’s creative and fun. Q.What are the biggest upsides? [...]
THE LONDON BAROMETER November 10, 2011 DIRECTOR OF DOUGLAS & GORDON BY any measure October has been an extraordinarily good month for sales at Douglas & Gordon, with the under offer pot at close to a four year high, and agreed offers 65 per cent up on the same period last year. The figures clearly show the increasing appetite that both [...]
