Wall St sees worst selloff in two years August 4, 2011 Investors fled Wall Street yesterday in the worst stock-market selloff since the depths of the recession in early 2009, in what has turned into a full-fledged correction. The Dow and the S&P tumbled more than four per cent and the Nasdaq lost five per cent on fears that the US is staring at another recession [...]
ACTON, W3 August 4, 2011 BROMYARD AVENUE Price: £275,000 This one-bedroom, one-bathroom flat has a communal garden, parking and a private-gated entrance with a 24 hour concierge. Westfield Shopping Centre, Acton Green Common and the River Thames are all close by. Contact: Knight Frank on 020 7861 5336. or go to www.knightfrank.com. SOUTHFIELD ROAD Price: £575,000 This three-bedroom house has [...]
SELL August 4, 2011 Managing Director of central London ESTATE AGENCY KAY & CO Q.I am contemplating putting my flat on the market, but have been told that the summer is not the best time as many people are away and the market is quieter. What do you think? A.While this is true and many people do wait until [...]
Oh, we Brits do like to have a second home by the seaside.. August 4, 2011 THE Victorians invented the idea of the British seaside as a holiday escape, and our coastal towns remain excellent options for second homes today. Even given the property market’s recent blip, seaside prices in England and Wales have increased by 128 per cent in the last decade. Seven out of 10 seaside towns have experienced greater [...]
A bargain estate in bucolic Ireland August 4, 2011 TO say the Irish property market has had a bit of a rocky patch is like saying Brian O’Driscoll’s relatively tasty when it comes to scoring tries. As the Irish economy came apart in the recession, the property market fell, and fell, and fell. Then it fell a bit more. Now, those prepared to make [...]
A gritty kids’ adventure that isn’t quite great August 4, 2011 Films SUPER 8 Cert: 12A Sometimes it can be a pleasure to see a children’s movie with real grit and pathos (especially after you’ve watched Mr Popper’s Penguins – see the review below). Of course, Super 8 has an A-grade pedigree, having been produced by Steven Spielberg and written and directed by J.J. Abrams, the [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK FILMS, MUSIC, GAMES August 4, 2011 FILM THE TREE Charlotte Gainsbourg stars in this traumatic family drama set in the Aussie outback. KNUCKLE Hard-as-nails documentary about bare knuckle boxers. FRENCH CANCAN Reissue for one of the finest films from French cinematic pioneer, Jean Renoir. DVD LIMITLESS Bradley Cooper is an unexpected success in this strange tale of power and excess. SUBMARINE [...]
City to emerge from the shadows of bitter rivals August 4, 2011 THE city of Manchester dominated English football last season with Manchester United winning the Premier League and making the final of the Champions League, while MANCHESTER CITY collected the FA Cup, their first trophy in 35 years. The gap is narrowing between the two clubs and although United are the favourites to win a 13th [...]
MANCHESTER UNITED vs MANCHESTER CITY August 4, 2011 THE FA Community Shield can often be a lacklustre, tepid affair, but that seems unlikely with the Manchester Derby kicking things off for the season. The local rivals met here in the semi-final of the FA Cup in April and it was City who came out on top that day. Sir Alex Ferguson would never [...]
Deutsche Telekom on track for full year August 4, 2011 Deutsche Telekom is on track to meet its 2011 targets, it said, despite a poor performance in the United States, continued economic weakness in southeastern Europe and sluggish growth in Germany. The group is in the throes of retrenching as a regional European player and awaits regulatory approval for the sale of its ailing US [...]
