Airline search schemes boosting security firms January 4, 2010 IT is probably fair to say that 2009 was a bad year for the airline industry. Afflicted by strikes, falling passenger numbers and fluctuating fuel prices, the year was topped off with a security alert onboard a Detroit bound Delta Airlines flight on Christmas Day. In the aftermath of another terrorist attempt, European and American [...]
BEWARE OF BOND MARKET VIGILANTES January 4, 2010 CFD MARKET STRATEGIST, GFT LAST year was an extraordinary one in the markets. Following a two-month stock market plunge as investors dumped risky assets, global indices have surged since March and proved surprisingly resilient. Every time they lost momentum or struggled to break up through resistance, they got another boost. The S&P is up 63 [...]
Slimmed down RBS?and Lloyds are attracting clever money January 4, 2010 BANKS have had a torrid time for the past year and a half. But there were signs of life yesterday, at least for some. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group had a good start to the first trading day of 2010, rising more than 9 per cent and 3 per cent respectively. [...]
Manufacturing data lifts New York January 4, 2010 US stocks climbed broadly yesterday after a report showed the manufacturing sector expanded for a fifth straight month, lifting confidence in the global economy as investors eye fourth quarter earnings. The rally, which marked the first trading day of 2010, drove both the Dow and the S&P 500 to their highest closes in 15 months, [...]
Mining and oil stocks drive London to a 16-month high January 4, 2010 Strength in commodity stocks and banks drove Britain’s leading share index to a 16-month closing high yesterday, the first session of 2010, outweighing falls from real estate firms and life insurers. The FTSE 100 closed up 87.46 points, or 1.6 per cent, at 5,500.34, its highest close since Sept. 2, 2008 – the month when [...]
Ten ways to make your job less stressful this January January 4, 2010 1. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY It might seem like a mental issue, but stress is the result of the body’s instinctive reaction to a perceived threat – what’s known as the “fight or flight” response, in which adrenaline and cortisol are released into the bloodstream. Great if you’re fending off a predator, highly problematic if [...]
OUT OF OFFICE January 4, 2010 EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR After a successful run last autumn, Tom Morris’s haunting production of Tom Stoppard’s dazzlingly clever play is returning to the National this month for a limited run. Julian Bleach takes on the role of Ivanov, an inmate in a Soviet asylum who believes an orchestra is playing in his mind, [...]
The deep south comes to Camden January 4, 2010 The Blues Kitchen 111-113 Camden High Street, NW1 7JN Tel: 020 7387 5277 Cost per person without wine: £25 WHAT is it with fatty food these days? Low-fat dining – dressing on the side, steamed vegetables,“low fat” in brackets next to the dish – seems to belong to some distant era wholly unrelated to the [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS January 4, 2010 PARADISE PUB’S BOOT CAMP Every Sunday morning throughout January, devotees of West London’s plushest boho gastropub, Paradise By Way of Kensal Green, can work off their Christmas roasts with a training session organised by the pub. A personal trainer will host workouts in Queen’s Park, and rather than paying to join in, the Paradise will [...]
THREE OTHER AMERICAN EATERIES January 4, 2010 LOWER EAST BAR AND BISTRO Another pretender to the throne of American diner, this new addition to Canary Wharf is sleeker than the diner-style food it purveys. So while supping on your yellowtail burger, clam chowder and macaroni cheese, you can enjoy unobstructed views of the Thames from the windowy interior. It’s not quite New [...]
