A worm could turn the close fight for the US presidency October 22, 2012 LAST night, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney met for the third and final US presidential debate before November’s elections. The latest polls suggest the race is a lot closer than many expected – not least because Romney was judged to have won the first debate in Denver. Research on the psychology of elections underlines the [...]
As David Cameron outlines new justice plans, is he right to criticise current prison policies? October 22, 2012 YES Andrew Neilson If the Prime Minister wants prisons to work, the first question to ask is whether the right people are being sent there in the first place. The Ministry of Justice faces 6 per cent cuts year on year. And the agency running prisons and probation is forecast to spend £32m more than [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
