“Concerned but not surprised”: Three-quarters of UK landlords and sole traders miss digital tax launch
Ten golden rules of investing September 19, 2012 The worst reason in the world to buy something is because somebody else did. This is essentially what you would be doing if you allowed your portfolio to mimic the benchmark index. A company’s weighting in the index tells you only what has happened in the past, not what will happen in the future. Furthermore, [...]
Should the Bank of England be able to adjust bank capital ratios to match economic health? September 19, 2012 YES David B Smith There are two main reasons why granting the Bank of England the power to impose capital ratios may prove helpful – macroeconomic and prudential. The essential macroeconomic aim of monetary policy should be to maintain a smooth and steady growth of broad money. It’s difficult to do this with the traditional [...]
Rapid Responses September 19, 2012 National defence [Re: Could a BAE-EADS merger prove a danger to national interests?, yesterday] This merger raises questions that have yet to receive adequate answers. There are obvious implications to losing the strategic totem that has been BAE: its work is closely related to UK national defence, and we should not risk it without careful [...]
Money doesn’t always make an MBA September 19, 2012 YOU’RE spending thousands of pounds on an MBA course (a one year programme at Said Business School costs upwards of £41,000, plus an estimated £13,250 in expenses), you’re losing one or maybe two years of wages, and you’re interrupting your career to take a business degree. It’s a natural impulse to think in mercenary terms [...]
London fashion week: the trend report September 19, 2012 Neon After last season’s preoccupation with dark glamour, the neutral colours making the rounds this season have been quite the palette cleanser. But the collections haven’t been completely without colour. Even John Rocha, who doesn’t tend to steer too far from monochromatic hues, introduced colour for the first time on a series of neon dresses. [...]
Stars of the screen September 19, 2012 There is a pleasing symmetry to the renewed popularity of the home projector. Back in the early days of film, all the way back in the 1890s, the cinematograph was the only way most people could experience the thrill of the moving picture. Devices like the Lumière Brothers cinematograph – a film camera and projector [...]
Bloomberg’s beast of a relay September 19, 2012 If the Olympics has left you itching to bask in your own bit of athletic glory but without putting in the hours, there’s still time to enter Bloomberg’s Square Mile Relay this Thursday. And with 10 miles per ten-man team, you only have to go flat out for a mile in your attempt to win [...]
FTSE 100 rebounds on Japan’s stimulus September 19, 2012 The blue chip index opened up this morning, as investors were encouraged by the Bank of Japan’s decision to extend its asset purchase programme by 10 trillion yen. Miners led the index up in early trading, as investors were also buoyed by the end of the strike at Lonmin’s Marikana mine. Ferrexpo added 4.74 per [...]
Bank of England warns inflation could fall less rapidly than expected September 19, 2012 The Bank of England sees a worsening outlook for inflation, minutes from its September meeting showed this morning, as the members voted unanimously to keep the base rate at 0.5 per cent. The central bank said increased oil prices, which rose eight per cent on the month, and the threat of higher food and utility [...]
Mancini: It was our fault that Real beat us September 19, 2012 REAL MADRID 3 vs MANCHESTER CITY 2 MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini admitted errors from his side cost them a famous victory away to Real Madrid and insists that a lack of Champions League experience is no longer an excuse for the failings. Goals from substitutes Edin Dzeko and Aleksander Kolarov meant the Premier League [...]
