Three weeks to go: Buy your ticket for City A.M.’s trading conference May 7, 2012 Q What is your trading background? A I started trading equities nearly 30 years ago and then progressed to options then financial futures and then finally foreign exchange, which really resonated with me because it was much more macro-based. Q What will you be covering in your session at City A.M.’s trading conference on 24 [...]
Cavendish demands Ferrari axe after crash in Giro stage climax May 7, 2012 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish called for Roberto Ferrari to be thrown out of cycling’s Giro d’Italia after the Italian rider took him out just 100 yards from the finishing line of stage three yesterday. Team Sky’s Cavendish suffered a nasty scrape that tore through his shorts when Androni Giocattoli’s Ferrari cut across his front wheel in [...]
Watches for those with a global outlook May 3, 2012 THERE’S a case to be made that in the age of global business the ultimate executive watch is a world timer. For anyone whose work sees them regularly jetting between time zones, or who simply needs to know the hour in different markets around the globe at any given moment, a world timer – in [...]
Cup kings Chelsea set for another win at Wembley May 3, 2012 CHELSEA vs LIVERPOOL Saturday – 5.15pm, ITV 1 TRADITION might have gone out the window when it comes to the scheduling of the FA Cup final, but there is still no other game quite like it. Playing the final a week early affected both Chelsea’s and Liverpool’s midweek Premier League fixtures, although at least it [...]
BSkyB says it is still fit to broadcast May 2, 2012 BSKYB yesterday defended itself against mounting political pressure over its biggest shareholder News Corp, insisting that it remains a “fit and proper” British broadcaster. News Corp also leapt into defence mode yesterday following a bruising parliamentary report on phone hacking at its subsidiaries. Its directors stated their “full confidence in Rupert Murdoch’s fitness and support [...]
BSkyB beats forecasts with record profits May 2, 2012 BSKYB yesterday shrugged off the furore surrounding its parent firm News Corp to post a record profit for the nine months to March. As rumours swirled about the firm’s future following a parliamentary report criticising News Corp and owner Rupert Murdoch, BSkyB delivered operating profit of £908m. Pre-tax profit rose 27.5 per cent to £899m. [...]
Oodles of cash: no wonder Murdoch wanted to buy May 2, 2012 SO that’s what all the fuss was about. Anyone wondering why Rupert Murdoch wanted to buy BSkyB outright, and why he will not sell down his 39 per cent stake without a fight, need only look at the satellite broadcaster’s third quarter results. Although the 15,000 new TV subscribers added in the quarter is nothing [...]
Brailsford sets Wiggins target May 1, 2012 ■ CYCLING: Team Sky’s team principal Dave Brailsford says Bradley Wiggins’ priority is to defend his Criterium du Dauphine title before he targets the Tour de France. “Our intention is for Bradley to defend his title,” he said.
FLYING TRADER TAKES TO THE SKIES April 30, 2012 Greg Secker, the foreign exchange trader and coach, is taking to the skies again to raise money for childrens’ charities. Secker is holding six more Flying Trader days (he’s already had one) with a view to raising around £250,000. Secker flies above London while trading and passing on tips to an audience of traders, with [...]
RBS exec: sale of stake soon April 29, 2012 THE taxpayer’s stake in Royal Bank of Scotland could be sold off in as little as two years, according to outgoing bank executive Brian Hartzer. “My sense would be that we are probably a couple of years away now,” he told Sky News’ Murnaghan show, adding that selling the shares would make people more willing [...]