Hints and tips:
...“quot;Initially the plan was to sell online products from African retailers to the African diaspora in Europe, before deciding to target a much bigger market: the emerging middle class in west Africa.”quot...
...So he expects underlying sales growth to remain in the lower half of the 3-5 per cent range, with underlying operating margin “on track” but still not reaching “our 2020 goals.”quot; As the City expected...
...What was said: Chief executive Nick Beighton said “quot;This has been another year of substantial progress for Asos....
...combination of organic growth and further acquisitions as the year progresses.”quot; OQ Verdict: If you’re going to get you hands dirty in outsourcing, at least do it profitably....
..."banking union"....
...Long View columnist John Authers and FT global markets commentator Jamie Chisholm discuss the "hypersensitivity" of the markets, as a European Central Bank policymaker, Ewald Nowotny, today discussed...
...Robin Wigglesworth, capital markets correspondent, explains to Long View columnist John Authers that gilts are seen as a "safe haven" and Danish bonds as a play on a eurozone collapse....
...Changing the actuarial review date from end-December last year to end-June 2011 - described as pulling a "rabbit out of the hat" helped....
...The Vix, Wall Street's "fear gauge", is at levels last seen five years ago, before the financial crisis kicked off properly....
...The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive or Mifid, which has spawned a host of market structure changes such as equity market fragmentation and growth of "dark pools", is a huge topic for...
...Mr Fox says he "inherited a dog's breakfast" and will have to maintain tight cost controls....
...Investment editor James Mackintosh examines the "W-shaped double bottom" in the S&P 500. Does it mark W for worry or for win? He queries whether US equities have become a bargain....
...UBS has discovered potential losses of $2bn ascribed to "a trader" in its investment bank....
...This comes against a backdrop of exchange consolidation and regulatory pressure....
...One of them is EuroCCP, which is "interoperable" with x-clear, the Swiss clearer, and LCH.Clearnet of the UK....
...Plus do growing concerns in Brazil about an overheating economy and rising inflation mark the end of "Lulismo", the economic model of former president Lula da Silva?...
...of the Colombia, Chile and Peru exchanges is not a threat but rather a boost to the region's attractiveness and liquidity....
...He also elaborates his views about the "Sarah Palin-isation" of US politics as discredited political and financial elites find themselves disconnected from ordinary people....
...European Union leaders agreed to set up a permanent bail-out mechanism for troubled eurozone economies after 2013....
...Defining SEFs: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission still differ on what a "swap execution facility" (SEF) should look like....
...Only 65 per cent of the total UK market is executable trade, with the rest "noise", according to a study by the Tabb Group....
...Gold has just passed a "triple top". Such a movement is a signal to chartists that gold is due a downward correction....
...Nokia, a laggard in smartphones, is forming a "broad strategic partnership" with Microsoft and will make Windows its main smartphone operating system....
...Rhodri Preece, director of capital markets policy at the CFA, explains to Jeremy Grant how, in so-called "lit" venues transparency leads to lower buy-sell spreads and offers more stability....
...Costs"("Methodology"), which describes how Treasury values all of its investments, including its preferred shares of stock in AIG....
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