Hints and tips:
Cruise group’s shares improve, but debt remains a concern
...“The combination of texture, humour and the trompe l’oeil design ‘hanging’ with game honours old traditions… For Janet and Cameron, God really is in the details....
Gross margin forecasts increase but sales largely disappoint
...HOLD: Tui (Tui) Europe’s biggest tour operator has pivoted to a profit after several difficult years, writes Christopher Akers....
...“The prices rose dramatically after the Russian invasion [of Ukraine], as the price of natural gas increased,” said Julian Price, executive director at ACP/LDC Sugar Industries Group....
...Fortunately, with more than £600mn of cash and equivalents still to burn through it can keep chugging on for a while yet, writes Julian Hofmann....
...BUY: Whitbread (WTB) Supply and demand dynamics are playing in the company’s favour, writes Christopher Akers....
...I am taken along a passageway from the church to the refectory, a whitewashed L-shaped room with limited but tasteful religious decoration....
...SELL: Carnival (CCL) The company set out new key performance indicators as it benefits from improved demand, writes Christopher Akers....
...Alterations start from £25, and appointments are advised (though not necessary). kingsroad@rixo.co.uk JS L’Art de l’Aiguille, Paris Hidden away in the quiet Rue Régis, just off St-Germain-des-Prés in the...
...The production’s latest revival is handsomely staged, with elegant sets and costumes by Julian Crouch and fast-moving projections by Daniel Brodie....
...Kylie Manning’s scenographic collaboration with choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, meanwhile, “came out of the blue”....
...L&I ETFs do not currently pose a risk to UK financial stability, but this could change if they grow in popularity....
...Here’s an interesting business school-style case study by Christopher Tang of the UCLA Anderson School of Management....
...BUY: Whitbread (WTB) A recovering hotel market plays a big role in Whitbread’s outperforming results, writes Julian Hofmann....
...In this context, the turnround plan that founder and chief executive Julian Dunkerton is spearheading looks much needed....
...BUY: M&C Saatchi (SAA) A bruising hostile takeover defence cost the advertising agency much blood, sweat and tears and it now hopes for a better 2023, writes Julian Hofmann....
...Few individuals since Christopher Wren in the 17th century or John Nash at the turn of the 19th have left such a personal footprint on the map of London....
...HOLD: PZ Cussons (PZC) Management pointed to “limited volume declines” as net debt increased, writes Christopher Akers....
...National Gallery of Victoria The worlds of contemporary art, design and architecture combine at this free exhibition featuring 120 artists and designers, including Tracey Emin, Yoko Ono, Gary Hume and Julian...
...Among my top picks are Santa María del Naranco, in a meadow high above Oviedo, built for King Ramiro I in the mid-ninth century, and San Julián de los Prados, whose stucco walls are covered in paintings....
...For example, the company is part of the so-called Mansion House Compact which also includes L&G, Aviva and Scottish Widows....
...Alucard’s wardrobe distils the style of a generation of hippie aesthetes: the Hon Tara Browne, Sir Mark Palmer, Julian Ormsby Gore, actor James Fox, antiques dealer Christopher Gibbs and, of course, the...
...A founding cry of modernity — liberté, égalité, fraternité — made no mention of sécurité or l’ordre, without which nothing else is possible....
...The stage performers, led by Nykänen, Jää, Jenny Carlstedt, Sandrine Piau, Lilian Farahani and Christopher Purves, are all more than efficient. ★★★☆☆ To May 4, roh.org.uk...
International Edition