Hints and tips:
...UK-based Dr Tracy Mountford, founder of The Cosmetic Skin Clinic, received calls and emails attempting to suborn her into action; “If you’re not opening soon, I’ll just have to go elsewhere.”...
...political big bands before going head-to-head with Jimmy Somerville on the Communards’ joyous version of “Don’t Leave Me This Way”, she has reimagined everyone from Bob Dylan and Sting to Stevie Wonder and Tracy...
...With the world population projected to increase by more than 1bn within 15 years, it is unsurprising that two years ago, veteran US investor Jim Collins exhorted young people to pursue careers in farming...
...Michael Collins, a senior investment officer and credit strategist at Prudential, says investors should avoid the “temptations” that are so often found during memorable market booms....
...Additional reporting by Tracy Alloway in New York...
...“I’m glad regulators are trying to instil some discipline in the market,” said Michael Collins, a senior investment officer at Prudential Fixed Income....
...“We are only in the ‘fourth inning’ in terms of the default cycle, and as companies just keep refinancing and refinancing, the cycle will just keep getting postponed,” says Michael Collins, senior investment...
...“Money has never had intrinsic value, its value is determined by confidence,” says Josh Ryan-Collins, of the New Economics Foundation in London, who is cofounder of a local currency, the Brixton Pound....
...Banks are lobbying to remove a provision barring their use that was introduced by Maine Republican Susan Collins and included in the financial reform bill passed by the Senate last month....
...Philip Collins, chairman of the competition watchdog, told a high-profile meeting of politicians and banking figures that the OFT was only months away from launching an investigation into the sector’s fees...
...To wit, the below note from Collins Stewart airline analyst Andrew Fitchie: [The BA strike] is likely to lead to a significant windfall for easyJet, its closest competitor, as well as other airlines who...
...- Collins Stewart posts 2008 loss before tax of £15.2m — statement. - Friends Provident posts 2008 IFRS underlying profit of £27m before £217m addition to corporate bond default reserves — statement...
...., John Collins, Gary Countryman, Tommy Franks, and Charles Gifford. CalPERS also opposes Merrill Lynch directors who were added in January 2009: Virgis W....
...Joel Plasco has resigned as CEO of Collins Stewart after two and a half years at the helm of the UK’s largest stockbroker....
...Collins Stewart’s Alex Potter wrote in December: Sadly, this is wrong form of capital Much as the government and banks consistently describe this as core Tier 1(which it is), it is not equity Tier 1 which...
...Transport analyst Andrew Fitchie at Collins Stewart estimates the impact like this: Set against average fares for easyJet and Ryanair of around £46 and £35 respectively, the increases don’t sound like much...
...From Alex Potter at Collins Stewart today: Why so positive on Anglo Irish? Put simply, we are giving the company the benefit of the doubt....
...Today Collins Stewart’s Andrew Fitchie provides some detail, using the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest figures on premium traffic (first- and business-class)....
...From Collins Stewart’s banking analyst, Alex Potter: And from the note: Debt trading revenues have moved heavily negative since 4Q07, of which more later....
...That’s where the plan becomes problematic, according to Collins Stewart....
...FT Alphaville thinks it’s likely to be less than that as the recession and airline bankruptcies eat into passenger numbers (Collins Stewart’s Andrew Fitchie has put it at £1.7bn for those reasons)....
...Indeed, Collins Stewart is recommending shorting Barclays this morning, on the back of Lehman filing for bankruptcy. Further reading: Thou shalt deny me thrice before the cox crows – FT Alphaville...
...Kevin Boscher, chief investment officer at Collins Stewart Wealth Management, also finds that investors are not satisfied with simply holding traditional products....
...All in a good cause London-based designer David Collins has designed a pair of chairs to be auctioned tomorrow in aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK Aids/HIV charity....
International Edition