UK stocks were at their highest for six weeks on Thursday with Banking and mining stocks leading the way after an early rally on Wall street. The London market closed before the Fed’s interest rate announcement, the mood finished positively – but apprehensively. According to Reuters some strategists are unconvinced by the upward move...
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It’s a strange world – the world of writing for a newspaper or journal. First there’s your youthful enthusiasm for ‘the truth’, then there’s your editor banging on the table – or more likely your PC – demanding more column inches – NOW! So what’s a poor hack to do? Well of course we...
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We wonder if Ben Bernanke got any sleep last night. Though Mr Bernanke has had an illustrious career to date, no one can be in any doubt that today will be the most important day of his life. The markets and indeed the world wait with baited breath to hear from Mr Bernanke. Hyperbole?...
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Steve Jobs said it, the low sales on the Sony PSP indicate it, and the failure of video 3G on mobile has proved it. Yes, who wants to watch Star Wars on a one and a half inch screen when you can watch it at home on a fifty-inch plasma with seven channel sound...
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