By the end of last week HMV was being touted as the most shorted stock on the London Stock Market. The weekend news was full of gloom about the company. It seemed that HMV was, just like Superman, trapped and doomed – then we switch to the next week and suddenly – just like...
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HMV – from zero to hero in less than a week?
UK floods to send house prices down 80%
The UK has always been attributed with grey boring weather even though the Brits are famous for making as much conversation about it as possible. Well over the last few years the Brits have had much to talk about, with the hottest and wettest months on record. Recent floods have delighted the British chattering...
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A third of Australians wait forty years to buy first house
If you think the world has gone crazy well check out Australia where house price inflation and huge debts have resulted in about a third of the population not expecting to afford their first house until they’re forty years old. For those in the UK (especially) London this may not seem to be a...
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Interest rates to rise in UK next week
The likelihood of a further interest rate rise next week were raised significantly this Tuesday when the deputy governor of the Bank of England said current rates were too low to curb credit and demand growth. In explaining his decision to vote for a rate rise this month, Sir John Gieve, the bank’s deputy...
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HMV up for sale?
HMV Group has been on the sidelines recently as far as news is concerned. There has however, been much whispering going on behind closed doors it seems. With results out this week looking to be dismal there doesn’t seem to be much going for the company – yet in the last few weeks the...
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