Barry Ritholtz posted an article from Gary Shilling called 2010 Investment Strategies: Six Areas to Buy, 11 Areas to Sell. I thought I would weigh in on the six and 11, some of which I agree with and some I do not.First thing to buy, according to Sc…
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!• Ruling by information commissioner criticises Tory secrecy • Ashcroft’s domicile tax undertakings to be revealed in 35 daysThe Conservative leadership is today accused of being “evasive and obfuscatory” over the tax status of Lord Ashcroft, the party’s deputy chairman [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today is hosting its inaugural 2010 Qualcomm Partners’ Day in recogn…
Home buyers in London and south-east drove January’s 0.1% rise while elsewhere the housing market stagnatedHouse prices increased by a modest 0.1% in January, but the rise was entirely driven by activity in London and the south while the market in the rest of the country stagnated, according to property research firm Hometrack.Hometrack’s monthly survey, [...]
The switch to refrigerants that do not damage the ozone layer brought in a generation of chemicals with a greenhouse effect thousands of times stronger than CO2Greenhouse gases used in supermarket fridges and freezers pose as great a threat to the environment as plastic bags, according to a study by campaigning group the Environmental Investigation [...]
Ofcom’s Pay TV review may seem like a big blow to BSkyB, but its rivals are not the only winnersOn the face of it, Ofcom’s Pay TV review is shaping up to be the most significant regulatory blow landed on BSkyB. But things are never what they seem. In a few weeks, the regulator is [...]
Less than a week old, it has generated reams of copy and already changed the way Amazon deals with book publishers. Guardian writers consider what the iPad means for different sectors of the media industrySearch for “Steve Jobs iPad” and Google will offer you “about 86,000,000″ results for the past year. Print those pages out [...]
PricewaterhouseCoopers report calls for a measured response to allow the banking industry to play its part in the economy Senior bankers are complaining that political interference is the biggest risk facing their industry despite the billions of pounds of taxpayer money being used to prop up the banking system.Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank [...]
Talking points at the World Economic Forum 2010 included repairing the financial system and gauging the pace of weaning leading economies off stimulantsDavos used to be the place where the masters of the universe came for a bit of R&R with their trophy wives. They would chew the fat, cut a few deals, nod wisely [...]
Crozier is the latest broadcasting boss who made his name in advertising or marketingThe US drama Mad Men has made celebrities of a fictional group of advertising men, but on this side of the Atlantic real-life ad execs are emerging as the TV industry’s off-screen stars. The appointment of Adam Crozier, the former [...]