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The FTSE 100 fell and the banks collapsed. But as Patrick Collinson reports, the only shares that didn't go up in smoke were tobacco companies In a decade dominated by the rise of China, the expansion of the internet and the...
Poker is all about keeping your cards close to your chest and giving away as little as possible,” David Leigh says. “By not revealing what you have in your hand, you force your opponents to make decisions based on incomplete...
If you want to back a winner, take a tip from the very wealthy It’s every investor’s dream. There are ways in which ordinary investors can tap into the expertise of City professionals and wealthy families such as the Salomons...
To discover a part of the planet reduced to its raw elements. The passengers currently aboard the Russian icebreaker, Kapitan Khlebnikov, chartered by Exodus (0845 330 6013; exodus.co.uk) for a specialist photographic journey...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 NATIONWIDE Building Society has suffered a sharp fall in first-half profits as it felt the squeeze from low interest rates and the "dramatic fall" in commercial property valuations. Results...
Q. I have been in contact with Carphone Warehouse (CW) since July regarding problems with my new mobile phone. I raised this as an official complain on 9 September, but I have hit a brick wall. CW says it can't resolve my...
In these days of exceptionally low interest rates, the shares of Printing. com must look enticingly attractive to any income-seeking investor. But the company is riding out the recessionary storms in style and although profits...
48 hours in Bermuda As the Queen arrives to celebrate the island's 400th birthday, Ben Ross prescribes the perfect mid-Atlantic winter break Travel essentials Why go now? It is divided into nine tiny parishes, with St George's...
Published Date: 21 November 2009 By Bryan Johnston of Brewin Dolphin 53.5p unchanged Scotsman says BUY MORTICE Group is a diversified services company engaged in India, providing security, facilities management, property...
HOUSTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - BP Plc reported an ultracracker malfunction at its 475,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery, according to a notice filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Friday.
