Tempus: A time to get picky 2008-05-17 05:25 - It is a sad fact for investors and tipsters alike that, just as nobody sounds
a siren when stockmarkets peak, no one rings a bell at the bottom either.
Regent Inns talks go on as sales slide 2008-05-17 05:25 - Regent Inns, the pub company, said today that it is still considering a number
of bids after sales fell 11 per cent this year.
Tempus: Good, not great 2008-05-16 06:01 - Justin King may not quite have made Sainsbury’s great again, but Britain’s
third-biggest supermarket definitely has more of a swagger about it.
Tempus: Spanish practices 2008-05-16 06:01 - Ferrovial is still counting on a three-fold increase in profits at BAA, over
the next four years. Even Heathrow, probably by common verdict Europe’s
worst airport, should see profits increase four-fold as more and more
passengers are forced, however reluctantly, through its doors.
Looks like Mervyn King needs to sharpen his pencil 2008-05-16 06:01 - These may be increasingly difficult times, but at least somebody’s job is
getting easier. Mervyn King’s decision over whether to cut interest rates
next month is becoming simpler by the day.
Economy is key to revival of Gordon Brown’s fortunes 2008-05-16 06:01 - The centre ground is getting crowded. Yesterday we had the second instalment
of Gordon Brown’s useful innovation of a draft legislative programme,
allowing time for consultation and debate before the Queen’s Speech in
roughly six months.
SABMiller says beer prices to rise ’ for a couple of years’ 2008-05-16 06:01 - SABMiller, the world’s second largest beer maker by volume whose brands
include Nastro Azzuro, Carling Black Label and Miller, said today that
prices will go up across its product range for two years to pay for raw
material rises.
Housing minister Caroline Flint’s blunder reveals 10% slump ... 2008-05-16 06:01 - House prices will fall by up to 10 per cent “at best” in the next year,
according to a private government assessment laid bare by a minister’s
blunder. Caroline Flint, the Housing Minister, told the Cabinet to prepare
for a worsening market yesterday. “We can’t know how bad it will get,” she
said.
