radical changes to practices on the London Stock Exchange implemented in October 1986. Fixed commission charges were abolished, leading to an alteration in the structure...
The america online/Time Warner merger is the latest proof the stock market is driven by brand names. And since brand names are driven by advertising, advertising is driving the stock market. The america online/Time Warner merger is the latest proof the stock market is...
The America Online/Time Warner merger is the latest proof that the stock market is driven by brand names. And since brand names are driven by advertising, advertising is driving the stock market. AOL's top executives understand that their Internet co The America Online/Time Warner merger is...
This Christmas, your Chronicle is giving you the chance to win a luxury Christmas Hamper from Marks & Spencer, and we have 32 to giveaway! This is your chance to stock up your kitchen cupboards with luxury items and save some cash on that big Christmas shop. ...
CONSUMER goods giant Reckitt Benckiser scrubbed up well with pre- tax profits during the third quarter reaching GBP373 million against GBP334m a year earlier. The maker of cleaning brands including Dettol and Cillit Bang, plus a raft a top brands in the personal care, food and health sectors, attributed its...
October 27, 1948 UMPIRES in the Huddersfield Cricket League called for a return to six-ball overs instead of eight. 1728 Captain James Cook, naval officer and one of the greatest navigators in history, was born in the village of Marton, now part of Middlesbrough. 1782 Niccolo...
Days Like These GORDON BROWN, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaks at the launch of the Stock Exchange's electronic order book: "Today's launch is the most significant development that London markets have experienced since 'Big Bang' 11 years ago. 'Big Bang' brought electronic share-price information that enabled...
KHIDR, Iraq AFP — The Sunni Arab sheikh smiled happily as a torch in a darkened room lit up a water tank teeming with pin-sized larvae. Now that the Al-Qaeda big fish have fled, the carp small fry are thriving. "Last year Al-Qaeda prevented us from doing any...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- In order to meet market demand and to strengthen the function of block trades in the market, the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation ("TSEC") has received approval to make further adjustments to the block trading system. The adjustments and the reasons for them are summarized below: ...
April got off to a big bang Tuesday after several financial giants raised money in moves some interpreted as a sign the credit crunch may be easing. Investors waiting to buy stocks until they got signs of health in the financial sector were comforted to see Lehman Bros....
Byline: By DAVID CARRICK NORTHUMBRIAN Water Reservoirs got the season off to a flying start despite the cold conditions. Anglers averaged between 3.5 fish per visit at Grassholme and up to 5.7 at Font-burn, while Derwent Reservoir also did well with a rod average of 4.7...
CITY EYE It looks like I got my timing slightly wrong. You may remember I was calling a nasty downturn in share markets after the first quarter. Chris Macdonald, chief executive of quoted financial adviser Brooks Macdonald, thought the nastiness would arrive earlier; that view was more...
TOKYO, Dec 24, 2007 AFP — Japan's regulators have announced the country's biggest financial market reforms in a decade amid hot competition in Asia to be the region's financial hub. The Financial Services Agency on Friday unveiled "a plan to strengthen the competitiveness of financial and capital markets"...
ANNA Nolan is back with a bang. The former lesbian nun still a lesbian but definitely not a nun is fronting an RTE show called Web of Desire. It's basically a diary of the Big Brother star's visits to fetish nights and...
Byline: JULES STEWART Europe has taken a decisive step towards fulfiling its ambition to become a single market in financial services. MiFID, the EU's Market in Financial Instruments Directive, came into force on November 1, ushering in a pan- European capital market that...
private investor One of the joys of the new technologies and the liberalisation of retail financial markets is that buying stocks in faraway places is easier - and cheaper - than ever. For not very much more than you pay to transact business on...
A 'BIG BANG' overhaul of metro and bus networks is required to bring Bangkok's public transport up to the standard of other Asian cities, according to a report by the World Bank. The report warns that, despite plans to invest in the construction of new lines, the separate...
What's the first thing that strikes you about our list of 19companies on the right hand page? If you said that only two of themare Sensex stocks Ambuja Cements and ICICI Bank, then you are bangon. Therein lies an important point about our annual study of India'sMost Investor-Friendly Companies: that...
I am growing increasingly concerned about the remorseless campaign to force all shareholders to embrace computers. My anxiety has nothing to do with the inevitable desire of stock market firms - as well as fund managers and professional investors - to adopt all the various aspects of hi-tech trading now...
Articles 2007-08-04
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