A roundup of key economic and financial market news for those looking at spread betting the markets today. Barclays Q1 has missed analysts’ forecasts, pre-tax profit fell 9% to £1.655bn on total income of £7.4bn a decline of 8%.BP Q1 replacement cost profit fell to $5.481bn with debt levels up $2.3bn to $27.5bn. The oil giant said higher taxes impacted profit with effective tax rate for Q1 of 37%. The board has declared a dividend of 7 cents per share.The FTSE 100 is down 12.2 points to 6,057.1 in early trading.Those who took a long spread betting position on the the Dow Jones yesterday will be sitting pretty after the index rose 115.5 points to 12,595.4 points after positive earnings reports.The Nikkei 225 jumped 133.2 points to 9,691.8 a gain of 1.39%.Brent crude oil has opened down 28 cents to $123.86 per barrel on continued unrest in Syria and Libya.Game Group has reported EPS of 4.51p and will pay a final dividend of 3.9p per share. G
Premier League Transfer Gossip
Published January 16, 2012 |
Liverpools record signing Andy Carroll has been attracting interest from Aston Villa, who hoped to tempt the reds with Darren Bent. Reports suggest that the enquiry has been dismissed but watch this space.
Carlos Tevez, whose nightmare at Manchester City seems never ending, could finally be offered an option by oil backed French side, Paris Saint Germain.
Revel Morrison of Manchester United is an 18 year old, little known midfielder who Arsenal and Barcelona are said to be keeping tabs on.
Michael Madsen Edges Ahead Of Natalie Cassidy In Celebrity Big Brother Odds
The pressure cooker that is Big Brother is offering up its usual combination of egotistical behaviour which is intriguing now that the format is a seriously aged one. All those who have watched the show, and you would hope those participating would be included, should know by now that bragging about your career, divulging inside stories about other celebrities or showing a lack of humour is never popular, however the current housemates seem to have paid little heed to what is popular or simply cannot behave appropriately because their true character will not allow them to.
For this reason it was only a surprise to Natasha Giggs that she went this weekend not to anyone else.
Chris Carpenter To Carve Out Cards Win
A top quality series is decided tonight as the Philadelphia Phillies host St Louis Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park. The series is tied at two games each and it comes down to this game. The Phillies dominated their way through the regular season and are installed as favourites. They prepared early for the play-offs but have found the resurgent Cardinals tough. The Cards qualified late for their play-off berth but have played well above expectation. Chris Carpenter starts for the Cards after his previous start was a bit of a disaster but that was on just three day’s rest. This time Carpenter will be ready. The Cards to win with a 1.5 handicapped run start.
Play at Posh Bingo for Halloween fun
One of the best promotions that have been announced recently are the happenings that are going on for this month at Posh Bingo. Well at least that is the ones that are for this last week of October, and are filled with Halloween fun and themes at many spots.
For Posh bingo they are playing to have a chance for their members to win 1,000 pounds on October 30th. That means you will still be able to enjoy the holiday with your kids and take them out or even hand out candy. But you may be even richer as you do it if you have won this game the night before.
For this game at Posh Bingo your tickets are going to be nice and cheap, but you will need to be a member in order to play in this game too.