Financially people are talking 10 million pounds a day in the short-term, but obviously longer-term there's the hit it takes in terms of customers and how it's perceived by clients. |
Friends Reunited have got a very strong brand, they've got a huge database and they've managed to make money, which is a conjuring act most of the internet operations we saw during 2000 weren't able to do. Friends Reunited has stood the test of time. |
Germany is singing out for a rate cut. |
If you are anticipating higher inflation and a rise in interest rates, it will slow down demand for resources. |
If you have people out there saying we haven't got the money to invest in companies that's going to filter through to people who provide the infrastructure and there's no real sign of any pick-up of that certainly by the end of this year. |
It is certainly an opportunity for them to make more money. Longer term, the new law provides a more flexible environment. |
It's been such a good performance but there looks like an element of profit taking with a lack of new momentum. We are looking for something else to push us forward. |
It's going to be a difficult time. He (Levy) will be looking to cut costs and... the quickest ways to do that is to cut jobs... but he has got a big business to try and turn around in a very difficult economic environment. |
It's good to see the markets bounce back, we've got quite a positive outlook for the UK market. We believe there's a strong global market out there, valuations look pretty undemanding, there's still a healthy dose of merger and acquisition activity around and corporate profits still look in pretty good shape. |
OPEC is expected to announce it will not cut production, |
OPEC is expected to announce it will not cut production. We believe they have an agreement with America that it will help the U.S. economy to recover. We are buyers of Shell and BP. They have strong visibility. |
Standard and Chartered could be vulnerable to a takeover. |
Standard and Chartered could be vulnerable to a takeover. Two thirds of its profit is in Asia, and it provides a good gateway into fast-growing economies. |
The markets are trying to find a floor, ... They are trying to factor in all the ramifications of the terror attacks in the United States. Maybe now is the time to feed money into the market. They're close to the bottom. |
The most important customer for BA is the business customer, the premium customer, and what they are looking for is reliability. If they start to believe they can't get that at BA, that is a major worry. |