Newspaper Briefing, including 'Billionaire investor Warren Buffett optimistic ...

17.05.12

Newspaper Briefing informs you of what is happening in the news before the market opens. We believe our Newspaper Briefing is an invaluable tool to set up your trading day, therefore giving you an edge. Our Newspaper Briefing is just the start of our trading day at Guardian. We work with our clients to provide them with information and guidance to enhance their trading decisions. Guardian will provide you with an individual service together with the most suitable and expert advice at a fair and reasonable cost. Imperial Tobacco , the Bristol-based FTSE-100 company, has criticised the U.K. governments consultation on smoking regulation as anti-business. Alison Cooper, Chief Executive of the worlds fourth-largest cigarette company by market share, said she had written to the government for clarification about the department of healths consultation on introducing plain packaging in which tobacco companies would have to sell their products in identical drab packs with large health warnings. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, close to the border with Uganda, Randgold Resources is pressing ahead with work on its Kibali mine in the latest example of how mining companies must juggle local concerns with larger production goals. A successful ramp-up of operations at the mine, which is expected to yield its first gold by the end of next year, should help lift the FTSE 100 groups annual gold production from about 700,000 ounces to more than 1 million by mid-decade.

Source: Proactive Investors UK