Latest articles by Euan Stuart
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Pharma firms set to profit from bird flu scare
Features Bird flu moved a step closer to the UK earlier this week as preliminary tests indicated an outbreak in the Greek islands.
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China's dotcoms: handle with care
Features China's dotcoms: handle with care - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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Have fuel cells finally come of age?
Features The rapidly rising oil price has achieved something years of lobbying could not do. It has made President Bush worry about America’s high levels of energy consumption.
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Housing slump demolishes builders' profits
Features Housing slump demolishes builders' profits - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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Firms at the forefront of the telecoms revolution
Features Firms at the forefront of the telecoms revolution - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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Carving out a profit from cosmetic surgery
Features Carving out a profit from cosmetic surgery - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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The firms that will clean up after Katrina
Features The firms that will cleam up after Katrina - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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Takeovers will take off in the insurance market
Features Takeovers will take off in the insurance market - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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Is tobacco still a good idea for investors?
Features Is tobacco still a good idea for investors? - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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King Coal will return to his throne
Features Coal prices have doubled in the last year, and according to many analysts they’ll double again by 2005 - read more at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media.
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The best defence is military stocks
Features There is some disagreement at the moment as to whether the world’s stockmarkets are near the end of a bear-market rally, or at the beginning of a long bull run.
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The global telecoms “land grab”
Features Telefonica's £17.7bn bid for UK mobile group O2 is the latest in a flurry of recent merger and acquisition activity in the European telecoms sector.
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Technology could save the toy market
Features Parents have always found the toy business terrifying. But these days, they aren’t alone: the sector is making investors rather nervous too. There are a couple of reasons for this, says Lex in the FT. First, toymakers are heavy users of plastic and as a result they are seeing their costs rise fast, along with rising oil prices. A worse problem, however, is that “children are getting older younger” and their tastes are changing faster. This means that each toy appeals to an increasingly narrow age group and that even the most popular of toys may only keep its cool for a short time.
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Diamonds: an investor’s best friend?
Features Investing in diamonds: an investors best friend?
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Feverish bid speculation gives banks a boost
Features Feverish bid speculation gives banks a boost, says Euan Stuart - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international media.
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The year of the deal starts off with a bang
Features Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are back with a bang in 2005. The latest is Procter & Gamble's deal to buy Gillette for $57bn.
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Sainsbury’s: a punt on recovery
Features retail sector: Sainsbury's a punt on recovery - at Moneyweek.co.uk - the best of the week's international financial media..
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