"During the last week the equity markets rose to four month highs before paring back these recent gains."

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Britain now has the world's highest proportion of new cases of skin cancer, due in part to our poor suncare regime. Olivier Bonnefoy of Gentlemen's Tonic gives tips on how to avoid the burn.

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Ringgiting The Register As fuel and food prices spiral ever higher, Malaysian bonds are attracting a record amount of foreign investment from investors such as Franklin Templeton (manager of the $10 billion Templeton Global Bond Fund), Pacific Investment Management and State Street Global Advisors, sending the ringgit to its highest level in a decade. Meanwhile, a different kind of fund with the name Templeton in it is getting hot and heavy for this year’s worst-performing currency. Time to place your bets.

It Figures Though it’s still too early for hedge-fund honchos to celebrate, the top winners so far this year seem to be some of the funds that suffered the worst losses of the excruciating summer of 2007. An inspiring look-see at those who have managed to bounce back after being torn asunder.

And Now, A Word From The Back Office... Signaling the rash of job cuts stalking the financial community is beginning to singe even the most devout workers – you know, the ones who got up early, kept their heads down, never fussed, put their backs uncomplainingly to the grind (not to mention refraining from brown-nosing, water-cooler gossip and all office-politicking, and are beginning now to think the better of it) – this open letter from one fallen Bartleby stands as an ominous warning of what happens to those who come to the City with stars in their eyes.

Wherefore The Bubble? When it comes to energy and food prices, economists are increasingly answering with one voice: quite possibly, nowhere. What to do when a global market used to always blaming inflation on the speculator loses rights to its favorite whipping boy?

Risk/Reward: Dating Web Sites Sure Come In Handy Perry Capital product David Sackler avoids peril by following the advice of his famous former boss: drill down deep – and we mean really deep.

During the past month the BetsForTraders.com Sentiment Index has been as low as 48 and as high as 68.

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After nearly two decades of taking a back seat to the U.S., Eurobankers finally reclaim their place at the head of the global M&A deal table. “The reality is that the ­merger business is no longer the exclusive domain of Wall Street. The largest deals are not done by ‘American’ companies anymore, but by global companies," says Gordon Dyal, an American who now lives in London, in the latest issue of Dealmaker.

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Expanding into new product lines is always a brand risk for a venerable company. Imagine a Gucci skateboard. Rolex hot sauce. A line of SAC Capital undergarments. Sometimes, though, such a move makes sense — and Porsche’s new foray into the mobile-phone market is one such time.

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"During the last week the equity markets have been very quiet, with just small side steps up and down."

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Tired of your boring old links? Join the revolution!

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The highs and lows of caffeine: Daniel le Roux gives you a double shot of advice.

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During the last week the Sentiment Index has become increasingly volatile on a day to day basis.

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