Booze sellers can be pretty good defensive investments during economic downturns whatever people need to cut back on when the belts are tightening, they do seem to carry on wanting a snifter or two. Big two We only have to look at the big two on the FTSE 100 to Read More...

Recent rapid share-price appreciation at Crawshaw Group (LSE: CRAW) suggests the firms story has caught on with investors. The AIM-listed meat-based retail chain trades on a forward P/E rating of about 30 for year to January 2016 at todays 59p or so, after delivering a 750% share-price gain since November Read More...

Everybody is obsessing about UK house prices, and thats hardly surprising, with prices soaring 10.4% in the last year and 19.3% in London, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). But many people are also suspicious, because they dont believe this breakneck growth is either healthy, or sustainable. Property Read More...

With the FTSE 100 close to its all-time high, you may be struggling to find stocks that offer strong growth prospects at a reasonable price. With that in mind, here are three well-known FTSE 100 companies that appear to tick those boxes and could, as a result, make a positive Read More...

Aversion of this article was originally published on Fool.com iPad Air. Source: Apple. Apples (NASDAQ:AAPL.US) mythical jumbo iPad may soon see the light of day. Rumours of a 12.9-inch iPad had surfaced late last year, for possible inclusion in the companys fall product cycle in the latter half of 2014. Read More...

Peter Hambros troubled Russian gold mining firm, Petropavlovsk (LSE: POG), published its interim results today. Naturally, the firm focused on promising headline figures, such as production growth (up 5%), and a modest reduction in net debt, which fell by 3% from $948m to $924m. Despite this, Petropavlovsks share price has Read More...