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Rory JiwaniThe final of Britain's Got Talent takes place tonight with StanJames.com seeing plenty of support for girl and dog pairing Ashley and Pudsey.The firm's...

12 May 2012 - 4:33pm

US Presidential ElectionsThe withdrawal of Rick Santorum from the Republican Presidential race last night all but guaranteed Mitt Romney (...

11 April 2012 - 5:00pm

London Mayoral ElectionsWith the London Mayoral elections drawing closer the battle between Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone has been turning nasty in recent weeks. With heated confrontations centring on tax payments, the growing animosity between two of the most iconic British politicians of their...

10 April 2012 - 4:42pm

Archbishop of CanterburyTwo of the most important jobs in religion and broadcasting in this country have come up for grabs in the past week following the announcements that Rowan Williams and Mark Thompson are stepping down from their posts as...

20 March 2012 - 10:58am

Boris JohnsonLess than a fortnight before nominations close for the London Mayoral elections, the rhetoric between the two leading candidates has intensified. Despite the presence of...

8 March 2012 - 11:05am

euro coinsIt has been a dramatic ten days for financial betting folk with European leaders agreeing a deal on a new €130bn Greek bailout, oil prices hitting an all-time high and World Bank President, Robert Zoellick announcing his...

26 February 2012 - 4:55pm

Vladimir PutinNext Sunday is a big day for world politics as it is the first day of several major elections in 2012. The Russians head to the polls next Sunday and despite growing protests, it seems inevitable...

26 February 2012 - 12:22pm

Mitt RomneyThe bitter US political battle to become the Republican Presidential candidate to challenge Barack Obama continues with Mitt Romney's home state of Michigan the latest battleground. The...

26 February 2012 - 12:13pm

The Scream by MunchEdvard Munch's "The Scream" goes under the hammer on May 2nd at Sotheby's in New York, and bookies Stan James make it a 8/11 chance that the iconic painting breaks the $100 million mark. Stanjames.com spokesman Rory Jiwani suspects that the masterpiece will be highly sought after and that the...

22 February 2012 - 5:52pm

Sarko

After Chris Huhne resigned from the Cabinet last week to fight criminal charges of perverting the course of justice, the focus now switches to the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley (1/2 Andrew Lansley...

14 February 2012 - 2:48pm

Euro CoinsMonday night saw the American credit agency, Moody's, put Britain on negative outlook, placing its coveted AAA status under threat. Britain joins France and Austria on negative outlook, which suggests that there is a 30% chance of being downgrading within the next 18 months (15/8...

14 February 2012 - 1:40pm

Brian Dowling

The final of Celebrity Big Brother 2012 takes place on Friday night and it has been as series full of twists and turns thanks to the antics of Big Brother as well as that of the housemates themselves.

On Wednesday, housemates Romeo Dunn and Nicola McLean were evicted and had a lot to...

27 January 2012 - 4:55pm

FacebookAs reports surface of the growing momentum behind Facebook's intended Initial Public Offering (IPO), Stanjames.com have opened a number of markets that look to the future of the world's biggest social network.

23 January 2012 - 3:20pm

Newt GingrichOnly a week ago, Mitt Romney looked set to have the Republican nomination wrapped up after only three states. With odds of 1/16, he looked unstoppable. However, having seen his narrow victory in Iowa overturned and losing a 14 point lead in the polls in South Carolina to slump to only 27.8% in the primary, he now faces a real battle...

23 January 2012 - 12:10pm

Big BrotherCelebrity Big Brother continues to hot up this week as tensions build and personalities start to clash, and the producers themselves have sprung a surprise upon the contestants by announcing that every one of them is up for eviction this Friday bar Gareth Thomas.

After Georgia Shalpa became the third...

20 January 2012 - 2:39pm

Brit AwardsThe nominations for the 2012 BRIT Awards were announced on Thursday evening in a star-studded ceremony that took place at The Savoy hotel in London. There were a few surprises in the nominations alongside some of the expected candidates for the awards that recognise success in the British music industry.

16 January 2012 - 11:04am

HMVBritain's high street retailers have had a difficult time of late. Sales are down for some of the biggest and most well known names in the UK and figures released this week suggest 2012 could be a bleak year for retailers. Stanjames.com are offering a number of specials to reflect the speculation that there are a number of high street names that...

13 January 2012 - 2:13pm

CERNDeep in Switzerland, scientists have been tirelessly working to determine the existence of The Higgs Boson (1/3 To Be Discovered in 2012) - the "God Particle" - since the Large Hedron...

10 January 2012 - 2:51pm

Gold bullionThere is no easy way to say this, but after a tumultuous 2011 the financial outlook does not promise much improvement for 2012. With the Eurozone crisis still without resolution, potential sanctions against Iranian oil and major elections in France and the United States, unpredictability...

6 January 2012 - 1:21pm

Mitt RomneyThe Republican nomination for the 2012 US Election is still up for grabs, despite long-time frontrunner, Mitt Romney, taking the spoils in the Iowa Caucus on Tuesday night. In the closest result in history,...

6 January 2012 - 1:13pm