FOOTBALL-CRAZY PWC GETS STUCK IN ON ENGLAND’S WORLD CUP BID October 28, 2009 GOOD news for the multitude of football fans in the City: the team behind England’s bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup have secured themselves a powerful ally. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accountancy giant, today announces it is the first sponsor to officially back the bid, responsible for working on crucial aspects of the proposal such [...]
RAPPER TALKS CRIME, DRUGS AND THE CUT AND THRUST OF BUSINESS October 27, 2009 FRESH from interviewing Warren Buffett, otherwise known as the “Sage of Omaha” or one of the most successful investors the world has ever seen, the Beeb’s Evan Davis yesterday turned his microphone on a different type of guest: rapper 50 Cent. “Fifty”, who’s recently co-authored a business book called The 50th Law, was happy to [...]
Rafa looks deflated but ‘Pool can still have a ball October 22, 2009 LIVERPOOL vs MANCHESTER UNITEDSUNDAY 2.00PM, SKY SPORTS 1 MANY pundits thought this was finally Liverpool’s year, but things have not started well and Rafa Benitez’s side – with no thanks to the infamous beachball goal at Sunderland last Saturday– have now lost four games in a row, their worst run in 22 years. Their play [...]
Blue skies for UAL as chief sees upturn October 21, 2009 UAL, the company which owns US airline United Airlines, reported a slump in traffic and earnings yesterday, but said it was beginning to see signs that business travel could soon improve. The number of passengers flying with the carrier fell 2.9 per cent for the third quarter, it said, while revenue slumped 20.3 per cent [...]
Speculation is driving the price of oil October 21, 2009 OIL’S break through to $80 per barrel earlier this week was attributed to yet another bout of dollar weakness in forex markets, or a strong gasoline inventory draw-down in the US. But looking at the truly fundamental factors – the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (Opec) spare production capacity standing at a whopping 5.5m [...]
PRINCELY NEWCOMER JOINS CITY CLUB SCENE October 21, 2009 WORK hard and play hard has long been the City’s mantra, so dedicated party-goers will be happy to hear that a new club is coming to town. It’s not just any old dive, either – we’re talking about a true A-list hotspot, from the people behind Prince Harry’s favourite nightspot Mahiki. Clubowners Nick House and [...]
NEARLY THERE NOW October 21, 2009 JEFF GALVINWE FOLLOW THE GALVIN BROTHERS AS THEY COUNT DOWN TO THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW CITY RESTAURANT WE are now counting down the weeks until we open and tensions are running high. The site is a hive of activity with builders, designers, architects, surveyors, and kitchen fitters, each with their own deadlines and job [...]
Blue skies ahead for BAA as Gatwick sale is set to take off October 18, 2009 GLOBAL Infrastructure Partners (GIP) could snap up Gatwick as early as tomorrow, after months of talks. Airport owner BAA, which is disposing of the London hub after a ruling from the Competition Commission (CC), is thrashing out the final details of the sale with GIP, including the price tag. BAA, which is owned by Spanish [...]
Pirc raises concerns over Sky October 15, 2009 BSKYB investors were yesterday urged to oppose the re-election of five of its board members and to vote against the firm’s remuneration report at its annual meeting next week. Investor body Pirc issued an alert expressing its concerns over a lack of independent representation on BSKB’s board, because a number of non-executive directors have links [...]
Classy Chelsea can teach O’Neill’s Villains a lesson October 15, 2009 ASTON VILLA vs CHELSEATOMORROW 12.45PM, SKY SPORTS 1IF I had said at the start of the season that come mid-October both Chelsea and Aston Villa would have lost to Wigan, I would have been laughed out of town. However, the Blues dropped their first points of the season at the DW Stadium a couple of [...]