Darroch invests salary in Sky August 31, 2011 BSkyB’s chief executive could be set for a bumper payday after piling the equivalent of a full year’s wage into a lucrative share plan. Jeremy Darroch has agreed to buy £384,670 worth of shares at £6.41 a share, accounting for almost his entire after-tax salary of £426,240. Sky will match his investment with £1.3m worth [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 30, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES DISPUTE ERUPTS OVER CONTROL OF LIBYA’S $65BN SOVEREIGN FUNG A dispute has erupted over control of Libya’s $65bn (£40bn) sovereign wealth fund, as the national transitional council attempts to maintain stability in the nation. Several NTC members have contested the authority of Mahmoud Badi, who is probing corruption at the Libyan Investment Authority. HONG [...]
THERE IS NO BATTLE: KLOSTERMANN DENIES FRAUD LORD FEUD August 18, 2011 DON’T BELIEVE the “tittle tattle” you read in the gossip columns, says Brocket Hall owner Dieter Klostermann, who yesterday turned to this gossip column to put the record straight about that feud with Lord Charlie Brocket. Klostermann’s leisure group CCA International bought Brocket Hall in 1996, after Brocket was jailed for a £4.5m classic cars [...]
Gunners can notch their first win at the Emirates August 18, 2011 ARSENAL vs LIVERPOOL TOMORROW – 12.45PM SKY SPORTS ARSENE Wenger is one of the most experienced managers in the Premier League, but the last few weeks must still have been pretty testing for him. The sale of Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona clearly hurt and with Samir Nasri heading off to Manchester City plus a couple [...]
Virgin Media sells £340m UKTV stake August 15, 2011 VIRGIN MEDIA yesterday said it is selling its 50 per cent stake in UKTV to US operator Scripps Networks Interactive for up to £340m. The deal means Virgin, which sold Bravo and Virgin 1 to rival Sky last year for £160m, no longer owns any TV content. The firm, which has been mulling a sale [...]
Sun, flowers and history in Corsica August 14, 2011 THE blue Corsican sky rained men as we breakfasted on warm baguettes and chestnut flavoured honey on the terrace of our villa overlooking the bay of Calvi on the island’s north-west coast. As they leapt from their plane the parachutists from the nearby Foreign Legion base distracted us from another arresting sight – Calvi’s ancient [...]
Best to keep hold of those hard hats August 11, 2011 Hang on to those hard hats for a little bit longer. To the relief of all concerned in the financial markets, yesterday saw stocks rally in most parts of the world. But these are anything but safe times. In Europe rumours of some form of ban on short-selling, confirmed late last night, lifted stocks. Such [...]
Baggies to prove tough nut to crack for United August 11, 2011 FOOTBALL TRADER BEN CLEMINSON TAKES A LOOK AT THE BEST FOOTBALL BETS OF THE WEEKEND SUNDAY – 4.00PM SKY SPORTS SIR ALEX Ferguson will have been delighted with Manchester United’s performance against local rivals Manchester City in the Community Shield last weekend. There were some defensive lapses in the first half, but they showed their [...]
England to pile on misery for Indians at Edgbaston August 9, 2011 SPORT TRADER OLLIE DREW AND DAVID WILD BRING YOU THE BEST BETS FROM ENGLAND VS INDIA AS WELL AS THE USPGA CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY – 11.00 AM SKY SPORTS 1 With India 2-0 down with just two Tests to play, they may be the ones drinking in the last chance saloon, but there’s one man in [...]
More glory in store for Rory at USPGA August 9, 2011 TOMORROW – 6PM SKY SPORTS 2 Can the 93rd USPGA Championship provide us with a story worthy of a gripping season of golf so far? It is less than a month since Open winner Darren Clarke’s emotional walk up the 18th at Royal St. George’s and two months since Rory McIlroy tore up the record [...]