Johnson to be sidelined for eight weeks August 20, 2009 STRIKER Andy Johnson set Fulham on their way to a comfortable win before having his evening ended by a dislocated shoulder. Johnson struck after just three minutes against the Russians but was taken off after being floored by a blatant body-check in the second half. He faces eight weeks out. Further goals from American midfielder [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF August 20, 2009 Zhirkov plays down surgery fearCHELSEA winger Yuri Zhirkov has denied reports he needs an operation to cure the knee problem that has prevented him making his Premier League bow. Zhirkov is not expected to return before the Blues face Burnley on Saturday week, but the Russian summer signing said suggestions of surgery “don’t correspond to [...]
Nomura hit by lawsuit August 20, 2009 A LONDON headhunter is seeking “a commercially absurd sum” in a legal spat over how Nomura kept star bankers as part of its takeover of Lehman Brothers in Europe, the Japanese bank said yesterday. Documents filed at London’s High Court show there is a dispute between Nomura and Hogarth Davies Lloyd. “There is a dispute [...]
City firms struggle to pick the best as A-Level results rise August 20, 2009 CITY firms face increasing difficulties selecting the most promising students to enter their graduate programmes, as more A-level students landed ‘A’ grades yesterday than ever before. Over one in four exam entries were rewarded with the top grade, ahead of plans by education authorities to introduce a new A* grade next year to mark out [...]
Cineworld profits soar on blockbusters August 20, 2009 BLOCKBUSTER hits like Slumdog Millionaire helped to lift Cineworld ‘s half-year profits by 33 per cent, the group said yesterday. Cineworld said its pre-tax profits were £11.6m for the 27 week period ending 2 July 2009 compared to £8.7m for the same period the year before. The group said box office receipts were up 24.3 [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS August 20, 2009 Aviva InvestorsThe investment group has appointed John Wood as a UK equities fund manager. Wood will be responsible for running the Aviva Investors UK Growth Fund and will join in October from Artemis Asset Management, where he was a senior fund manager for the UK and Europe. Prior to that, he was head of UK [...]
Carillion gets an Openreach deal August 20, 2009 Building and outsourcing group Carillion said a joint venture it is leading has signed a letter of intent with BT Openreach for a £1bn support services contract. The firm said yesterday it expected to agree and sign the contract within the next two months. Openreach is BT’s local access network business. The contract will see [...]
UBC buys Radio Lynx for 2.4m August 20, 2009 UBC Media, the radio-content company, has bought marketing group Radio Lynx for a total of £2.4m, it said yesterday. Radio Lynx provides advertisers with marketing campaigns to put out on radio stations and websites. Clients include P&O Ferries, Coca-Cola, Lloyds Bank and Sainsbury’s. The deal allows UBC to extend its share of the marketing services [...]
Bolt seals sprint double and another new record August 20, 2009 JAMAICAN sprint sensation Usain Bolt smashed another world record to claim 200m gold at the World Championships – and then claimed he hadn’t run a good race. Bolt, who earlier this week in Berlin obliterated his own best time to set a new benchmark in the 100m, again left the field trailing in his wake [...]
Champion Murray and Federer into Masters last eight August 20, 2009 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray made smooth progress into the last eight of the Cincinnati Masters with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Radek Stepanek. The new world No2 let an early lead slip before taking the opening set, and then went on to cruise through the second against the 16th-seeded Czech.Defending champion Murray will face unseeded Frenchman [...]
