Qatar yet to make decision on Glencore offer September 11, 2012 Qatar Holding, the second-largest shareholder in Xstrata, said this morning it was yet to decide on the revised offer put forward by Glencore yesterday. Commodities giant Glencore laid out its final £36bn offer for miner Xstrata yesterday, after months of a stand-off with Qatar, which demanded an improved merger ratio. Glencore yesterday offered 3.02 new [...]
Three reasons why the UK economy will eventually improve September 11, 2012 GLASSES can be half-empty – but they can also be half-full. Amid all the gloom, and the latest useless proposals for an industrial policy from Vince Cable, the business secretary, here are, for once, three reasons for moderate optimism about the state of our post-Olympic nation. The first is that the UK has become a [...]
Gerrard backs Raheem for Sterling future England career September 10, 2012 ENGLAND captain Steven Gerrard is adamant that 17-year-old Raheem Sterling will become a significant player at international level after manager Roy Hodgson admitted the winger had been called up to encourage his development. Hodgson has turned to Sterling, Southampton’s Adam Lallana and Tottenham’s Jake Livermore for tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Ukraine after the withdrawal [...]
West Ham Olympic stadium bid gets East London business votes September 10, 2012 LEADING business organisations from east London have thrown their weight behind West Ham’s bid for the Olympic Stadium, as a decision nears on one of the capital’s key legacy issues. The ExCeL Centre and the East London Business Alliance (ELBA) have voiced their support for the Premier League football club to be the main users [...]
Cavendish kept from Tour of Britain victory September 10, 2012 BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish was yesterday outsprinted by Leigh Howard of Australia in the pursuit of victory in the second stage of the Tour or Britain. The world road race champion, supported by Team Sky colleagues Bradley Wiggins and Luke Rowe, was unable to pass the Australian after appearing to get boxed in in the race’s [...]
Haye predicts showdown against Vitali September 10, 2012 BRITISH heavyweight David Haye believes it is only a question of time before Vitali Klitschko attempts to make a match between the two and that the Ukrainian needs a defining fight before he finally retires. Klitschko on Saturday completed another successful defence of his WBC heavyweight title against Germany’s Manuel Charr after a significant cut [...]
Coe welcomes BOA interest September 10, 2012 LONDON 2012 chairman Lord Coe has confirmed his interest in replacing Lord Moynihan as head of the British Olympic Association. Coe, 55, admitted he had been approached by the BOA, which is in the process of drawing up a list of possible successors to Moynihan, saying: “I am happy for my name to go forward.” [...]
Rory Mc’s the true No1 and more will follow September 10, 2012 RORY McIlroy’s win over the weekend, at the BMW Championship in Indiana, was magnificent. The field featured an array of players from both the European and the US Ryder Cup teams in Lee Westwood, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Luke Donald, Justin Rose, Graeme McDowell and Ian Poulter, but McIlroy was the stand-out performer. [...]
McIlroy: No decision has been made for the 2016 Olympics September 10, 2012 WORLD No1 Rory McIlroy last night denied he had already decided to represent Great Britain rather than Ireland when golf is introduced at the next Olympic Games in Rio in 2016, but admitted facing “a hugely sensitive and difficult position”. The Northern Irishman, who continued his superb year by winning the BMW Championship in America [...]
Cech pulled out of friendly over fears for Chelsea keeper’s injury September 10, 2012 CZECH Republic doctors have played down fears over Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech after it emerged an elbow injury has left him unable to play without pain. The problem has been deemed sufficiently serious for Blues staff to ask their Czech counterparts to no longer select the 30-year-old for non-competitive friendlies. Cech has also been booked [...]
