WINE AND DINE | PACKAGES March 15, 2012 On Friday 8 June, the Ultimate Club Package offers private or shared tables of 8, 10 or 12 ■ Veuve Clicquot Champagne reception with canapes at The Hurlingham Club ■ Sumptuous lunch at The Hurlingham Club with selected complimentary wines, coffee and chocolates ■ Full Afternoon Cream Tea by ‘rhubarb’ in private VIP pitch side [...]
It may sound a bit Weird, but go with Al in the Gold Cup March 15, 2012 SOME of the greatest names in racing history have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup including the likes of Cottage Rake, Mill House and Arkle, not to mention Desert Orchid, and more recently the likes of Best Mate, Kauto Star and Denman. However, scattered in amongst these equine greats are a host of lesser lights who [...]
Burton Port is value in Gold Cup March 15, 2012 US bookies are often accused of being a cold-hearted bunch, but I promise you, even though it will cost the betting industry millions, if Kauto Star wins the Gold Cup today we’ll be cheering just as much as the punters. Best Mate was admired for his three Gold Cup wins a few years ago, but [...]
Citizenship can give Ireland another win in County Hurdle March 15, 2012 ONE of the first names I look for in big handicap hurdles is Jessica Harrington. She is an outstanding trainer, particularly of hurdlers, and CITIZENSHIP must have a huge chance of giving Ireland a third straight victory in the County Hurdle. Willie Mullins has landed this race for the past two years with Thousand Stars [...]
Ireland will find extra motivation for victory March 15, 2012 ENGLAND vs IRELAND Tomorrow – 5.00pm BBC One CAN this game avoid being an anti-climax to the final round of Six Nations games? Ireland at Twickenham on St. Patrick’s Day suggests that the atmosphere will rival that 150 miles away along the M4, in Cardiff. Let’s hope the match is a fitting finale to one [...]
FTSE 100 slips after oil prices drop March 15, 2012 Britain’s leading share index slipped on Thursday, weighed down by weakness in heavyweight energy stocks after recent gains, with investors also looking ahead to futures and option expiries. At the close, the FTSE 100 index was down 4.71 points, or 0.1 per cent. BP shares dropped 1.26 per cent, while Cairn Energy shares fell 1.46 [...]
Cisco purchases NDS for $5bn March 15, 2012 Cisco Systems has reached a $5bn (£3.2bn) deal today to buy British digital video firm NDS, currently owned by a private equity firm Permira and News Corp. NDS offers technology used in BSkyB in its set-top box software, and would be one of Cisco’s biggest acquisitions. The purchase price of NDS was 35 per cent [...]
Ireland set to become oil producer March 15, 2012 Ireland may have discovered its first commercially viable oil well, 70km off the coast of southern Ireland. Providence Resources, operator of the Barryroe Well, reported today that it had found twice the amount of oil needed to hit the commercial target threshold. The company reported flow rates of nearly 3,500 barrels of oil per day, [...]
Sales drop at owner of Argos and Homebase March 15, 2012 Home Retail, the owner of Argos and Homebase, reported a big drop in sales in the eight weeks to 25 February, sending shares down 0.6 per cent. Argos sales decreased 8.5 per cent, while like-for-like sales at Homebase dropped 6.5 per cent, worse than the full year decline of 2 per cent. Despite this Home [...]
Lloyds to sell £1.4bn of Australian loans March 15, 2012 Lloyds Banking Group has started the sale of 2.1bn Australian dollars (£1.4bn) of non-performing loans on distressed property in Australia as the group seeks to wind down non-core assets, according to reports. The move is the second round of sales after the bank offloaded 1.7bn Australian dollars of distressed property loans to Morgan Stanley and [...]
