India secure 2-0 series win October 13, 2010 CRICKET: Batsman Sachin Tendulkar hit the winning runs as India beat Australia by seven wickets to wrap up a 2-0 series victory. Debutant Cheteshwar Pujara top scored with 72 as India comfortably reached their target of 207 to win in Bangalore.
Serbia sorry for Italy incident October 13, 2010 FOOTBALL: Serbia’s ambassador to Italy apologised yesterday after away supporters caused a Euro 2012 qualifier between the two countries to be abandoned. Serbian fans threw flares and fireworks onto the pitch and into the crowd, causing the match to be called to a halt after just six minutes on Tuesday night. European chiefs Uefa have [...]
Murray through in Shangahi October 13, 2010 TENNIS: Britain’s Andy Murray will face Jeremy Chardy this afternoon after reaching the third round of the Shanghai Masters. Murray beat Chinese wild card and home favourite Yan Bai 6-2, 6-2 in a tricky contest yesterday.
Banks in bid to boost lending October 13, 2010 Britain’s biggest banks have outlined a raft of measures to boost lending to small businesses, including a £1.5bn growth fund, in a bid to counter suggestions they are not doing enough to nurture the recovery. HSBC, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, Standard Chartered and the UK operations of Santander will contribute to [...]
JPMorgan’s profit jumps October 13, 2010 JPMorgan Chase kicked off the third quarter earnings season on a high note yesterday, announcing quarterly profit up 22 per cent thanks to lower loan losses. New York-based JPMorgan, the first of the banks to report third-quarter earnings, has like its peers struggled to make new loans this year, even as losses on bad mortgages [...]
Labour slams benefit plans October 13, 2010 ED Miliband yesterday hit out at plans to axe child benefit for higher rate taxpayers, in a round of Prime Minister’s Questions that saw the Labour leader emerge as a clear victor. Facing David Cameron at the dispatch box for the first time since becoming Labour leader, Miliband said hundreds of thousands of families with [...]
At last, the banks are reaching out to UK Plc October 13, 2010 THERE are two possible ways forward for the banking industry. The first is to do nothing and try and brave out the storm, chucking the occasional insult at detractors. The second is to show some humility, reach out, make sensible reforms – and invest some of its own cash – to improve matters and fight [...]
Lib Dem revolt on uni fees October 13, 2010 SIR?Menzies Campbell, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, yesterday joined a chorus of Lib Dem MPs and said he would vote against any rise in university tuition fees. The government is expected to back Lord Browne’s report on university funding, which recommends that the £3,290 cap on tuition fees should be scrapped, even though [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 13, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES F&C OPPOSES US POLITICAL DONATIONS BY NEWS CORPORATION F&C, the UK asset manager, will vote against the re-election of News Corp’s audit committee chairman at its upcoming annual meeting on Friday over the media group’s million-dollar political donations to the Republican Governors Association and the US Chamber of Commerce.“We are concerned to see [...]
Ex-JPM Caz chief Kheraj joins Lazard October 13, 2010 FORMER JP Morgan Cazenove chief executive Naguib Kheraj has agreed to join Lazard as chief executive of its international business, which is chaired by Ken Costa. The surprise move came after widespread speculation in the City that Kheraj, who also held the finance director role at Barclays in the past, was among the top candidates [...]
