Sarries step up revenge bid with double signing May 31, 2010 BEATEN Premiership finalists Saracens have completed their recruitment for next season by clinching the signings of Nils Mordt and Matt Parr. Zimbabwean-born centre Mordt is an England Saxons and Sevens international who has had spells at London Irish, Northampton and Harlequins. Also on board is loosehead prop Parr, who returns to the top-flight from Nottingham [...]
We follow the best summer weather around the world, it’s not such a bad life May 31, 2010 IN just under two weeks time, all eyes will be on Rio Ferdinand when he leads his England side for the football World Cup in South Africa. First though, is the turn of another, less high-profile, England skipper to entertain the crowds for the Mint Polo in the Park event, at Hurlingham, starting on Friday. [...]
Palace face closure threat May 31, 2010 CRYSTAL PALACE face liquidation if the consortium trying to buy the stricken Championship club don’t reach an agreement by 3pm this afternoon. CPFC2010 has been given the deadline by Agilo, the hedge fund that put the club in administration in January. The consortium of local businessmen, fronted by Eagles’ fans Steve Parish and Martin Long, [...]
Toffees land striker Beckford May 31, 2010 EVERTON have strengthened their attacking options by completing the signing of striker Jermaine Beckford on a four-year deal. The out-of-contract 26-year-old moves to Goodison Park on a free transfer after helping Leeds gain promotion to the Championship with 31 goals.
Barca still chasing Fabregas May 31, 2010 BARCELONA president Joan Laporte says he is still trying to sign Cesc Fabregas this summer – but admits he faces a tough job to lure him from Arsenal. “We are working on it,” Laporte said. “We will try to achieve his signature and if we don’t get there with time, at least we will have [...]
Banks to be hit with bigger bill for FSA May 28, 2010 MAJOR banks must dig deeper into their pockets over the coming year to pay for tougher supervision, the Financial Services Authority has said. The FSA is wholly funded from levies on financial firms and said its annual bill for 2010-11 will jump ten per cent to £454.7m though 60 per cent of firms will actually [...]
City shake-up to get more women in boardrooms May 28, 2010 A shake-up of City firms in which more women will be put in boardrooms, will be undertaken as part of a review of corporate governance. The Financial Reporting Council said it wanted to “explicitly” ensure hiring committees took gender and diversity into account. Only 12 per cent of FTSE 100 directors are women and seven [...]
Shell to buy East Resources for £3.2bn May 28, 2010 ROYAL Dutch Shell has agreed to buy US natural gas explorer East Resources for £3.2bn. The cash offer was made to East Resources and its private equity investor Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR). East Resources holds more than 650,000 acres in the Marcellus shale – a rock formation in the US which is believed to have [...]
Travis Perkins in £553m offer for BSS May 28, 2010 BUILDERS merchant Travis Perkins said it has made an £553m offer for plumbing and heating company BSS Group. The firms said in a joint statement they were in advanced discussions regarding a cash and shares offer from Travis Perkins that values each BSS share at 433 pence. Travis Perkins said its indicative offer comprises 232.91 [...]
BP oil disaster bill hits $930m May 28, 2010 BP has admitted that its ongoing battle to stem the flow of oil into the Gulf has so far cost it $930m (£638m). The company said that its latest attempt to stop the massive leak is not guaranteed to succeed because of the difficult deepwater conditions in which the operation is being carried out. Up [...]
