Dutch have grown as a team, insists veteran Gio June 13, 2010 FORMER Arsenal defender Giovanni van Bronckhorst believes Holland have learned their lesson from their Euro 2008 campaign and are ready to mount a strong World Cup charge. The 35-year-old veteran wins his 100th cap for the Dutch against Denmark in Johannesburg today and says the team have grown from the disappointment of two years ago [...]
Cup chiefs ponder vuvuzela ban June 13, 2010 WORLD CUP organising chief Danny Jordaan is considering calls to ban vuvuzelas from the tournament following complaints. The trumpet-like instruments have constantly droned through every match of this World Cup so far, drowning out singing and chanting from the fans. Asked if it was a possibility that fans could be prevented from bringing the instruments [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF June 13, 2010 Sam’s the man at Queen’s TENNIS: American Sam Querrey gave himself a pre-Wimbledon boost after beating close friend and training partner Mardy Fish to win the Aegon Championship at Queen’s Club. The 6ft 6in Querrey, 28, used his big serve to full effect on the grass, coming through 7-6 (7-3), 7-5 against world No90 Fish, [...]
RACING TRADER June 13, 2010 ITALY are the world champions and are aiming to become the first country to win back-to-back World Cups since Brazil in 1962. Marcello Lippi is still at the helm, but they are an ageing side and confidence doesn’t seem too high at home. They are still as short as 1/16 with William Hill to qualify [...]
Manufacturing output in surprise drop June 11, 2010 Manufacturing output unexpectedly fell in April, official data has shown – suggesting Britain’s recovering economy got off to a slow start in the second quarter. Figures from the Office for National Statistics also showed producer input costs eased less than expected in May, although factory gate inflation slowed slightly more than expected. The ONS said [...]
Swiss Re ups forecast for Chile earthquake losses June 11, 2010 Swiss Re has said it faces bigger-than-expected losses on claims from the Chile earthquake, putting pressure on profits. The world’s second-biggest reinsurer upped its forecast for losses from the quake to $630m (£428m) before tax from $500m. Swiss Re also took losses of $220m in the first quarter from storms in Europe, which hit France [...]
BP shares rally but leak double size of estimates June 11, 2010 Shares in BP opened opened around five per cent up – after taking a battering in the fall out from the Gulf of Mexico crisis. BP shares were up to 384.75p, recovering after plunging by six per cent on Thursday. The oil giant’s share price has almost halved since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began [...]
John Lewis sales hike fuelled by World Cup June 11, 2010 JOHN Lewis has posted a 20.6 per cent hike in sales in the week to 5 June compared with the same time last year. The chain saw sales of £54m, it said in a trading statement which attributed the rise to sales of sportswear stoked by the World Cup. The employee-owned firm, which is seen [...]
Hammerson buys Leadenhall Court for £65m June 11, 2010 PROPERTY company Hammerson has agreed a deal to buy London office building Leadenhall Court for £65m. The property, on the corner of Gracechurch Street and Leadenhall Street, is part of the portfolio securing the failed White Tower 2006-3 plc commercial mortgage backed security issue. The 109,000 sq feer building is one of nine put on [...]
Japan PM warns economy could “collapse” under debt pile June 11, 2010 NEW Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has warned that the country could “collapse” under its debt pile unless it reins in its massive public debt. Kan, who took over the nation’s top job after his predecessor quit, has made tackling a public debt that is already twice the size of Japan’s GDP a top priority [...]
