United sign Mexico star Chicharito April 8, 2010 MANCHESTER United have moved quickly to ease the pain of European elimination by announcing a deal to sign promising Mexican striker Javier Hernandez Hernandez, who has scored four goals in four international appearances, has agreed to move to Old Trafford from Chivas de Guadalajara in July. The fee for the 21-year-old – better known by [...]
From the outback to the City April 8, 2010 YOU wouldn’t expect the Australian outback to be the breeding ground for one of the City’s best-known entrepreneurs, but it was for Ian Gowrie-Smith. He’s the first man in his family not to be a farmer for five generations. The flamboyant entrepreneur made his name back in the 1980s and 1990s setting up companies including [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF April 8, 2010 Aussie Saker lands England role CRICKET: Australian David Saker has been named England’s new bowling coach. The 43-year-old has spent the last six years as assistant coach of state side Victoria and succeeds Ottis Gibson, who left to become West Indies head coach in February. England coach Andy Flower said: “David has a wealth of [...]
Facebook’s share scheme’s new rules April 8, 2010 USUALLY insider-trading rules are associated with large financial institutions, but earlier this week Facebook, the privately owned social networking site, had to implement its own insider trading policy. Facebook, which issued stock to its employees up until 2007, established the new policy to ensure that employees would not get into a legal wrangle with the [...]
Wrestling the way to profit April 8, 2010 THE wrestlers you remember are a pretty good indication of your age. The older generation will point to Giant Haystacks. Those around the 30 mark will probably remember Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior. The intern might say John Cena. But World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is more than a childhood fancy – it is a [...]
GOING GLOBAL April 8, 2010 Q. I think there could be a market for my business overseas, but how easy is it to expand internationally? A. Even though it is getting more and more accessible to do this, it is not an easy process if you want to do it properly. Tony Cohen, head of entrepreneurial business at Deloitte, says [...]
Inoffensive Infidel misses the mark April 8, 2010 Film THE INFIDEL Cert: 15 IN this David Baddiel-scripted film Brit comedian and sometime Hollywood actor Omid Djalili plays Mahmud, a slobbish dad and barely-practising Muslim who finds out that he was adopted – and that his birth parents were orthodox Jews. His birth father is dying, but an officious rabbi (Matt Lucas) won’t let [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND April 8, 2010 FILM I AM LOVE Tilda Swinton stars in this beguiling romantic drama. SHELTER Preposterous thriller about multiple personality disorders, with Julianne Moore. NO GREATER LOVE Absorbing documentary about a Carmelite monastery in West London. DVD 30 ROCK SEASON 3 Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin return in the comic look at US TV. UNIVERSAL SOLDIER REGENERATION [...]
April showers mean that it’s time to belt up April 8, 2010 EARLY spring can introduce a bit of a style conundrum for men. It’s too warm for a bulky overcoat, but if you revert to your suit jacket and a brolly you’ll feel the pinch on a windy day or in the evenings. An extra layer is still needed, but one that’s adaptable, lightweight and able [...]
JEANS ARE FIT FOR THE RITZ SO SPLASH OUT April 8, 2010 JEANS are cool – just ask the Ritz, which recently relaxed its dress code to allow denim into its dining room. But buying jeans is a minefield. There are so many choices – boyfriend, skinny, tapered or bootleg, distress factor, stretch, price. What happened to plain Levi’s 501s? One of my best pairs of jeans [...]
