Battersea to host Formula E finale June 30, 2014 MOTORSPORT: Battersea Park has been chosen to stage the finale to the inaugural season of Formula E, the motor racing competition based around electric vehicles. The race, set to take place in June 2015, still needs to be rubber-stamped by Wandsworth council, though London Mayor Boris Johnson called it “an awesome addition to the capital’s [...]
Snodgrass seals £7m Hull switch June 30, 2014 FOOTBALL: Hull City have completed the £7m signing of versatile attacker Robert Snodgrass from Norwich. The 26-year-old is the Tigers’ second major signing of the close season, following the £8m arrival of England midfielder Jake Livermore from Tottenham. Snodgrass scored 14 goals in 74 games for the Canaries, after joining them from Leeds in July [...]
Dolly Parton: Hail the Queen of Glastonbury 2014 June 30, 2014 Country and western singer Dolly Parton helped put smiles on the faces of some pretty damp revellers at Glastonbury yesterday as she played through some of her old numbers, adding new ones as well. She played in one of the prime slots on the last day.
What the other papers say this morning – 30 June 2014 June 30, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Value of M&A hits $1.7 trillion Deal frenzy, animal spirits, merger mania – call it what you like, it is back. The value of global mergers and acquisitions hit $1.75tn in the first six months of the year, a 75 per cent rise on the same period last year and the highest since [...]
Best of the Brokers for 30 June 2014 June 29, 2014 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com BARCLAYS Standard and Poor’s has reduced Barclays to “hold” from “buy”, also cutting the target price to 240p from 300p. The broker noted the further risk for potential regulatory fines, with Barclays already facing investigation from various authorities into a number of alleged [...]
London Report: Mortgage lending down but price of houses still rising June 29, 2014 MORTGAGE approval numbers are expected to fall to a 10-month low of 62,000 for May, after the introduction of tough new rules in the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) in April. Howard Archer, of IHS Global Insight, said: “This would be down from 62,918 in April, 66,563 in March and a 74-month high of 75,838 in [...]
New York Report: Volatility likely in short week June 29, 2014 WALL Street may kick off the second half of the year with an uptick in volatility, thanks to the June jobs report and plenty of other market-moving data in a short trading week. Financial markets will be closed on Friday for Independence Day. So Thursday will bring a blitz of numbers: the nonfarm payroll figures [...]
Letters to the Editor – 30/06 – Bubble-mania, World Cup, Best of Twitter June 29, 2014 Bubble-mania [Re: Are the Bank of England’s mortgage lending restrictions likely to prove ineffective? Thursday] An interesting debate, but I’m unnerved by how casually commentators and economists throw the word “bubble” around without giving much thought to what they are actually saying. Would a rise in base rates cause the housing market in London to [...]
Gimme 5 June 29, 2014 …OFFICE SPACES FOR STARTUPS Campus Set up by Google, Campus is seven floors of co-working space designed for collaborative innovation. Desks can be rented via TechHub, and its cafe is open to any registered user. Contact TechHub for prices www.campuslondon.com Hoxton Mix A virtual office that offers desk rental in the heart of Tech City, [...]
World Cup in brief June 29, 2014 France feeling the heat in Brasilia FRANCE boss Didier Deschamps fears his team may wilt in the heat in today’s last-16 tie with Nigeria in Brasilia. France played all of their Group E matches in the evening, but have an earlier kick-off time today, which will mean playing in temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius. Deschamps [...]
