Brighton stunned as Lee joins Southampton June 29, 2014 FOOTBALL: Former Liverpool midfielder Sammy Lee has taken up a coaching role with Southampton, just two days after signing a contract to become Brighton’s assistant manager. The Seagulls announced on Friday that Lee would begin working alongside boss Sami Hyypia from today. And chief executive Paul Barber said: “We could have insisted Sammy serve a [...]
Robertson kick starts season with Wuxi win June 29, 2014 SNOOKER: World No3 Neil Robertson won the first ranking event of the new season with a 10-9 victory over Joe Perry in the Wuxi Classic final in China. The 32-year-old recovered from 9-8 down to scoop the £85,000 prize.
What the other papers say this morning – 27 June 2014 June 26, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES GoPro soars on Nasdaq debut Shares in GoPro soared higher than the daredevil sports enthusiasts who use its action cameras as it made its stock market debut yesterday leaping more than 30 per cent to over $31 in its first morning of trading. The initial public offering is the biggest for a consumer [...]
Glastonbury no longer just for hippies as City gets ready to party June 26, 2014 Once the reserve of hippies and staunch lefties, Glastonbury has started to appeal to a much wider audience, with luxury winnebagos for £8,250 a pop for those not in favour of pitching tents. This year, we’re expecting Glasto regulars RLM Finsbury founder Roland Rudd, Deloitte head of property Andy Rothery, Serco’s newbie chief Rupert Soames [...]
What is a dark pool? And what is Barclays accused of? June 26, 2014 Q What is a dark pool? A Dark pools are private exchanges where access to transactions is tightly limited, and information on the trades is not made publicly available. Q Why would anyone use that? Are they popular? A They are increasingly popular – around 40 per cent of US equity trades go [...]
End of an era as Glencore names Patrice Merrin as first female director June 26, 2014 The last bastion of male-only boards at a blue-chip company fell yesterday when Glencore Xstrata appointed Patrice Merrin as its first female director. The Anglo-Swiss mining and trading giant had come under heavy criticism from the government, its shareholders and Club 30% – which aims to get FTSE 100 boards to be made up [...]
New Bank of England director Anthony Habgood on hunt for more women June 26, 2014 The Treasury Select Committee has approved the appointment of Anthony Habgood as chairman of the court of the Bank of England. Habgood, who succeeds Sir David Lees told MPs that the lack of female representation on the Bank’s board was a problem. “We should have more women. The most crying gap right now is a [...]
Malaysia Airlines to rethink Jet purchases June 26, 2014 MALAYSIA Airlines, whose flight MH370 disappeared mysteriously more than three months ago, could alter plans for future aircraft purchases, chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya has said. Passengers have kept away from the company following the unexplained disappearance of the Kuala Lumpur-Beijing flight and no wreckage has been found.
Dart stock nosedives after Jet2 owner warns of weak bookings June 26, 2014 PACKAGE holidays and logistics business Dart Group’s shares yesterday plummeted by almost 25 per cent after it warned that current year profits would be lower than previous market expectations. The warning came on the back of the Leeds-based Jet2 airline-owner’s report of pre-tax profit of £42.1m for the year ended 31 March. This was up [...]
Costain on way to a £1bn year June 26, 2014 Engineering group Costain yesterday said that it remained on course to deliver a result for the year in line with expectations and had a record forward order book. During the first half of the year, the company was appointed to Network Rail’s £2bn National Electrification Programme, the Crossrail North East Spur contract and three transmission [...]
