London Report: Concern over oil price pushes up London shares June 18, 2014 THE FTSE 100 was up yesterday, with oil companies lifting the market due to high crude prices in the wake of heavy fighting in Iraq, Opec’s second-largest producer. The index closed up 0.2 per cent, or 11.79 points, at 6,778.56 points. Brent crude oil rose towards $114 a barrel as Sunni militants pushed forwards in [...]
New York Report: Stocks rise on Fed outlook on interest rates June 18, 2014 WALL Street stocks jumped on Wednesday, taking the S&P 500 index of top companies to an all-time record after the Federal Reserve promised to keep in place low interest rates until 2015 and forecast a moderate growth in the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 98.13 points, or 0.58 per cent, to end at [...]
Letters to the Editor – 19/06 – Falling short, Best of Twitter June 18, 2014 Falling short [Re: We are jeopardising UK tech by failing to tackle UK skills shortages, yesterday] David Richards raises an important point. On the one hand, we hear about the thousands of jobs and millions of pounds in revenue being created by the UK’s tech scene. But on the other, we are not giving future [...]
World Cup in brief June 18, 2014 Portugal sweating on Ronaldo PORTUGAL forward Cristiano Ronaldo was unable to complete yesterday’s full training session as he continues to struggle with a knee injury. The Real Madrid star is doubtful for Sunday’s match against USA in Manaus and Portugal’s final Group G contest against Ghana. Vanishing spray given red card VANISHING spray being used [...]
Watson powers past Pennetta June 18, 2014 TENNIS: British No1 Heather Watson took the biggest scalp of her career yesterday, beating world No12 Flavia Pennetta 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Aegon International quarter-finals in Eastbourne.
Injured Wiggins out of Swiss Tour June 18, 2014 CYCLING: Four-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins yesterday withdrew from the Tour of Switzerland, having injured his thigh during a crash on stage four. Germany’s Tony Martin leads by six seconds after five stages.
Cannock Chase looks a typical Stoute prospect in Tercentenary June 18, 2014 SIR MICHAEL Stoute has a powerful army of progressive horses this year and I think he has an excellent chance of landing this afternoon’s Group Three Tercentenary Stakes (3.05pm) with CANNOCK CHASE. Now, those of you who just like to follow ratings won’t agree with me, as Cannock Chase has a handicap mark of 97 [...]
Mukhmal the value to upset O’Brien hotpot The Great War June 18, 2014 PUNTERS have had the best of the early battle with the bookmakers and those attending Ladies Day today will be hoping to get off to a flyer in the Norfolk Stakes (2.30pm). The banker for many will be Aidan O’Brien’s The Great War, who was the ante-post favourite for the Coventry Stakes before surprisingly being [...]
England can kick-start World Cup campaign against Uruguay June 18, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS URUGUAY V ENGLAND ENGLAND and Uruguay arrive in Sao Paulo knowing a loss will leave their World Cup dreams hanging by a thread. Being beaten in the first game of the tournament is bad enough – according to football data specialists 21st Club, only four teams since 1998 have reached the knockout [...]
Uruguay V England spread betting June 18, 2014 Football is all about opinions and Sporting Index offers you a fantastic opportunity to challenge their views on individual player abilities with their player performance market. They predict the points that each individual player will accrue based on a scoring system that awards 25 points for a goal, 10 points for an assist and an [...]
