Duff to miss Fulham’s survival bid March 6, 2014 FOOTBALL: Fulham manager Felix Magath revealed winger Damien Duff is likely to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury. The Premier League’s bottom club travel to 19th-placed Cardiff tomorrow and are also without midfielder Scott Parker.
Twickenham battle set to be a close affair March 6, 2014 WILLIAM CHRIMES AND BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEW THE BEST OF THIS WEEKEND’S SPORTING ACTION REWIND a year and England went to Cardiff knowing victory would hand them the Six Nations title and a first Grand Slam since 2003. But Wales absolutely destroyed them 30-3 to land successive championships for the first time since 1979 and inflict [...]
Bogeymen to leave Spurs beaten at the Bridge again March 6, 2014 SINEAD O’Connor was top of the charts with Nothing Compares 2 U the last time Tottenham won at Stamford Bridge and, just like the Irish popstar in the song’s famous video, Spurs fans have often been reduced to tears in the intervening years. A winner from Gary Lineker secured the points that day, on Saturday [...]
The Road to Cheltenham March 6, 2014 WITH just four days to go until the start of the Cheltenham Festival, now is the final time for us to find some value before the action gets underway. I will be reporting from Cheltenham on all four days and will hopefully be able to pick out a winner or two. The final race I’m [...]
British Banks defy Brussels over pay March 5, 2014 BRITAIN’S biggest banks defied Europe yesterday, handing out almost £1m more to their chief executives to avoid Brussels’ incoming bonus cap. Lloyds and Barclays unveiled plans to pay top staff new allowances, topping up their salaries in a bid to make sure they do not leave for higher bonuses in other parts of the world. [...]
Lloyds and Shell warn on Scotland March 5, 2014 LLOYDS Banking Group and oil giant Shell have become the latest in a line of major firms to reveal fears about the risks of Scottish independence yesterday. “The outcome could have a material impact on compliance costs, the tax position, and cost of funding for the group,” Lloyds said in its annual report, with a [...]
EU agrees €11bn Ukraine bailout as UN envoy is threatened March 5, 2014 EU LEADERS yesterday agreed a larger than expected €11bn (£9bn) potential financial bailout package for Ukraine at an emergency Paris summit. European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said the assistance, to be discussed by European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels today, would depend on the new Ukrainian government instigating widespread reform, as well [...]
Top finance boss backs forced pensions savings March 5, 2014 BLACKROCK chief executive Larry Fink weighed in on the UK’s grim savings outlook yesterday, suggesting the government make pensions saving compulsory, removing the option for workers to opt out of schemes. Fink, whose firm is the world’s biggest money manager with $4 trillion under management, said otherwise there was “too much risk that people will [...]
People too scared to save because they don’t trust politicians March 5, 2014 BRITAIN remains in a savings crisis. A shocking 19 per cent of the public have no savings at all, up from 17 per cent last year, and the average stash put away for a rainy day is a miserable £10,208. The total number of people who felt able to add to their savings actually dropped [...]
Fears of carbon bubble as fossil fuel’s value rises March 5, 2014 STOCK markets could be inflating a carbon bubble by over-valuing companies with fossil fuel assets, MPs warned today. “Financial stability could be threatened if shares in fossil fuel companies turn out to be overvalued because the bulk of their oil, coal and gas reserves cannot be burnt without further destabilising the climate,” said Joan Walley [...]
