Don’t turn ecigarettes into another tool of the state health nannies August 19, 2015 The technological breakthrough of ecigarettes has placed the medical establishment and taxpayer-funded public health advocates in a bit of a quandary. The agreed strategy to date has been to advise smokers that, in broad terms, they must “quit or die”. But a colossal range of weird and wonderful new smokeless nicotine delivery products has inclined [...]
As research shows most graduates are in non graduate jobs, do too many go to university? August 19, 2015 Tim Worstall is senior fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, says Yes If the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is telling us that 58.8 per cent of graduates are doing non-graduate jobs, obviously too large a proportion of that age cohort is going to university. This is true whether we consider either of those [...]
Paula Radcliffe backs Wada stance on blood data August 19, 2015 Britain’s Paula Radcliffe has backed the stance of anti-doping agencies in recommending athletes do not release their blood data into the public domain as it is impossible for competitors to prove they are clean. Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah and European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey have both chosen to publish their blood test data, [...]
Ryan’s Ashadihan can cause an upset in the Lowther August 19, 2015 ANYONE who witnessed Mark Johnston’s two-year-old filly Lumiere waltz away with her maiden at Newmarket’s July meeting will understand why she is such a warm order for this afternoon’s Lowther Stakes (2.30pm). It wasn’t what the daughter of Shamardal beat that day, it was the effortless way she quickened away from her seven rivals with [...]
Coe and Bubka face D-day in fight for international athletics hotseat August 19, 2015 BRITAIN’S Lord Coe was due to find out on Wednesday morning whether his bid for the most powerful position in world athletics has been successful. Coe, who following a successful track career of his own led efforts to attract and then stage the London 2012 Olympics, has been vying with Ukrainian former pole vaulter Sergei [...]
Oval wicket should aid Michael Clarke’s Australia in Ashes finale August 19, 2015 England still have a long way to go to reach No1 in the Test rankings but I believe there is enough talent in this young team to take them there. Ben Stokes needs to keep improving, keep taking wickets and scoring runs. He’s a really talented cricketer and he knows what he has to [...]
Gleneagles set to spoil Dettori’s Golden summer August 19, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE OPENING DAY OF YORK’S EBOR FESTIVAL IF THE rain stays away, and there are no last minute injury scares, we will get our race of the season on the Knavesmire this afternoon. An all-star cast of eight are set to line-up for the Juddmonte International Stakes (3.40pm), including unbeaten Investec Derby [...]
In defence of metric-driven management August 19, 2015 Workers are willing to share data, but trust is paramount Before last weekend, the culture at Amazon was associated with break-out spaces and day-care for dogs. But a New York Times article has slammed its “bruising” regime, underpinned by “purposeful Darwinism”. The controversy centres on the data-driven approach to Amazon’s staff management, and its use [...]
Not all about Woodford: The best UK fund managers for your portfolio August 19, 2015 The UK economy is back to good health, so savers will want to be investing in the best British companies that can benefit from a thriving economy. We ask the experts for their favourite investment funds. NEIL WOODFORD Consistently topping lists of the most popular funds investing in the UK is the CF Woodford UK [...]
Best of the Brokers for 19 August 2015 August 19, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com BOVIS HOMES Peel Hunt and cut its rating for Bovis from “buy” to “hold” and kept its target price of 1,162p. The broker said the housebuilder’s half-year results, published earlier this week, indicated that the interims would show very little growth and said [...]
