City Moves for 2 October 2013 | Who’s switching jobs October 1, 2013 Ernst & Young The professional services firm has announced the appointment of Marc Middleton as a partner in its telecoms, media and technology transaction team. Middleton was most recently at Rothschild, where he was a partner and managing director. Investec Specialist Bank The specialist bank has appointed Joanna Turney to its growth and acquisition finance division. She [...]
Best of the Brokers for 2 October 2013 October 1, 2013 ENTERPRISE INNS Deutsche Bank has reaffirmed its “buy” recommendation on pub owner Enterprise Inns and revised its target price from 190p to 205p. The bank said that trading has stabilised and the group has now ticked off all of the debt concerns that have plagued the shares in recent years. GENUS N+1 Singer has reaffirmed [...]
London Report: FTSE kept flat by Unilever and gold price slide October 1, 2013 LONDON’S top share index closed flat yesterday, as weakness in the gold price and poor sales from Unilever hit miners and consumer staples. The FTSE 100 edged down 2.21 points at the close, flat in percentage terms, to 6,460.01, with mining and consumer staples wiping more than 26 points off the index. Fresnillo fell five [...]
New York Report: Markets stay calm despite US shutdown October 1, 2013 US stocks kicked off a new month and a new quarter with gains yesterday as investors, for now, appeared confident that the first partial government shutdown in nearly two decades would be short lived. After declining seven out of the past eight sessions on concerns about a possible shutdown, Wall Street rebounded as investors viewed [...]
Champions League: Arsenal lucky to have Ozil, says Wenger October 1, 2013 ARSENAL 2 vs NAPOLI 0 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger admitted they were lucky to clinch the deadline-day signing of Mesut Ozil, after the Germany playmaker scored one and set up another in a dazzling victory over Napoli last night. Ozil’s opener, his first since joining from Real Madrid, was swiftly followed by striker Olivier Giroud’s [...]
Champions League: Mourinho adamant Chelsea will advance after Steaua thumping October 1, 2013 STEAUA BUCHAREST 0 vs CHELSEA 4 DEFIANT Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes his team will successfully advance to the Champions League knockout stages after stylishly making amends for their opening Group E defeat to Basel last month. Midfielder Ramires struck either side of an own goal in Bucharest, before Frank Lampard finished off the rout [...]
Torres dodges four-game ban over Spurs clash October 1, 2013 CHELSEA striker Fernando Torres has escaped further punishment for his altercation with Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen after the Football Association said it could not take retrospective action. Torres appeared to scratch or claw at Vertonghen’s face during Saturday’s 1-1 Premier League draw, although it was unclear whether referee Mike Dean had seen the clash, raising [...]
Brown off as Celtic beaten by Barcelona October 1, 2013 FORMER Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas earned Barcelona a 1-0 away win at 10-man Celtic last night. The Bhoys had skipper Scott Brown sent off for kicking striker Neymar’s arm while on the ground midway through the second half, but managed to hold the Catalan giants at bay until Fabregas headed in Alex Sanchez’s cross on [...]
Tiernan-Locke’s old team asked for him to have further testing October 1, 2013 ENDURA Racing, the former team of English cyclist Jonathan Tiernan-Locke, say they asked for him to be put on a biological passport in early 2012 after his impressive results prompted rumours of doping. The small British team added that their request – an attempt to dispel what they saw as inaccurate gossip about Tiernan-Locke – [...]
Clarke to miss pre-Ashes tour October 1, 2013 AUSTRALIA’S preparations for the forthcoming Ashes series against England have been plunged into chaos with captain Michael Clarke forced to pull out of this month’s warm-up tour to India. The 32-year-old has suffered with a lower back injury for the majority of his career and, following a long summer of action against England, will miss [...]
