England seize control after seam attack routs Aussies July 30, 2015 ENGLAND’S James Anderson highlighted the role played by bowling coach Ottis Gibson after the seamer rediscovered his most potent form to dismantle Australia on the opening day of the third Investec Ashes Test yesterday. Anderson, who went wicketless in the second Test at Lord’s as the tourists levelled the series at 1-1, looked far more [...]
Wood in bits over Ashes debut July 30, 2015 England new-boy tells Ross McLean he’s still adjusting to toll of Test cricket WIDE-EYED England seamer Mark Wood admits Test cricket has him hooked despite the unrelenting fervour of an Ashes series being incomparable to anything he has experienced in his career. The 25-year-old right-arm fast bowler announced himself on the international stage earlier this [...]
Finn on the road to Australian redemption July 30, 2015 IF PERFORMANCES within Ashes series go some way to defining Test careers then rejuvenated England seamer Steven Finn will be relieved to have started healing scars from his last brush with Australia. In 2011, Finn usurped Sir Ian Botham to become the youngest Englishman to reach the milestone of 50 Test wickets, while his two [...]
John ‘Mac the Knife’ McFarlane raises fears with investors that egos will rule the roost at Barclays July 29, 2015 Is there a bank director with a thicker hide than John McFarlane? The tone of yesterday’s interim results from Barclays, which comfortably beat City forecasts, would more ordinarily be accompanied by the praise of a chairman for their chief executive. Instead, the newly installed executive chairman, McFarlane, struggled to find reasons for burying him. The [...]
Scramble to remortgage as interest rates look set to rise from record lows July 29, 2015 The mortgage market is heating up, according to new figures, as rock-bottom rates and the prospect of an interest rate rise fuel extra home buying and remortgaging. Net lending secured on dwellings jumped to £2.6bn in June from £2.4bn in May, the highest figure since July 2008, the Bank of England said yesterday. The number of [...]
Taylor Wimpey boosted by General Election as profits rise July 29, 2015 Taylor Wimpey said yesterday it would return more cash to shareholders after pre-tax profit rose by a third to £238m in the first half, boosted by a pick-up in trading following the General Election. Chief executive Peter Redfern said that since May it has seen a significant improvement in consumer confidence and mortgage availability, which [...]
Mayoral hopefuls head out on holiday July 29, 2015 WITH less than two months to go until the major political parties announce their candidates for Mayor of London, The Capitalist has learned that some City Hall hopefuls, like many Londoners, have fled the capital for a bit of rest and relaxation. Two members of the Tory shortlist, deputy mayor Stephen Greenhalgh and London MEP Syed [...]
City Moves for 30 July 2015 | Who’s switching jobs July 29, 2015 Principal Global Investors The asset management firm has announced several appointments to its fixed income team in Europe. Mark Cernicky and Randy Woodbury (pictured) transfer to its London office. Cernicky has 15 years’ investment experience and is a managing director. Woodbury is a senior portfolio manager and trader. In addition, Nicolas Woodcock joins as senior [...]
Wall St up as Fed holds rates – New York Report July 29, 2015 US STOCKS finished stronger yesterday after the US Federal Reserve said the economy and job market continued to strengthen and left its key interest rate unchanged. The central bank’s comments on the economy and inflation after its two-day pow-wow appeared to do little to drastically change wide expectations that the first rate hike will come [...]
Don’t rejoice at Labour’s meltdown: One pro-business party is not enough July 29, 2015 On 8 May, a large swathe of the British business community breathed a huge sigh of relief, as it transpired that Ed Miliband’s Labour Party had been decisively defeated in the general election. Since then, things have gone from bad to worse for the opposition. Only last week, a poll suggested that left wing [...]
