Back speedy Waady to return to winning ways at Sandown June 11, 2015 JOHN Gosden’s speedster WAADY was far too keen when stepped up in trip at Newbury in the Carnarvon Stakes last month and is interesting now back down to five furlongs in tomorrow’s Scurry Stakes at Sandown (2.55pm). He caught my eye when whizzing up over course and distance in a Class Two handicap off a [...]
England set for scrap in Slovenia as they search for six wins on the spin June 11, 2015 BEN CLEMINSON LOOKS AT THE EURO 2016 QUALIFIERS HAVING won all five of their European Championship qualifiers to date, England are well-fancied to add a sixth victory against Slovenia on Sunday night. They have also beaten their opponents in their three previous meetings. Any repetition will see them go nine points clear at the top [...]
Belgium to emerge on the right side of a Cardiff thriller June 11, 2015 ON PAPER, tonight’s Group B qualifier between joint leaders Wales and Belgium in Cardiff appears to be something of a mismatch. The visitors are ranked second in the world, were 2014 World Cup quarter-finalists, and haven’t lost to their hosts in five encounters. However, while Belgium should still be fancied, Wales are in fine form, [...]
Maximum excitement on euro 2016 qualifiers June 11, 2015 GOALS galore or bore draw? Friday’s Euro 2016 qualifier between Wales and Belgium could go either way. Level with Marc Wilmots’ men on 11 points at the top of the table, the Dragons have given themselves a clear chance of reaching the finals in France, but have only scored seven times in five fixtures. By [...]
Mansion House speech: George Osborne kicks starts £60bn sell-off with RBS stake June 10, 2015 Chancellor George Osborne last night kicked off a £60bn sale of state-owned financial assets, announcing he will sell a stake in bailed-out bank RBS in the coming months. The enormous wave of privatisations includes the sale of a remaining £11.5bn holding in Lloyds, while bidders including Goldman Sachs compete to buy £13bn of mortgage assets [...]
Big four supermarkets will keep getting squeezed says Moody’s June 10, 2015 The leading big four supermarkets are expected to lose another four per cent of their market share by 2020 to discounters Aldi and Lidl, as competition in the grocery retail market intensifies. A report published today by credit rating agency Moody’s predicts Aldi and Lidl’s combined market share will reach 12-15 per cent by 2020, [...]
Mansion House speech: The age of irresponsibility is over, says Mark Carney June 10, 2015 Tens of thousands more City workers face an unprecedented crackdown on bad behaviour. The Bank of England last night recommended extending the senior managers’ regime to all fixed income, currencies and commodities traders at banks, as well as their counterparts at interdealer brokerages and buy-side asset managers. Bank of England governor Mark Carney also wants [...]
George Osborne’s great government sell-off: Taxpayers risk getting burnt as sun may yet shine on RBS June 10, 2015 So after almost seven years, the moment has arrived. The symbolic importance of George Osborne’s announcement last night that the Treasury is to begin selling Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shares at a loss is hard to overstate. “I’m not interested in what is easy – I’m interested in what is right,” he told [...]
Unions to meet HSBC UK chiefs June 10, 2015 UNION leaders representing staff at HSBC will meet the bank’s UK boss Antonio Simoes on Monday, officials said yesterday, to discuss the planned 8,000 job cuts. Unite the Union’s Dominic Hook said he wants to minimise compulsory redundancies. “HSBC does not have a voluntary redundancy policy, so that is near the top of our list [...]
Winters pledges StanChart reform June 10, 2015 NEW chief executive Bill Winters wrote to staff at Standard Chartered yesterday saying they should brace themselves for “tough times ahead.” Winters was recruited to replace Peter Sands, after a series of poor financial results put pressure on the bank’s share price. Although he praised the institution as “fabulous,” Winters also said StanChart needs to [...]
