Dascombe’s Panther will not be caught in Betway Yorkshire Cup May 14, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS BETWAY YORKSHIRE CUP DAY AT YORK MARCH’S Dubai winner BROWN PANTHER can add to his tally of high-profile wins when making his York debut in today’s Group Two Betway Yorkshire Cup (3.15pm). Tom Dascombe’s globetrotting seven-year-old has captured the hearts of many racegoers over the years and he should be popular in [...]
Custom might just be a Cut above his Lockinge rivals May 14, 2015 IN RECENT years northern trainers have always been a fair way behind their Newmarket and Lambourn contemporaries when it comes to the very best races – they just don’t have the firepower. But if there is a future champion trainer amongst their ranks it is surely David O’Meara. The former jump jockey has made a [...]
Maximum excitement on Man United v Arsenal May 14, 2015 MANCHESTER United’s 8-2 win over Arsenal in August 2011 remains the highest-scoring meeting between the sides and was the Gunners’ heaviest defeat since 1896. And whether you expect goals or not on Sunday, Sporting Index have a whole host of markets on every aspect of the goalmouth action. The time of the first match goal [...]
Apple Watch review: It’s not perfect, but it’s still the best smartwatch out there May 14, 2015 The most hotly awaited device of the year bears all the hallmarks of the Cupertino company. Apple is the master of selling products that nobody knew they wanted. A phone with a computer in it? Yeah, you’re going to want that. A massive version of a phone that doesn’t make calls? Trust us. But a [...]
Barratt Developments boss Mark Clare warns Tories over housing May 13, 2015 The boss of Britain’s biggest housebuilder has called on the new Tory government to accelerate its sell-off of public sector land in order to help solve the country’s housing crisis. Mark Clare, the chief of Barratt Developments, said the election outcome ushered in a “positive political and economic environment” for housing, with the Conservatives [...]
Bank of England trims UK economic growth forecast May 13, 2015 BRITAIN’S economy should keep growing solidly, the Bank of England said yesterday, but at a more moderate pace than it had previously hoped. Officials trimmed their growth forecast for the next year to just below three per cent. Consumers can expect a boost from flat prices over the coming months, with inflation likely to turn [...]
Mark Carney moves the goalposts again as interest rate hike seems way off – Bottom Line May 13, 2015 Unemployment is down, wages are up and inflation is forecast to rise too high in a couple of years. Surely it is time to raise interest rates, isn’t it? Not so, Mark Carney said yesterday. Borrowers may cheer, but it is a touch worrying that the governor seems keen to keep rates down for [...]
Navinder Singh Sarao: Flash crash trader on £5m bail gets legal aid in fight against extradition May 13, 2015 The trader alleged to have earned £27m from market manipulation is now on legal aid, despite having his bail surety set at over £5m. Joel Smith, the solicitor representing Navinder Sarao, told District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe yesterday that his client had been found eligible for the aid at the start of the week. [...]
Bank of England’s forex probe under US scrutiny May 13, 2015 THE US Department of Justice (DoJ) is extending its probe into foreign-exchange market wrongdoing. It has requested an interview with senior forex trader James Pearson at the RBS, who had frequently discussed forex matters with the Bank of England (BoE), about who at the Bank knew of manipulation of the forex market. Attempts to secure the [...]
C’est bon! French growth surges ahead of the UK May 13, 2015 THE EUROZONE economy picked up in the first quarter of the year, overtaking Britain’s unexpectedly sluggish GDP figures. France’s turnaround was among the most remarkable – its economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the three-month period, double the estimated 0.3 per cent in the UK. Under Francoise Hollande, the French economy dived into recession across 2012 [...]
