End of the road for battered and bruised Welsh October 16, 2015 Graham Reid with top tips for two titanic RWC quarter-finals THE RUGBY World Cup enters the quarter-final stage this weekend with four mouth-watering matches lying in wait. New Zealand look set for a strong win against France and, with a similar outcome expected for Australia against Scotland, it’s the other two fixtures that are attracting [...]
EU referendum: A Brexit vote could spark a Scottish independence rerun, warns Nicola Sturgeon October 15, 2015 Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday warned Prime Minister David Cameron that a Brexit could spark another independence referendum north of the border. Speaking at the SNP conference in Aberdeen, Sturgeon said taking Scotland out of the EU will result in a surge of demand for yet another in/out vote. “If you try to take [...]
City Moves for 16 October 2015 | Who’s switching jobs October 15, 2015 PEMBERTON The asset manager has appointed Corinna Mitchell as general counsel. She has over 20 years’ experience as a banking and finance lawyer, and was a partner in the London office of Dechert for the past seven years. Mitchell has also worked as a partner at Baker & McKenzie in London, and as a solicitor [...]
A short history of libertarianism (or how free will lost its way) October 15, 2015 State intervention in all aspects of life has reached a level that, just a few centuries ago, would have been almost unimaginable. Why then have libertarians, those who value the rights and free will of the individual, not been able to inspire people to reject this unprecedented encroachment of the state? To understand why, we [...]
Democratic debate 2015: The Democrats’ pot shots against capitalism are unlikely to win over American voters October 15, 2015 Brits tuning into the first Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday night would have been forgiven for drawing two conclusions: the 2016 US Presidential elections are finally underway, and Democrats want America to be much more like Britain. Neither is exactly true. In fact, it’s been “2016” for the better part of three years. In [...]
Job automation makes boosting social mobility vital for business October 15, 2015 It is an alarming and uncomfortable fact that the UK has one of the poorest rates of social mobility in the developed world. People born into low-income families, regardless of their talent or their hard work, do not have the same access to opportunities as those born into more privileged circumstances. Research from the Sutton [...]
Four steps to end the big banks’ market stranglehold forever October 15, 2015 We are now just days away from the start of what could be the biggest shake-up in banking for a generation. At least that’s what I am hoping. The Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) investigation into banking offers a golden opportunity to turn the industry on its head and put customers in control at last. [...]
As it backs the first one to open in 50 years, should the government shift its focus onto grammar schools? October 15, 2015 Phillip Bosworth, the honourable treasurer of the National Grammar Schools Association, says Yes David Cameron said the new Kent grammar school does not change policy. Well, England thinks it should do – as our polls from 2010, 2013 and 2015 clearly demonstrate. More than half of England not only wish to preserve the existing 164 [...]
Wall St climbs to eight-week high on results – New York Report October 15, 2015 SHARP gains in biotechnology shares and a rebound in financials following upbeat results from Citigroup pulled US stocks up yesterday after two days of losses. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 217 points, or 1.28 per cent, to 17,141.75, the S&P 500 gained 29.62 points, or 1.49 per cent, to 2,023.86 and the Nasdaq Composite [...]
Unbeaten Twilight Son to be crowned king of the sprinters for Candy October 15, 2015 The story of this year’s Flat season has undoubtedly been the dominance of the three-year-olds in the big sprints. They have simply taken their elders to the cleaners. And if the betting market is right, the younger generation are going to plunder tomorrow’s British Champions Sprint (1.20pm) as well. Muhaarar took the Commonwealth [...]
