Tottenham and Chelsea hero Greaves suffers severe stroke May 4, 2015 WORLD Cup-winning former England, Tottenham and Chelsea striker Jimmy Greaves was last night in intensive care after suffering a severe stroke. The 75-year-old, recognised as one of the most talented goalscorers in the English football history, netted 44 in 57 games for the national team, behind only Sir Bobby Charlton, Gary Lineker and Wayne Rooney. [...]
Murray makes history on clay May 4, 2015 WORLD No3 Andy Murray became the first Briton since Buster Mottram in 1976 to win an ATP-ranked clay-court title yesterday after defeating Germany’s Phillip Kohlschreiber 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 7-6 (7-4) in an enthralling Munich Open final. Victory marked the Scot’s maiden 2015 tournament triumph as he prepares for the French Open, which starts on 24 [...]
City activists smell the scent of success: Edward Bramson’s showdown at Electra follows battles over Alliance Trust and John Menzies April 30, 2015 US corporate raider Edward Bramson is closing in on one of the UK’s oldest private equity groups, Electra, six months after he failed to capture the firm. The showdown comes amid a flurry of UK activist raids since the turn of the year, underscored by little-known fund Lakestreet Capital, which yesterday revealed it [...]
Martin Sorrell is best paid FTSE boss pocketing £43m but WPP braces for fresh shareholder row April 30, 2015 Global advertising giant WPP hiked chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell’s pay by 43 per cent for 2014, taking his awards to £43m and making him the best paid boss in the FTSE 100. The payout comes after years of shareholder rebellions at the firm’s annual general meetings. In 2012, a majority of shareholders voted against [...]
Ed Miliband: I’d rather give up No. 10 than do SNP deal April 30, 2015 Labour leader Ed Miliband unequivocally ruled out a deal with the SNP last night, telling an audience in Leeds that he would rather give up the keys to Downing Street than team up with Nicola Sturgeon after 7 May. “If it meant we weren’t going to be in government, not doing a coalition, not doing a [...]
General Election 2015: Time to wake up – this vote matters – Editor’s Letter April 30, 2015 I don’t understand people who believe this campaign has been interesting. Day after day we have pored over motionless polls. Any hope of intelligent debate has long been drowned out by the relentless hammering of talking points. Interesting? Outside the bubble of Newsnight-devotees, too much politics still sends most people to sleep. In 2010, the [...]
General Election 2015: Tungsten Corp CEO Edmund Truell wants more help for small businesses and the privatisation of NHS care provision April 30, 2015 ELECTION COUNTDOWN: 6 DAYS TO GO Every day until the final week of the election campaign, we ask a business leader to say what policies would entice them to vote for a particular party. EDMUND TRUELL: CEO, TUNGSTEN CORP Next week’s General Election promises to be the closest we have seen for [...]
Owen is giving Labour advice and donations April 30, 2015 FORMER leader of the SDP-Liberal Alliance Lord David Owen has donated £10,000 to the Labour party, according to new figures released by the Electoral Commission yesterday. The figures from the election watchdog show that the donation was made on 17 April. It follows a previous donation of £7,500 made by the peer. City A.M. understands [...]
Tory backing casts doubt over Paul Walsh’s hopes to lead CBI April 30, 2015 Fresh doubt has been cast on the future of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), as a top candidate for its presidency faces renewed criticism. Paul Walsh, the former chief executive of Diageo, first raised eyebrows last month when he signed a letter in the Telegraph endorsing Tory policies. At the time, he was [...]
Debt debaters dig deep over the weekend April 30, 2015 GREEK negotiators will work through the weekend in an effort to secure bailout funding the debt-crippled country will need to avoid defaulting. The 18-strong team led by new chief negotiator Euclid Tsakalotos will meet in Brussels with technical teams from the Brussels group – the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank (ECB), the [...]
