Champions League: Pellegrini blames FFP for City exit as English fail in Europe March 18, 2015 BARCELONA 1 MANCHESTER CITY 0 (Barcelona won 3-1 on aggregate) Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini pointed an accusatory finger at Financial Fair Play (FFP) sanctions after his side crashed out of the Champions League following defeat at Barcelona’s Camp Nou last night – leaving no English teams remaining in the competition. For all [...]
Six Nations title boost priceless, insists Farrell March 18, 2015 ENGLAND defence coach Andy Farrell believes winning the Six Nations title would be invaluable for his side and have immeasurable longer-term benefits ahead of the World Cup. Leaders England stand on the cusp of their first Six Nations success since 2011, although reigning champions Ireland and Wales remain in the hunt for a championship set [...]
Cricket Comment: Now Trott should open for country March 18, 2015 BATSMAN Jonathan Trott holds a proven record at international level so having a class player like him back in the squad for their three-Test tour of the Caribbean next month can only benefit England. There is going to be a lot of attention on his first return, having left the 2013-14 Ashes tour with a [...]
Murray through to quarter-final March 18, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray progressed to the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open with a strong victory over France’s unseeded world No38 Adrian Mannarino at Indian Wells yesterday. Fourth-seed Murray will now face Spain’s Feliciano Lopez in the last eight after recording his 496th career win, which equalled Tim Henman’s Open-era record for a British male. [...]
Barclays halves bonus payouts for top executives March 17, 2015 Barclays has slashed the payouts to its top bosses by half, yesterday revealing that the group of executives at the head of the bank received £16.5m in shares for deferred bonuses and new awards. That is a dramatic fall from £31.8m a year earlier, reflecting both the increased crackdown on payouts, and a shift away [...]
Exclusive: David Lammy draws on business contacts for London Mayoral backing March 17, 2015 Former City lawyer David Lammy has secured fresh financial backing as he steps up his campaign to be the next Mayor of London. Jonathan Goldstein, the head of European investments for Cain Hoy, an offshoot of Guggenheim Partners, told City A.M. yesterday that he will be backing Lammy financially. He said Lammy, who is Labour [...]
Finally Cameron agrees to one election debate March 17, 2015 DAVID Cameron has agreed to take part in a single televised debate with six other party leaders during the General Election campaign. He had previously said that he would not take part in any debates after 30 March, when the official campaign period starts. Yesterday, the Prime Minister said: “The broadcasters, led by the BBC, [...]
Budget 2015: What to watch out for today March 17, 2015 WHO: GEORGE OSBORNE WHEN: 12.30PM TODAY WHERE: HOUSE OF COMMONS WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW A further shake up of pensions Over 55-year-olds who had previously been forced to buy an annuity will be able to sell it for a lump cash sum to use as they wish, instead of receiving the regular payouts, building on reforms from [...]
Made in Shoreditch: The UK’s inflation basket gets a revamp March 17, 2015 The government’s economic statisticians have fallen for the influence of the kind of people who frequent the trendy parts of Shoreditch. Craft beers, e-cigarettes and Spotify have all been added to the basket of goods used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to calculate inflation. “Off-sales of ‘craft’ beer have been introduced as these [...]
Top economist warns of repeat taper tantrum March 17, 2015 International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde yesterday warned that emerging markets were at risk of another taper tantrum if the US opted to hike interest rates this year. Taper tantrum is a term that was coined to describe the mild financial market panic that ensued when the then Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the [...]
