I crave that winning feeling March 1, 2010 AFTER a three-month wait, the Senior Tour gets underway with the Brunei Masters this weekend – and I simply can’t wait to get back out on the course. Winning the Order of Merit last year was a tremendous feeling and I’m determined to experience that feeling again this year. Each year throws up different challenges [...]
Still Bath time for James March 1, 2010 RUGBY UNION: Bath fly-half Butch James has moved to quash rumours he is to leave the club at the end of the season. James, 31, was rumoured to be planning a return to his native South Africa to join the Stormers for the 2011 Super 14 season. But management company Prosport Int. have denied the [...]
Suing twins in the Boat Race March 1, 2010 ROWING: The American twins who sued the founder of Facebook are to race in the Oxford crew at this year’s Boat Race. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss will be looking to help the Oxford crew claim a third successive victory when the race gets underway on 3 April. The Winklevoss twins became famous after reaching a [...]
Senior in hot water for over claim March 1, 2010 RUGBY LEAGUE: The Rugby Football League are to investigate comments from Leeds centre Keith Senior about World Club Challenge referee Richard Silverwood. England international Senior branded Silverwood “arrogant” after the Rhinos crashed to a 18-10 defeat to Melbourne Storm at Elland Road on Sunday. Senior has since apologised for his remarks, however, claiming: “Unfortunately I [...]
Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft admits he is a non-dom March 1, 2010 CONSERVATIVE donor and party chairman Lord Ashcroft has admitted that he is a “non-dom” but suggested he would give up the status if the party won power. In a statement on his website he said was concerned that his tax affairs were “distracting” from the general election campaign. Lord Ashcroft has donated £4,131,995 to the [...]
Mortgage approvals on the slide March 1, 2010 THE number of mortgage approvals in January plummeted by 17 per cent in January compared with the previous month, according to official figures. Data from the Bank of England revealed that the number of home loans approved for house purchases in January fell by 17 per cent compared with the previous month. However, the 48,198 [...]
Prudential seals £23bn deal for AIG’s Asian arm March 1, 2010 INSURANCE giant Prudential (PRU) has snapped up the Asian operations of US insurer AIG for £23bn in a move which will transform the company. The UK’s largest insurer has agreed to pay $25bn in cash and $10.5bn in equity. Prudential in turn will seek to tap shareholders for around $20bn and issue $5 bn of [...]
HSBC profits hit by write-downs March 1, 2010 HSBC has reported a 24 per cent drop in annual pre-tax profits (£4.7bn) for 2009 after a raft of write-downs. However, when one-off factors such as the write-downs are taken out of the equation, its underlying profits rose by 56 per cent to £8.8bn. HSBC has not received direct government support unlike Lloyds and RBS. [...]
Prudential preparing for £23bn AIG Asian deal February 28, 2010 PRUDENTIAL, the largest insurer in Britain, is on the verge of an audacious takeover of the Asian operations of American International Group valued at around £23bn. The Pru would raise £15bn through a mammoth rights issue to help fund the transaction, which would transform it into the most powerful insurance player in the high-growth Far [...]
Cameron: Labour win would be a disaster February 28, 2010 DAVID Cameron tried to rescue the Tory party’s general election campaign yesterday, warning that five more years of Gordon Brown would be a “disaster for Britain”. In a speech to party activists at the Conservative party’s Spring conference in Brighton, he tried to soothe worries over opinion polls that show his party’s lead over Labour [...]
