Colly laments batting as sad England crash June 11, 2009 CAPTAIN Paul Collingwood berated England’s poor batting performance as South Africa waltzed to a comfortable victory in their Super Eights opener at Trent Bridge. England slumped to their lowest Twenty20 international total of 111, leaving the Proteas with the simple task of picking off a seven-wicket win. Collingwood hit 19 off as many balls to [...]
BlackRock on verge of BGI deal June 11, 2009 MONEY manager BlackRock’s $13bn (£7.8bn) bid to take over Barclays Global Investors (BGI) could be wrapped up as early as today, with advisers working around the clock to put the final seal on the tie-up. The US firm will swallow BGI in a cash-plus-shares deal, giving Barclays a 20 per cent stake in what will [...]
Home Retail sales enjoy a sunshine lift June 11, 2009 HOME Retail Group yesterday brought some cheer to the market after its Homebase chain reported its first positive sales figures in two years. The DIY chain yesterday posted a 3.8 per cent increase in like-for-like sales for the 13 weeks to 30 May, beating market expectations. Homebase said total sales, which include those from new [...]
NEW ROLE FOR BAZALGETTE June 11, 2009 PETER Bazalgette, the man behind shows such as Big Brother and Ready, Steady, Cook, was appointed as a non-executive director of the Critical Investment Group (CIG) yesteday, a new investment vehicle aimed at acquiring business-to-business media companies in the UK and overseas, which is due to be listed on AIM on 25 June.
Insolvent Arcandor refuses to rule out seeking state aid June 11, 2009 ARCANDOR, the insolvent German retailer and majority owner of travel agent Thomas Cook , may seek further state aid from Berlin, economy minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said yesterday. “It is not to be ruled out that there will be another request for state in the proceedings which are still ongoing. That would not be extraordinary [...]
Laxey dumps Shaftesbury June 11, 2009 ACTIVIST investor Laxey Partners yesterday dumped its 19 per cent stake in Shaftesbury, just a week after supporting a £149m rights issue by the property company. Laxey yesterday appointed broker JP Morgan Cazenove as sole bookrunner for the placing of just over 25.7m shares and around 17.2m nil-paid rights in Shaftesbury, which owns large chunks [...]
Sri Lanka look the safe bet against Pakistan June 11, 2009 PAKISTAN vs. SRI LANKALORD’S – TODAY 1.30PM, SKY SPORTS 1 THE Twenty20 World Cup has begun with a bang and the Super Eights are now well underway. There has already been some fantastic action and one of the tournament’s most exciting teams, Sri Lanka, take on rivals Pakistan this afternoon at the home of cricket. [...]
the INSIDER June 11, 2009 YIPPEE, Royal Ascot is nearly here and that means Champagne and Fillies. The Queen Mary, Albany Stakes and the Coronation Stakes are all fantastic races for the fairer sex. However, my banker for the meeting is a colt that runs in the first two-year-old race of the meeting, the Coventry Stakes. CANFORD CLIFFS has only [...]
Noble Storm perfectly drawn to cause upset in Sandown’s feature June 11, 2009 IT WAS an ‘Irish Day’ at Epsom last Saturday when Sea The Stars ran away with the Derby and it’s Irish Day again at Sandown tomorrow when the Esher track celebrates everything the Emerald Isle has to offer. It promises to be a fantastic day out with plenty of other attractions as well as the [...]
Q&A: SALES June 11, 2009 Camilla DellMANAGING DIRECTOR AT BLACK BRICK Q. Dear Camilla, there has ben a lot of talk recently about property prices starting to rise. Is this true, and should I be thinking of buying? A. These things are never straightforward. When you look back at housing data and statistics from the last property market crash, there [...]
