Jones is England’s big hope November 16, 2011 Versatile youngster has shown Capello he is ready to play FABIO CAPELLO made good use of the international double-header, in which his England side revealed strengths we did not know they had and showed glimpses of further improvements to come. Against Spain in particular Capello learned the valuable lesson that England can be disciplined and [...]
Suarez charged by FA over Evra race incident November 16, 2011 THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION has charged Liverpool striker Luis Suarez with racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra. The charge relates to an incident that is alleged to have taken place during the 1-1 draw between the two clubs at Anfield in October, and comes after a month-long investigation. Uruguay international Suarez had already strenuously denied [...]
A handshake is all you need to solve racism, says Blatter November 16, 2011 FIFA president Sepp Blatter has denied football has a problem with racism on the field, and believes incidents of that nature could be settled with a handshake. Blatter’s comments came just hours before the Football Association charged Liverpool’s Luis Suarez with racially abusing Manchester United’s Patrice Evra. England captain John Terry, meanwhile, is currently the [...]
Spurs to go private but refuse to sell stars to fund stadium move November 16, 2011 TOTTENHAM will not be forced to sell stars such as Luka Modric as a means of generating cash for their proposed move to a new £450m stadium, City A.M. understands. The club yesterday announced its intention to de-list from the AIM stock market in January, in a move it hopes will leave it better positioned [...]
US Grand Prix likely to be axed November 16, 2011 FORMULA ONE: Next year’s inaugural American Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, is on the brink of being abandoned, according to the sport’s chief Bernie Ecclestone. The news comes 24 hours after developers of the new Circuit of Americas track said construction work had ceased. Ecclestone said the 18 November race would be called off at the [...]
Intertek sees revenues rise 26 per cent November 16, 2011 BRITISH testing firm Intertek said its organic revenue in the year to date grew by eight per cent and it expected the diversity of its business would help it continue to achieve single digit growth against a backdrop of challenging economic conditions. Intertek, which tests products from toys and clothes to oil and renewable technology, [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS November 16, 2011 Akin Gump Vlad Sourkov has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a partner and head of the firm’s Russian real estate practice. He joins the law firm from CMS Russia, where he was head of the firm’s real estate practice. Other members of his team are expected to join Akin Gump in Moscow [...]
Profit warning sends AEA shares tumbling as chief executive quits November 16, 2011 SHARES in climate change consultancy AEA Technology nose-dived by more than 80 per cent yesterday, after the company delivered a profit warning and said its chief executive had left. The Oxford-based energy and environmental firm admitted that profits for the year to 31 March 2012 would be “significantly lower” than expected, and admitted it was in [...]
The City’s young and politically active November 16, 2011 CV | SOPHIE FERNANDES, AGE 29 Work: I’m an account manager for an independent communications agency. I look after a mixture of private sector corporate, trade association and public sector clients. Previously, I worked for the Institute of Directors in the Policy Unit. Became common councilman because:I wanted to be directly involved in local democracy [...]
Build a portfolio career November 16, 2011 FOUNDER OF WILD SEARCH MY first advice would be that you can hardly prepare too soon for a fulfilling and rewarding life beyond partnership or an executive leadership role. Taking on a trustee or non-executive role while remaining in your executive career is widespread and makes sense – to both your employer (by bringing wider [...]
