Australian bank investors lose US court case June 24, 2010 FOREIGN investors who bought shares of National Australia Bank on an overseas stock exchange cannot sue in a New York court over large writedowns related to the bank’s onetime US mortgage unit, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The justices upheld a ruling by a US appeals court that dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that [...]
New Zealand keep unbeaten record June 24, 2010 PARAGUAY will meet Japan in the last 16 after clinching top spot in Group F with a 0-0 draw against New Zealand. Although they were overtaken by Slovakia, who beat Italy, it was a triumph of sorts for New Zealand, who took third place above the world champions. The All Whites also finished the tournament [...]
Brand keeps living the rock star dream in Hollywood June 24, 2010 Film Get Him To The Greek Cert: 15 As recent comedies have gone, 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall was a neatly plotted break-up movie that managed to produce a fair amount of laughs, most of them care of Russell Brand. The comedian’s turn as rock star Aldous Snow made him a star in America, with the [...]
SIX OF THE BEST June 24, 2010 THEATRE The Bridge Project Sam Mendes brings his cross-Atlantic, touring Shakespeare project back to the Old Vic with rotating performances of As You Like It and The Tempest. FILM Breathless Godard’s legendary 1960 film that invented the idea of French cool, with Jean Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg on the run from the gendarmes. ART [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT June 24, 2010 FILM TETRO After years in the wilderness, a return to form for Francis Ford Coppola with this family drama. THE COLLECTOR Yet more tedious “torture porn” in this dull-as-ditchwater chiller set in a scary house. WHEN IN ROME Conveyor-belt romantic comedy with Kristen Bell. Absolutely terrible. DVD THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Disney’s really rather [...]
How to look sharp in shorts… June 24, 2010 FOR men, wearing shorts is potentially even more of a minefield than it is for women. In the 70s and 80s they were too short, in the 90s they became vast and billowing, and in the Noughties they begat the crime against taste and rationality that is the three quarter-length trouser (which in America they [...]
WEAR YOUR LEGS TO WORK, BUT CAREFULLY June 24, 2010 WEARING shorts to work in the hot weather seems like the perfect solution. Obviously you wouldn’t wear “short” shorts, but the “City” style shorts that are tailored with a cuff and come to just above the knee are as comfy and relaxed as long trousers, yet cool in the summer, and only show as much [...]
Sants warns over regulation shake-up June 24, 2010 CHOPPY markets and growing European Union powers will pose big challenges for the country’s transition to a new financial supervisory system, a top regulator said. The government announced last week it would scrap the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and fold many of its powers into a new Bank of England subsidiary by 2012. The aim [...]
BAA lowers earnings forecast by £10m June 24, 2010 AIRPORT operator BAA has lowered its 2010 earnings forecast by £10m reflecting the impact of the volcanic ash cloud, strikes by British Airways cabin crew and bad weather. BAA, which is owned by Spain’s Ferrovial, forecast that its 2010 adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation would be £946M based on its expectation of [...]
DSG to rebrand as Dixons June 24, 2010 DSG International has posted an expected 61 per cent rise in full-year profit and forecast more growth in 2010-11. The firm, which owns the Currys and PC World chains said that although the economic backdrop in Europe would remain challenging in the current year it was well placed to continue to grow profits. DSG also [...]
