Shed Media confirms bid discussions June 21, 2010 TELEVISION production company Shed Media yesterday confirmed it was in talks to sell itself to Warner Bros Entertainment, a unit of Hollywood media group and Sex in the City maker Time Warner. Shed Media’s shares closed the day up around 7 per cent at 83.6p. Time Warner plans to acquire Shed Media, the maker of [...]
This has been a worse start than ‘86 or ’90 June 21, 2010 ENGLAND’S mutiny may have been nipped in the bud but John Terry was totally ill-advised to tell the world about any rumblings of discontent in the England squad. Those issues should be dealt with internally. By opening them up to the public Terry risked driving a bigger wedge between the players and Fabio Capello. It [...]
GW Pharma’s cannabis drug to cost £11 per day June 21, 2010 GW Pharmaceuticals’ cannabis-derived medicine Sativex will cost approximately £11 a day when used as a prescription treatment in Britain for greater muscle flexibility in patients with multiple sclerosis. Announcing its launch yesterday, GW said the NHS price would be £125 for a 10ml vial – enough to last the average patient just over 11 days. [...]
BAE gets A$40m DMO contract June 21, 2010 Defence giant BAE Systems has won a A$40m (£23.7m) contract to produce Nulka’s, a “soft-kill” anti-ship missile. The contract, which has been handed to BAE by Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) for more than a decade, will see the group produce additional rounds of the missile for Australian, American and Canadian navies. The Nulka is a [...]
Toshiba launches new mini PC June 21, 2010 Toshiba has launched a dual-screened mini notebook PC that can be used as an e-book reader, adding to competition for the likes of Apple’s iPad and Amazon.com’s Kindle. The new gadget, which can be used like a conventional notebook PC with a software keyboard, or turned 90 degrees for use as an e-book reader, will [...]
There was no crisis meeting, with Fabio, insists Lampard June 21, 2010 FRANK LAMPARD yesterday dismissed John Terry’s claims there was a crisis meeting with boss Fabio Capello – and threw his weight behind the under-fire Italian coach. The midfielder was paraded to the world’s media to diffuse the impact of his Chelsea team-mate’s outburst on Sunday in which he said the squad were ready to air [...]
RMT in Tube strike talks June 21, 2010 TALKS TO prevent strikes on the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway (DLR) took place yesterday at conciliation service Acas as rail union RMT met Tube Lines and Serco. Platform and station staff on the DLR, which carries commuters to and from Canary Wharf, are due to walk out for three days starting Wednesday 23 [...]
Sarkozy and Merkel call for tougher rules June 21, 2010 FRANCE and Germany renewed their calls for tougher regulation of the global financial sector yesterday, ahead of the G20 meeting in Canada later this week. “Since our first meeting in Washington in 2008, we have made solid progress in implementing the financial regulatory reform agenda,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said [...]
‘Disrespecting’ referee to officiate crunch match June 21, 2010 THE referee once accused by John Terry of disrespecting him in a Champions League match, will take charge of England’s crucial World Cup against Slovenia on Wednesday. German Wolfgang Stark came under fire from the Chelsea captain after he sent off Didier Drogba during the Blues’ quarter-final defeat to Inter Milan in March. At the [...]
SocGen man accused of hiding bets June 21, 2010 FORMER Société Générale trader Jérôme Kerviel used convincing lies to mask his risky, unauthorised bets, an ex-boss told a Paris court yesterday. The 33-year-old Kerviel, whom SocGen blamed for a €4.9bn (£4.1bn) trading loss in 2008, made bets without bosses knowing, former supervisor Eric Cordelle added. “Jérôme was always able to come up with reasons, [...]
