Jamieson surprised by silver success August 1, 2012 SCOT Michael Jamieson admits he surprised himself by swimming a new British best time to grab silver in the men’s 200m breaststroke last night at the Aquatics Centre. Only a world record-breaking performance from Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta denied him Britain’s third gold of a thrilling day in which the hosts finally made their mark on [...]
Sturridge sets up South Korea August 1, 2012 GREAT BRITAIN 1 or URUGUAY 0 TEAM GB last night defeated Uruguay 1-0 to advance to the men’s Olympics football quarter-final against South Korea. It is on Saturday in Cardiff that that match will be played but the reality is that last night’s victory, and consequently first place in Group A as opposed to a [...]
Murray wants to start fast August 1, 2012 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray fears another slow start against Nicolas Almagro today will end his chance of winning an Olympics medal. Murray yesterday defeated Marcos Baghdatis 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and today faces Almagro in the tournament’s quarter-finals before combining with Laura Robson in the first round of the mixed doubles. “He’s playing the best tennis [...]
TODAY AT THE GAMES August 1, 2012 Rowing ■ Team GB’s men are among the favourites in the lightweight four final at 12:10. Bill Lucas and Sam Townsend also feature in the men’s double sculls final at 11:50, while the British women’s eight compete in their final at 12:30. Canoe Slalom ■ British canoeists David Florence and Richard Hounslow and Tim Baillie [...]
Nibs heading in here August 1, 2012 ■ FOOTBALL: West Ham have re-signed defender James Collins for £2.5m, with Feyenoord’s Ron Vlaar set to move to Villa to replace him. Hammers transfer target Andy Carroll, meanwhile, has not travelled with Liverpool to tonight’s Europa League qualifier against FC Gomel in Belarus. ■ CRICKET: England captain Andrew Strauss has described the second Test [...]
Jupiter shares rise on back of solid fund flow August 1, 2012 MARKETS cheered a resilient set of results from Jupiter Fund Management yesterday after the UK equity specialist revealed a £600m increase in assets under management and strong mutual fund inflows. Shares in the firm shot up three per cent in the first 90 minutes of trading after its half year results showed £210m of quarterly [...]
F&C adds £3m more cuts as optimism rises August 1, 2012 F&C ASSET Management said yesterday it would increase its radical cost cutting regime by a further £3m as interim results hinted management was starting to turn the business around. The asset manager, which has seen its share price rise around 20 per cent since June, said it would increase its cost cutting target to £48.8m, [...]
Baring Asset Management snaps up Korean asset firm August 1, 2012 LONDON-based asset manager Baring Asset Management is set to buy SEI Asset Korea (SEIAK) in a deal that will boost the 250 year-old firm’s assets under management by $6.3bn (£4bn). The firm, which this year celebrates the anniversary of its founding in 1762, said the acquisition will boost its presence in Asia as South Korea [...]
Shares in Shire rise as it calms generics fears August 1, 2012 SHIRE said yesterday that cheap, copycat competition would have only a limited impact on sales of its hyperactivity drugs in the key back-to-school period, reassuring investors that earnings would still rise by a double-digit percentage this year. Shares in the pharmaceutical company, which fell as much as 13 per cent in June when US regulators [...]
Ad firms cash in on Aegis deal August 1, 2012 ADVERTISING giant Aegis snapped up two London digital ad firms yesterday, netting their owners an estimated £25m. Search ad firm I Spy Marketing and analysis group Data2Decisions were bought for around £15m and £10m, and will be integrated into Aegis’s subsidiary iProspect, which deals with adverts on Google and other search engines. I Spy’s chief [...]
