I can’t see what’s so bad about Arsenal July 4, 2012 Robin van Persie’s decision to announce his exit from Arsenal was an interesting one in terms of his timing. He’s saying that he doesn’t believe that the club’s going forward, but they’ve just spent around £20m on Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud, so I don’t see what Arsenal are doing wrong. They’ve just proven they’re [...]
Meeting told Van Persie it was time to go July 4, 2012 ARSENAL captain Robin van Persie has blamed a “disagreement” over the direction in which the North London club is heading for his refusal to sign a new contract. Van Persie yesterday revealed he would not be extending his stay at the club, making his exit inevitable, and though it remains unclear if he will be [...]
Edgbaston rain halts England’s hopes of topping one-day rankings July 4, 2012 YESTERDAY’S one-day international between England and Australia at Edgbaston was abandoned before the bowling of a solitary ball because of persistent rain. The original 2pm start was replaced by a 28 overs match planned for 6pm, but further rain also cancelled that. The development means England can no longer win the series 5-0 and overtake [...]
Millar makes Team GB Olympic squad July 4, 2012 CYCLING: Former drugs cheat David Millar has been named alongside Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Ian Stannard in Team GB’s road cycling team for London 2012. “We have selected the five riders who we believe are on the best form and will give us the fastest team for the race, said British Cycling [...]
Cavendish crash prevents Tour victory July 4, 2012 CYCLING: Britain’s Mark Cavendish crashed just 2.6km from the edge of the Tour de France’s 214.5km fourth stage from Abbeville to Rouen. Germany’s Andre Greipel won with a sprint finish, though overall Fabian Cancellara still leads Britain’s Bradley Wiggins by seven seconds.
Tottenham secure Sigurdsson move July 4, 2012 FOOTBALL: New Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has made his first signing for the club in the form of Iceland international midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson’s £8m arrival from Hoffenheim.
Weak service sector knocks recovery hopes July 4, 2012 GROWTH in the all-important services sector slowed to an eight-month low in June, according to influential survey data published yesterday, undermining hopes that the economy could come out of recession in the second quarter. Markit’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) came in at 51.3 last month – down sharply from 53.3 in May, indicating a sharp [...]
Profitability dips at UK’s firms July 4, 2012 THE PROFITABILITY of British companies slipped slightly in the first three months of the year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released yesterday. The rate of return on private non-financial companies slipped 0.2 percentage points to 12.1 per cent in the first quarter – the lowest rate since mid-2010. However, when [...]
CITY VIEWS | ARE YOU MORE OR LESS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE UK ECONOMY THAN AT THE START OF THE YEAR? July 4, 2012 DAVID GOULD METRO BANK “I was more optimistic about the UK economy before recent events occurred, but Barclays has changed that. I’m hoping as new regulation comes in we’ll start to get trust back in the economy. SPENCER JONES LLOYDS “I’m more optimistic but mainly because my personal situation is slightly better than it was [...]
CITY A.M. | OUR SHADOW MPC VOTES 7-2 FOR MORE EASING July 4, 2012 THE BANK of England is already on course to splash £325bn on asset purchases as it strives to stimulate a flat and endangered economic recovery. Yet many economists feel the situation is bad enough to warrant even more quantitative easing (QE). David Kern of the British Chambers of Commerce yesterday warned that more QE “is [...]
