Arsenal put back Boxing Day fixture December 22, 2011 ARSENAL face a festive fixture pile-up after a planned Tube strike forced the north London club to push their scheduled Boxing Day clash against Wolves back by 24 hours. The Gunners, who confirmed tickets purchased for the match are still valid for 27 December, now face the prospect of three matches in the space of [...]
Pietersen extends Surrey stay December 22, 2011 CRICKET: England batsman Kevin Pietersen will remain a Surrey player for the remainder of his international career. With the South Africa-born player on an England central contract, which is renewed every 12 months, there is no fixed time span for his spell at The Oval. Pietersen, 31, joined Surrey initially on loan in 2010 after [...]
Quins flanker Skinner banned December 22, 2011 RUGBY UNION: Harlequins flanker Will Skinner has been banned for two weeks following the red card he received during last week’s Heineken Cup victory against Toulouse. The 27-year-old committed “an act contrary to good sportsmanship” when, on the substitutes’ bench having, been taken off, he prevented the home team from taking a quick line-out.
SFO Tchenguiz blow December 22, 2011 THE SERIOUS Fraud Office was dealt a blow yesterday after it was forced to hand back documents seized in a dawn raid on Vincent Tchenguiz’s offices earlier this year, part of its probe into the collapse of Kaupthing. The embattled property tycoon yesterday declared the SFO had admitted the decision to issue search warrants “should [...]
It’s crackers! Experts count the cost of Christmas lunch December 22, 2011 IF you’re heading to the supermarket today to pick up the ingredients for Christmas dinner, then along with your shopping trolley there’s one other basket you shouldn’t forget – the inflation basket. Choosing between broccoli and carrots may not seem like a crucial decision, but with food inflation and supermarket price wars hitting the cost [...]
Onward and upwards in 2012 please December 22, 2011 AS the business year draws to a close, there is one last opportunity to reflect on what has gone before, and to consider what might lie ahead. In the financial world, 2011 will forever be remembered as the year the wheels fell off the euro. The single currency is still intact, but nobody quite knows [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 22, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES CALLS FOR QE TO STAVE OFF EURO DEFLATION A top European Central Bank policymaker has called for “quantitative easing” to be used to boost the eurozone economy if deflation risks emerge across the region. The comments by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, ECB executive board member, are the strongest indication yet that the central bank [...]
High court fails to stop Boxing Day Tube strike December 22, 2011 A BOXING day strike by Tube drivers has been given the green light, threatening to disrupt football matches and shoppers, after a high court judge refused to halt it. London Underground (LU) had argued that the strike was illegal as drivers who are not expected to work on 26 December had cast their vote in [...]
Tchenguiz: SFO admits to errors in case December 22, 2011 VINCENT Tchenguiz’s war with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) may not be over but forcing the watchdog to admit to errors over his controversial arrest represents a major battle won. Vincent Tchenguiz was arrested in March over his exposure to the collapsed Icelandic bank Kaupthing but has always maintained his innocence. The Iranian-born property magnate [...]
Economy set to worsen into New Year December 22, 2011 SERVICES grew surprisingly strongly in the third quarter of 2011, prompting the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to revise GDP figures up slightly for the three-month period. However, they cut growth estimates for the previous quarter, leaving the year’s expansion rate unchanged, and economists predict a tough 2012. GDP grew by 0.6 per cent from [...]
