Murray faces Djokovic test November 15, 2011 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray will face world No1 Novak Djokovic in a match that is likely to provide the highlight of the group stages of next week’s ATP World Tour Finals at London’s 02 Arena. Murray and Djokovic have been paired together in Group A, which also contains Spaniard David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych of the [...]
United’s commercial revenue boosted by £40m DHL deal November 15, 2011 MANCHESTER UNITED’S pioneering training kit sponsorship deal with logistics company DHL contributed to a staggering 22 per cent rise in the club’s commercial revenues for the quarter ending 30 September. Figures released yesterday revealed the Premier League champions, who signed a £40m, four-year deal with DHL in August, earned £29.6m from their commercial arm, while [...]
London 2012 chiefs defend Dow deal for stadium wrap November 15, 2011 LONDON 2012 chief Lord Coe has defended the Olympic Stadium deal with Dow Chemical Company in the face of growing concern from MPs and Indian athletes. Dow paid £7m earlier this year to cover the cost of the unbranded hi-tech fabric wrap, which will surround the stadium and had been threatened by budget cuts. Concerns [...]
Chelsea boss denies FA charge November 15, 2011 FOOTBALL: Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has vowed to contest a Football Association charge of improper conduct. The Portuguese was heavily critical of referee Chris Foy’s performance during last month’s defeat at QPR, in which both Jose Bosingwa and Didier Drogba were sent off in the first half. After the match, Villas-Boas said Foy had “directly [...]
Sarries Cape Town plans blocked November 15, 2011 RUGBY UNION: Saracens have been informed they will have to move their Heineken Cup match against Biarritz in January from the new Cape Town Stadium to Newlands Stadium by The Western Province Rugby Football Union.
New York kicks off crackdown November 15, 2011 City of London restarts legal action against protest camp THE CITY of London yesterday vowed to press ahead with plans to evict protesters from its land, hours after US police tore down a connected campsite in New York. Legal efforts to move the St Paul’s protesters are set to resume, without the explicit support of the [...]
Eurozone’s woes leak to the core November 15, 2011 FEARS of debt contagion seeping into the Eurozone’s core were heightened yesterday, as the cost of borrowing for triple-A-rated countries like France and Austria jumped. Adding to the woes, yields on Italian 10-year debt yet again surpassed the seven per cent danger mark, climbing to 7.07 per cent. Beyond that level Greece, Portugal and Ireland [...]
Italy close to new cabinet November 15, 2011 NEW Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti announced last night that he was preparing to reveal his new cabinet to the President this morning. Markets rose on the news, as his government may bring the prospect of a stable Italy closer, and so lessen the severity of the Eurozone crisis. European stocks closed down, but when [...]
Motorists are massively over-taxed November 15, 2011 BRITISH motorists are massively over-taxed. In 2009/10, 66p in each pound spent on petrol and diesel was pocketed by the Exchequer, with just a third going to retailers and oil companies. Taking just fuel and vehicle excise duty (and ignoring other taxes, including value added tax) the government raises about £31.5bn a year from motorists. [...]
Levinson takes Apple job November 15, 2011 Apple yesterday named long-serving director Arthur Levinson as its new chairman, filling a post left vacant by the death of co-founder Steve Jobs. Levinson, chairman of biotechnology giant Genentech, has been on the Apple board since 2000, serving on both its audit and finance committees. Apple’s stock rose more than 2.5 per cent in the [...]
