The Malthusian bull market carries on February 10, 2011 IN 1980, two academics, Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich, agreed a now famous wager. Ehrlich chose five commodity metals and bet that over the next 10 years, they would get more expensive. Ultimately, Simon won, and all five metals – copper, chromium, nickel, tin and tungsten – got progressively less expensive all the way up [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS February 10, 2011 ARM HOLDINGS RBS rates the technology company “buy” with a target price of 625p. Hewlett Packard’s introduction of the Palm operating system on its PCs later this year could help ARM penetrate the notebook PC market, moving its market share from one per cent in 2011 to 20 per cent by 2015. RBS estimates that [...]
From scruffy hack to dashing banker February 10, 2011 I MUST make a confession. Before researching this piece, I had only visited Selfridges once, and only then to buy Lucky Charms and jelly beans. So going in to meet Ben Leaver, Selfridges’ exceedingly well-dressed men’s formal wear buyer, was frankly rather daunting. What would he make me wear? What are these … looks? Surely [...]
Coens inspire with a gritty Western February 10, 2011 Film TRUE GRIT Cert: 15 In this Coen Brothers-directed re-make of a John Wayne Western, Jeff Bridges is the maverick, whisky-slugging gun-slinger Marshall Rooster Cogburn, a self-professed “foolish old-man who has been drawn into a wild goose chase by a harpy in trousers and a nincompoop”. The harpy is 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), who, [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND February 10, 2011 FILMS JUST GO WITH IT Rom com with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Anniston. For masochists only. YOGI BEAR New animated version of the Sixties cartoon, with Dan Ackroyd on “pick-a-nick basket” duties. SON OF BABYLON Iraqi drama about a boy and his grandmother in the chaos of modern Iraq. DVD EAT PRAY LOVE Julia Roberts [...]
Questions mount as West Ham set for stadium green light February 10, 2011 A DECISION may not be confirmed until this morning, but the widely anticipated move to award the Olympic Stadium to West Ham over Tottenham has already prompted serious questions to be raised about the bidding process. The Hammers have been unanimously declared the winners of a lengthy and increasingly bitter battle with Spurs even though [...]
Johnson urges England to go for the jugular February 10, 2011 RBS 6 NATIONS ENGLAND manager Martin Johnson has told his team to forget the fact they are overwhelming favourites for tomorrow’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy and show no mercy when the perennial wooden spoon recipients visit Twickenham. Johnson was far from satisfied with his side’s performance in last week’s championship opener against Wales, [...]
Scrum laws need changing February 10, 2011 AFTER an encouraging start to their RBS 6 Nations campaign, England will be looking to build further momentum against Italy. The Red Rose will need the following three men to reproduce the form they displayed at the Millennium Stadium if they are to make it two wins from two. DAN COLE It’ll be difficult for Cole, [...]
Rooney: Wilshere’s got what it takes February 10, 2011 ENGLAND striker Wayne Rooney is confident Jack Wilshere will have a long and distinguished international career after the Arsenal starlet impressed on his first senior start against Denmark on Wednesday. Wilshere looked composed in front of the back four before he was taken off at half-time. “I thought Jack Wilshere did really well,” said Rooney. [...]
McIlroy outshines Woods and co February 10, 2011 NORTHERN IRELAND’S Rory McIroy put the world’s top three golfers in the shade in the first round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Tiger Woods were grouped together, but it was the 21-year-old McIlroy who put them in shade with a superb 65 to lead by two shots from South [...]
