Lord Browne’s US fund is mulling a bid for auctioned BP assets December 22, 2010 FORMER BP chief Lord Browne is considering buying businesses from his former firm as BP divests assets to raise cash for its US lawsuit. Riverstone, the US private equity house at which Browne is now a partner, is reportedly considering bids for BP businesses being auctioned. Assets include its Canadian natural gas liquids processing facilities [...]
Will the weather affect your holiday plans? December 22, 2010 MARTIN ZETTER | LLOYDS “No, I don’t think it will. I’ll be fine this Christmas. I’m staying at home so the weather doesn’t affect my plans.” ALAN DIXON | INTER HANNOVER “I’ll be absolutely fine, I am at home this Christmas. It’s getting to work that is hard!” JACK MANDUIT | DELOITTE “Hopefully the weather [...]
Window of opportunity December 22, 2010 ARSENAL Budget: £25-30m, hypothetically, but not expected to be stretched Areas of weakness: A leaky defence is sorely missing Thomas Vermaelen, and with his return date still unknown the clamour is growing for Arsene Wenger to sign another centre-back Targets: Everton defender Phil Jagielka, the subject of a failed bid in the summer, and highly-rated [...]
Pietersen advocates seasonal sledging December 22, 2010 ENGLAND batsman Kevin Pietersen claims he won’t be holding back on the verbals, despite his attempts at sledging backfiring in the third Ashes Test. Pietersen and James Anderson attempted to get under the skin of the previously wayward Mitchell Johnson in Perth, but the Aussie paceman responded with a devastating spell of hostile swing bowling [...]
London’s festive sporting highlights December 22, 2010 WITH the weather having potentially put paid to any pre-planned foreign-based festive frolics, City A.M. has heroically rescued Christmas by pointing you in the direction of some of the sporting highlights the capital will be hosting. FOOTBALL Pivotal games at the top and bottom of the Premier League will be staged in London this weekend. [...]
Weather woes likely to deplete Barmy Army at MCG December 22, 2010 ENGLAND supporters fear their numbers will be depleted for the potentially decisive fourth Ashes Test as snow chaos prevents fans from flying out to Australia. A record crowd of more than 90,000 is anticipated for the match in Melbourne, which begins on Boxing Day and could see England retain the urn with victory. But the [...]
FA chief wants English boss December 22, 2010 FOOTBALL: New Football Association chairman David Bernstein has declared his intention to hire an Englishman as Fabio Capello’s successor. Bernstein beat ex-Arsenal director David Dein to the role yesterday and used his first interview to discuss the national team. “If he was English that would be preferable for obvious reasons and I think there is [...]
Attwood facing Six Nations ban December 22, 2010 RUGBY UNION: Gloucester and England second row Dave Attwood is facing a lengthy ban after being cited for stamping. La Rochelle complained about Attwood’s clash with Petrisor Toderasc during the French side’s 24-18 Amlin Challenge Cup win on Sunday. President Vincent Merling said: “Some of his teeth are smashed. It’s very serious.” Attwood, 23, played [...]
Boparan eyes Northern bid December 22, 2010 NORTHERN Foods yesterday confirmed it had been approached by rival Boparan Holdings about a possible cash takeover offer, less than a month after it agreed to a merger with Irish food manufacturer Greencore. Boparan, the owner of Harry Ramsden’s restaurants and the biggest chicken producer in Europe, has been granted access to Northern’s financials after [...]
Qantas to put more A380s back in the air after accident December 22, 2010 AUSTRALIA’S Qantas Airways plans to return more of its Airbus A380 superjumbos to service after disruption caused by the blow-out of a Rolls-Royce engine on one of its jets last month. The carrier said it will have five A380s in service by the end of the week as it prepares to handle peak traffic at [...]
