WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 29, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES BLUNDER REVEALS CARBON TRADING DATA Europe’s biggest clearing house, LCH.Clearnet, has admitted that “confidential information” about trading in carbon emission allowances, including the names of individual traders, was mistakenly published on the internet. Climate Markets, which provides marketing services for LCH.Clearnet, said the information was placed on its website in error and has [...]
Strauss hails Cook’s knock as greatest Ashes innings November 29, 2010 Skipper can’t recall a better performance from an Englishman Down Under and claims his side have crucial momentum ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss hailed Alastair Cook’s match saving double hundred as the greatest Ashes innings by an Englishman in Australia. Cook’s maiden first class double hundred shattered numerous records as his second-wicket partnership with Jonathon Trott [...]
England should draw more positives than an ordinary looking Australia November 29, 2010 OUR cricket columnist, former England batsman and Warwickshire chairman Andy Lloyd, has been poring over all the Ashes action. Here he dissects what he’s learned from the play so far. ENGLAND HAVE PSYCHOLOGICAL EDGE It may only have been a draw but it’s England who take all the positives away from Brisbane. Other than the efforts of Brad [...]
Watch Kaymer go from strength to strength after sensational year November 29, 2010 German has achieved more in one year than many players do in their entire careers – and he’s only 25 ROBERT KARLSSON’S victory at the Dubai World Championship was well deserved by the Swede but came in unusual circumstances that rang a few bells for me. Karlsson holed his birdie putt to win the second [...]
Taylor hangs for sale sign on US branch November 29, 2010 HOUSEBUILDER Taylor Wimpey is putting its North American subsidiary Taylor Morrison up for auction, and has hired JPMorgan Chase to advise on the sale, the company confirmed last night. The FTSE 250-listed company, which recently completed a £950m refinancing, has asked JPMorgan, one of its corporate brokers, to gauge market appetite for acquiring the US [...]
Prince Andrew lashes out at Saudi arms probe November 29, 2010 PRINCE Andrew described an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the massive Al Yamama arms deal with Saudi Arabia as “idiocy”, according to Washington’s ambassador to Kyrgyztan that has emerged as part of the Wikileaks revelations. Andrew, who travels as a special UK trade representative, made his comments during what was described by [...]
Barca show Jose who’s the Real deal November 29, 2010 –BARCELONA produced an astonishing display of attacking football to batter Real Madrid 5-0 at the Camo Nou and hand Jose Mourinho his heaviest ever defeat as a manager. The Spanish heavyweights came into this Clasico fixture both unbeaten and with Real leading their great rivals by a solitary point. But Barca had something to prove, [...]
WPP backs a new start for Lord Mandelson November 29, 2010 SIR Martin Sorrell’s WPP has solved one of the big questions remaining from the Labour Party’s defeat at the last election. The giant advertising-to-marketing group is taking a minority stake in a new consultancy firm set up by the self-proclaimed Prince of Darkness, giving the ever energetic Lord Mandelson a new reason to get up [...]
OBR: Growth at 2.1 per cent November 29, 2010 THE UK economy will grow by 2.1 per cent next year, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said yesterday, a cut from its original prediction of 2.3 per cent but still exceeding other forecasters. The OBR also revised down its estimates for 2011 and 2012 by 0.2 per cent. However, the OBR now expects faster [...]
ECONOMIST VIEWS: HAS THE OBR GOT IT RIGHT? November 29, 2010 SIMON WARD | HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS If anything the GDP projections are not optimistic enough. Fiscal consolidation didn’t stop growth in the 1990s, and the private sector’s in better shape now than it was then. ANDREW GOODWIN | ERNST & YOUNG ITEM CLUB I’m a little surprised the deficit figure wasn’t revised lower. Growth would [...]
