England can impress in Investec Series opener November 5, 2010 ENGLAND vs NEW ZEALAND TOMORROW, 2.00PM, SKY SPORTS Martin Johnson gets the chance to show how his England team have progressed since their excellent 21-20 victory over Australia in June, as the autumn internationals get underway tomorrow at Twickenham. England face the toughest possible opener against the All Blacks, who will be seething after they [...]
The amazing Zenyatta can give her fans another day to remember November 5, 2010 AFTER a disappointing week of tipping last week, I am deliberately not going to start chasing short-priced horses in a desperate attempt to claw my way back into the winners’ enclosure. It’s Breeders’ Cup weekend and the European trio of Midday, Workforce and Goldikova will all be sent off at skinny odds in pursuit of [...]
Moody: Young stars won’t be intimidated November 5, 2010 ENGLAND vs NEW ZEALAND ENGLAND may be facing the toughest possible start to their autumn campaign but captain Lewis Moody insists he feels emboldened by the emergence of a clutch of youngsters he has earmarked for greatness. Moody could not have asked for more daunting opposition than New Zealand, the world’s No1 ranked Test side, [...]
the INSIDER November 5, 2010 England versus New Zealand, plenty of beer and the Breeders’ Cup… it doesn’t get much better than that! I’m surprised the bookies make Aidan O’Brien’s Master of Hounds the 7/2 favourite for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Juvenile as, apart from his good third in the Racing Post Trophy, he has done very little in his [...]
Guy Hands loses $2bn Citi trial November 5, 2010 FINANCIER Guy Hands yesterday lost his “irresponsible” $2bn (£1.25bn) fraud case against Citigroup linked to his purchase of struggling music group EMI. A New York federal court jury took four hours to decide unanimously last night that David Wormsley, one of Citigroup’s top bankers, did not lie to Hands during his £4.2bn bid for the [...]
AUSSIES SHOWED WAY TO BEAT NEW ZEALAND November 5, 2010 I WATCHED Australia beat New Zealand last week by challenging them with the ball in hand and I think England ought to play in that vein tomorrow, as they did when they beat the Wallabies in June. One area England could target is the All Blacks’ new centre combination of debutant Sonny Bill Williams and [...]
Shares are back to 2008 level November 5, 2010 GLOBAL stock markets surged yesterday to their highest level since the collapse of Lehman Brothers over two years ago, in reaction to the Federal Reserve’s decision to try and hasten the pace of the recovery by pumping $600bn (£372.69bn) of fresh funds into the US economy. The FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed up 113.82 [...]
Russia in talks for Potash bid November 5, 2010 A RUSSIAN group said yesterday it was in intensive talks ahead of launching a rival bid for Potash Corp, as BHP Billiton said its blocked $39bn (£24.7bn) bid for fertiliser group Potash Corp was not dead and pledged to work with the Canadian government. Phosagro claimed it was in intensive talks with the Russian government [...]
Stock markets are wrong about QE2 November 5, 2010 YESTERDAY’S stock market rebound is the proof that investors don’t always get it right – or at least, that they still love to get drunk on the prospect of cheap money. Stock markets in the US and UK jumped, taking equities back to the time when Lehman Brothers was just another big investment bank. One [...]
A masterful look at everyday life November 5, 2010 Film ANOTHER YEAR Cert: 12A BRITISH director Mike Leigh’s new film is a touching, near perfect portrayal of suburban life and its crushing trivialities. At the centre of things are comfortable, middle class couple Tom and Gerri (Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen). Around them are people whose lives haven’t panned out quite as planned. We [...]
