Kroenke: New Liverpool owners are good guys October 21, 2010 ARSENAL director Stan Kroenke has backed Liverpool’s latest owners, New England Sports Ventures (NESV), to run the club “the right way”. Kroenke, the Gunners’ largest shareholder, knows fellow Americans NESV, owners of baseball’s Boston Red Sox, from their mutual dealings in sports franchises in the United States. Previous Reds owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett [...]
Keep control of your car insurance October 21, 2010 CAR insurers have hit drivers with the biggest annual price hike on record, and premiums are expected to continue rising into 2011. The cost of annual comprehensive car insurance soared 39.3 per cent in the 12 months to the end of September – the biggest annual jump recorded since the benchmark AA British Insurance Premium [...]
Keep control of your car insurance October 21, 2010 CAR insurers have hit drivers with the biggest annual price hike on record, and premiums are expected to continue rising into 2011. The cost of annual comprehensive car insurance soared 39.3 per cent in the 12 months to the end of September – the biggest annual jump recorded since the benchmark AA British Insurance Premium [...]
Tullow stock hit as well in Ghana fails to strike oil October 21, 2010 Tullow Oil yesterday said a well offshore Ghana had failed to find oil, prompting one broker to downgrade the British-based explorer and hitting its shares. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, Tullow yesterday said its Onyina-1 exploration well in the Deepwater Tano licence offshore Ghana had encountered water bearing reservoirs. Exploration director Angus [...]
Death threats for Rooney as striker’s future left in limbo October 21, 2010 MANCHESTER UNITED rebel Wayne Rooney was confronted by death threats over his possible defection to arch-rivals Manchester City last night when a posse of angry fans staged a protest outside his Cheshire home. Police were called to disperse around 40 people, some wearing hoods and balaclavas, who were said to have been brandishing a banner [...]
Expat expert:?the power of local knowledge October 21, 2010 GLOBALISATION, coupled with the modernisation of transportation networks and technology has brought a new level of choice and flexibility to individuals in terms of relocation. The UK remains extremely popular with those looking to experience life abroad with great cities and premier business and finance centres alongside great transport links into Europe and across the [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 21, 2010 Schroders The asset management firm has hired Philippe Lespinard as its new chief investment officer of fixed income, effective from 1 November. Lespinard joins from Brevan Howard in London, where he was a partner and head of absolute return strategies. Prior to that, he was chief investment officer at BNP Paribas Asset Management in Paris. [...]
BAE profits to take hit from defence cuts October 21, 2010 EUROPE’S biggest defence contractor BAE Systems yesterday said the impact of the strategic defence review would be “modest” despite order cancellations meaning a reduction in earnings of around two per cent. In a trading update BAE said it would “now work with the UK Ministry of Defence to address the detailed programme implications” of the [...]
Renting a room or other assets brings handy added income October 21, 2010 Nationwide Building Society’s UK consumer confidence index plunged nine points to 53 in September – its lowest level in over a year – as consumers fretted over looming job losses and higher prices. Jittery consumers are pulling in their purse-strings in this new age of austerity, but some entrepreneurial spirit could help you boost your [...]
Angry Birds firm snapped up by gaming giant EA October 21, 2010 THE birds may be angry, but their developers are certainly celebrating. Electronic Arts yesterday said it plans to buy the publisher of hit game Angry Birds, one of the most popular Apps on Apple’s iPhone, pushing the second largest US video game publisher deeper into the mobile games market. EA will pay $20m (£12.7bn) in [...]
