Bradley on alert for Villa offer August 22, 2010 UNITED STATES coach Bob Bradley has publicly confirmed his interest in the vacant manager’s job at Aston Villa. The club’s American owner Randy Lerner is expected to step up his search for a permanent successor to Martin O’Neill following yesterday’s mauling at Newcastle. Bradley has asked representatives to sound out Villa about the job and [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF August 22, 2010 Rudisha breaks 800m record ATHLETICS: Kenya’s David Rudisha yesterday broke the men’s 800m world record at an IAAF World Challenge meeting in Berlin. The 21-year-old, who was only a semi-finalist at last year’s World Championships, clocked one minute 41.09 seconds, beating the record set in 1997 by Denmark’s Wilson Kipketer by 0.02 seconds. Wigan top [...]
WINNERS & LOSERS August 22, 2010 A WEEKEND is a long time in sport, as this lot will attest. But while for some it was a few days to remember, others may wish they had never set foot out of the house. WINNER THEO WALCOTT A hat-trick and a devastating all-round attacking display were just the tonic for Walcott after his World [...]
BHP deal to hand Potash CEO $400m August 19, 2010 POTASH chief executive Bill Doyle stands to make more than $400m (£257m) from the firm’s sale to mining giant BHP Billiton if the controversial takeover goes ahead, as BHP ramps up its efforts to persuade its shareholders a $40bn hostile bid is worthwhile. Doyle, head of the Canadian fertiliser firm, could make even more if [...]
Rowland in U-turn over Tory role August 19, 2010 DAVID Rowland, the property tycoon who was set to take up the role of Tory party treasurer, has decided to sacrifice the role to concentrate on his business interests. Rowland, who donated millions of pounds to the Conservative party in the run up to the general election, returned to the UK from the Channel Islands [...]
Intel in $8bn McAfee buy August 19, 2010 INTEL continued a run of big money technology deals yesterday when it announced it will buy security software maker McAfee for $7.7bn (£4.9bn) – its biggest ever acquisition. The chip-maker will pay $48 per share in cash, a 60 per cent premium on McAfee’s closing price. The purchase, which marries a hardware and software maker, [...]
Why the Green row won’t go away August 19, 2010 SOMEWHAT predictably the recent appointment of Sir Philip Green to the post of efficiency tsar is turning out to be one of the most ill-judged moves of the government’s (reasonably successful) first 100 days. The tycoon’s call-up has cruelly exposed the differences in policy between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats on tax avoidance. This in [...]
Brittan takes trade role August 19, 2010 LORD Brittan, who made his name as trade and industry secretary in Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet, is to return to government as a trade adviser. David Cameron said that 71-year-old Brittan, who is taking a six-month sabbatical from his job as UBS vice chairman, would help “drive forward Britain’s ambitious trade agenda”. However, the Prime Minister [...]
KNOC prepares to turn hostile on Dana bid August 19, 2010 SOUTH Korea’s National oil company (KNOC) is set to turn hostile on its bid for Dana Petroleum as early as today. KNOC, which made a £1.7bn a share bid for Dana last month, has already contacted Dana’s biggest shareholders to see if they would be willing to sell their shares at £18 each – the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 19, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES ACCOUNTING ISSUES MAR CONNAUGHT SELL OFF PLANS Accountancy issues at Connaught are expected to have affected more than just the beleaguered property service group’s social housing maintenance division, according to people familiar with the matter. The development may affect the ability of Connaught to sell off parts of its business, which is one [...]
