Home sales and an upbeat FedEx buoy US equities July 26, 2010 A N upbeat outlook from FedEx, coupled with encouraging home sales, lifted US stocks yesterday, keeping t he S&P 500 above 1,100 for a second day and suggesting the rally could last. FedEx raised its outlook, boosting its stock by 5.6 per cent. The news from the package delivery and business services company validates the [...]
Office pain that has no gain July 26, 2010 ARE you sitting comfortably? If you’re reading this at your desk, it’s quite possible that you’re anything but. The modern office remains a place where back pains, repetitive strain injury and other blights born of bad posture and worse furniture cause no end of problems. According to Tom Stewart, executive chairman of ergonomics organisation System [...]
FIT IN THE CITY July 26, 2010 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT TWEET WHAT YOU EAT Yes, there really is a website and Twitter community that goes by this name. A US study of 1,700 people found that keeping a note of what they’d eaten helped participants see where additional calories were creeping in and how they could deal with specific situations. Tweetwhatyoueat [...]
OUT OF OFFICE July 26, 2010 DANTON’S DEATH AT THE NATIONAL Doesn’t Toby Stephens ever rest? Having only just finished a run in Tom Stoppard’s play The Real Thing at The Old Vic, he’s straight into dishevelled hair, frock coat and the bloody purges of the French Revolution in this new production of the play by 19th century German writer, Georg [...]
Dreary place, bright food July 26, 2010 Brasserie Joel First Floor, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, SE1 7UT. Tel: 020 7620 7272 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £45 MUCH has been made of the unfortunate location of Brasserie Joel – and rightly so. This new outpost of the talented Joel Antunes, fresh from exile in the States, sits in a [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS July 26, 2010 KARAOKE IN KENSAL RISE Karaoke mania continues apace with the August opening of a private room at west London’s quirkiest gastropub, Paradise By Way of Kensal Green. Expect a library of 7,500 classic songs, with 50 of the latest chart hits added each month as well as themed playlists available alongside music-themed food and drink [...]
Villa play hard ball in Milner chase after ‘amicable’ talks July 26, 2010 ASTON VILLA have sent Manchester City a hands-off message over their pursuit of James Milner after holding showdown talks with the England midfielder. Villa described discussions with the player as “amicable” after he returned to training yesterday for the first time since the World Cup. But they warned they plan to take Milner on a [...]
Balotelli closes in on City move July 26, 2010 MARIO BALOTELLI’S agent has dismissed speculation the striker has signed a deal with Manchester City – but expects the transfer to be completed in the next couple of days. Reports in the Italian press claimed that the Inter Milan youngster had already put pen to paper on a five-year deal with the mega-rich Eastlands club, [...]
Schumacher backs Ferrari in orders row July 26, 2010 MICHAEL SCHUMACHER has backed former team Ferrari in the team orders row, which marred Sunday’s German Grand Prix. The Italian team were fined $10,000 by the FIA for asking Felipe Massa to make way for team-mate Fernando Alonso to pass and lead home a Ferrari 1-2 at Hockenheim. But Schumacher, who was involved in a [...]
I can lead Britain’s Euro gold rush, insists fit-again Ennis July 26, 2010 JESSICA ENNIS says she’s fit and ready to lead a Great Britain gold rush in the European Championship, starting today. The 24-year-old world heptathlon champion arrives in Barcelona as one of Britain’s best medal hopes after recovering from an ear infection. Ennis has been made captain of a British team looking to achieve a record [...]
