Six ways to spice up your kitchen July 7, 2010 LIKE your fellow time-pressed City denizens, you know you should be eating healthy home-made bread and organic frozen yoghurt instead of endless ready meals, but during that rare evening off who really has time to drop everything for hours of authentic home-cooking? Luckily, thanks to the wonders of human progress and the innovative genius of [...]
Puyol power takes Spain to the brink July 7, 2010 GERMANY (0) VS SPAIN (1) CARLES PUYOL finally broke German hearts by heading Spain into their first-ever World Cup final in an intriguing match in Durban. The Barcelona centre-back thundered home a winner from Xavi’s corner 17 minutes from time to hand the European champions a date with Holland – their first-ever World Cup meeting [...]
It’s a final for the purists July 7, 2010 WITH their slick passing styles and fantastic quality on show, Holland and Spain will provide the perfect showpiece at Soccer City on Sunday. We saw last night just what a complete side Spain are. Xavi and Andreas Iniesta controlled the midfield, while Carles Puyol was a real hero at either end, scoring what proved to [...]
Koscielny seals £10m Arsenal deal July 7, 2010 ARSENAL new boy Laurent Koscielny set his sights on the Premier League title after completing his £10m move to Emirates Stadium last night. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has tracked the 24-year-old centre back for some time after he impressed for French Ligue 1 side Lorient. And Koscielny, who can play for either France or Poland, [...]
Cash-strapped Barca haven’t paid last month’s wages July 7, 2010 BARCELONA’S reputation as a model club is in tatters after their new president admitted they need a £125m loan because they still have not paid last month’s wages. Sandro Rosell, who succeeded Joan Laporta last week, said he had been forced to offload defender Dmitro Chygrinskiy to raise funds to ease cash-flow. “We found a [...]
Strauss eyes Bangladesh whitewash July 7, 2010 ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss is targeting three wins out of three from the one-day series against Bangladesh, which starts today at Trent Bridge. The hosts will be expected to achieve the clean sweep, having just wrapped up a one-day series victory over Australia, who represent far more daunting opponents. England also enjoyed three ODI triumphs [...]
Aviva agree £20m rugby deal July 7, 2010 AVIVA have agreed a £20m deal to become the new sponsors of Premiership rugby. The insurance giants penned a four-year deal to replace Guinness as the top-flight’s title sponsors, starting immediately. Premiership chiefs confirmed that both parties have agreed to make “significant investment in community programmes” as part of the deal. “This is a fantastic [...]
Row over Frankfurt power grab July 7, 2010 A CRUNCH vote on sweeping changes to financial regulation in Europe has been delayed amid accusations of a secret attempt to shift power from London and Paris to Frankfurt. The European Parliament has pushed back a decision on the workings of three super-watchdogs until September after 11th-hour tweaks to the legislation caused a furore among [...]
Heron Tower snaps up its first tenant July 7, 2010 HERON International has signed up international law firm McDermott Will & Emery as its first tenant in the Heron Tower, a person familiar with the situation confirmed to City A.M. yesterday. McDermott has agreed to pay £55 per square foot for around 25,000 sq ft of office space on the eighth and ninth floors of [...]
AgBank’s IPO to get $22bn July 6, 2010 AGRICULTURAL Bank of China priced its Hong Kong and Shanghai dual listing yesterday, a deal that would break all IPO records by raising more than $22bn when adding in over-allotment shares. The initial public offering (IPO), which is raising funds to replenish capital, still faces a tough aftermarket, with a debut planned for 15 July [...]
