Halo 4: as much fun as you can have on an Xbox November 7, 2012 GAME HALO 4 Xbox 360 | ***** HALO ISN’T just a video game – it’s a gigantic, multimedia behemoth, crushing all in its path under its metal-plated boots. Since the original Halo launched on Microsoft’s first Xbox, the franchise has grown to fill an entire universe, with spin-offs including an animated web series, a graphic [...]
How the 4th gen iPad measures up November 7, 2012 The surprise package in the Apple announcements last month was the news there would be an update to the 3rd generation iPad. Apple says it will continue to sell the iPad 2 (starting price £329) but will replace the “new iPad” (which is now the old iPad – this naming business is getting rather complicated…) [...]
America decides November 6, 2012 ■ Obama edges ahead as race goes down to wire ■ Swing states are divided by the smallest of margins US VOTERS went to the polls yesterday in one of the tightest presidential elections in memory, with the race to the White House set to be decided by the slimmest of margins in a number [...]
So much for the election. Now America must regain its mojo November 6, 2012 AS ever, the actual voting was the easy bit. The truly epic task comes next: trying to mend the US economy. Contemporary America is a strange place: in some ways, it remains astonishingly successful; in others, remarkably weak. More than ever, the giant has feet of clay, a tragedy for those of us who love [...]
What the other papers say this morning November 6, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES BHP begins hunt for new chief BHP Billiton has quietly started looking for a successor to Marius Kloppers, chief executive, in what could herald a further shake-up in the leadership of the global mining industry following a five-year period of stability. JPMorgan in talks over SEC claims JPMorgan Chase is in advanced settlement [...]
How the US electoral system works and how states are won November 6, 2012 THE President of the United States of America is not directly elected by the people, but by a group of 538 representatives known as the electoral college. Each state has between three and 55 members of the college, weighted broadly by population. The members, who are typically local politicians chosen to recognise public service, normally [...]
The other race: getting control of Congress November 6, 2012 THE Republicans were projected this morning to keep control of one of the other centre of power up for grabs in the election: the House of Representatives. The US President actually has little legislative power to support his agenda without the support of Congress – made up of the House of Representaives and the 100-seat [...]
Asian markets struck by initial US uncertainty November 6, 2012 UNCERTAINTY over the outcome of the presidential election weighed on Asian markets as they opened this morning, after the Dow Jones index had posted its biggest gain in a month as the US voted. Wall Street had bet on a Barack Obama victory yesterday, pushing the Dow up more than one per cent yesterday. Japan’s [...]
Primark’s Union Jack sales boost profits at Associated British Food November 6, 2012 ASSOCIATED British Food’s chief executive has said customers snapping up Primark’s Union Jack themed merchandise during the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee helped spur a 17 per cent rise in group full-year profit. George Weston said the discount fashion chain sold more than 7.5m items stamped with the flag as Brits and overseas visitors bought [...]
M&S boss fights back after half year improves November 6, 2012 MARKS & SPENCER chief executive Marc Bolland yesterday asked for “a little patience” before seeing a turnaround in its troubled womenswear division and defended his strategy as the group revealed a 10 per cent fall in half year profits to £289.5m. The Dutchman, who is 18 months into a five-year plan to revive the group’s [...]
