L&G to start City development June 10, 2010 Legal & General is set to begin a long-awaited development at Bucklersbury House. The fund manager will today announce plans to start demolition to make way for an office complex and a new ticket hall at Bank station.
I know my starting XI, says Capello June 10, 2010 ENGLAND VS USA IT’S taken a hard-fought Premier League season, ten qualifying matches and a few injury heartaches, but Fabio Capello’s deliberation is over. Finally, the England boss admitted last night he knows his starting line-up for the World Cup opener with the United States on Saturday. All that stands in the way of Capello [...]
Growing calls for Cameron to support BP June 10, 2010 THERE were growing calls for David Cameron to throw his weight behind troubled oil major BP last night, but the Prime Minister appeared to side with the American government. London mayor Boris Johnson broke ranks to hit out at “the anti British rhetoric… permeating from America” and said the matter was of “great concern” because [...]
BP’s a great company. I know. I worked there June 10, 2010 TRYING to defend BP during the last six weeks has been a lonely and isolating experience. As a former employee I have been accused of being biased or emotionally attached. But having seen posts on US websites demanding all BP employees be thrown into jail, it’s hard not to take the world’s hatred of my [...]
We won’t set out to wind up Rooney, vows US boss Bob June 10, 2010 UNITED STATES coach Bob Bradley insists his side will not set out to wind up Wayne Rooney in tomorrow’s World Cup opener. Rooney’s temperament has been brought into question after he lost his cool with referee Jeff Selogilwe in a low-key warm-up with Platinum Stars on Monday. Selogilwe went on to warn the England striker [...]
Pressue to tighten pension fund rules after Gulf disaster June 10, 2010 UK PENSION fund holders keeping a close eye on the Gulf of Mexico disaster are urging the government to tighten regulation in a bid to protect against exposure to financial uncertainty similar to BP. A trio of MPs, alongside pension fund charity FairPensions, are campaigning for the coalition government to set up protection regulation against [...]
Banks: Hasty reform will cost 10m jobs June 10, 2010 REGULATORY reforms proposed for banks around the globe could cut three per cent off economic growth over the next five years in the United States, Eurozone and Japan alone, and cost almost 10m jobs, top banks said yesterday. The Institute of International Finance (IIF), a bank lobby group representing more than 400 firms, said a [...]
Business confidence hit by Eurozone health fears June 10, 2010 CONCERNS over the health of the Eurozone have dragged business confidence down from April’s two-year high, according to a snapshot from Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets. The proportion of boards expecting an upturn in trading over the coming year fell 11 per cent to just under a third, the bank said in a monthly update. Managers’ [...]
Mandela has sights set on the big stage June 10, 2010 NELSON MANDELA is determined to climb off his sick bed and make a brief appearance at today’s opening World Cup match – at the age of 91. The former South African president wants to sample a taste of the atmosphere at the showpiece event when the hosts take on Mexico at Johannesburg’s 94,000-capacity Soccer City. [...]
Seven Spanish banks to merge June 10, 2010 SPANISH savings bank Caja Madrid and rival Bancaja are in talks which could lead to the creation of the country’s largest savings bank and be the latest move in a sectoral restructuring the government is keen to see. Caja Madrid and Bancaja said they were discussing joining the System for Institutional Protection (SIP) which Caja [...]
