THE RACE FOR THE GOLDEN BOOT June 8, 2010 David Villa is the favourite with every bookmaker to win the Golden Boot and his goalscoring record for Spain is excellent, finding the net 37 times in 57 games. LIONEL MESSI is next best at 10/1 with Paddy Power and if Argentina are to do well he has to have a decent chance of winning [...]
Operators in a race to offer iPhone deals June 8, 2010 UK operators are queuing up to cash in on Apple’s latest gadget. Within hours of Steve Jobs unveiling the new iPhone 4, UK operators Vodafone and O2 confirmed they will both offer dedicated price plans for the handset. O2 will give its customers a limited special offer to upgrade their existing deals to the new [...]
France could struggle to get through Group A June 8, 2010 FRANCE have made it to two of the last three World Cup finals, but they were knocked out in the group stages in 2002, taking just one point and the same happened at Euro 2008. It is remarkable that Raymond Domenech has managed to keep his job and they are only really in South Africa [...]
CITY VIEWS: ARE YOU FED UP WITH THE CONSTANT IPHONE UPGRADES? June 8, 2010 RUSSELL HARRISON | NATWEST PRIVATE BANKING “I find it very useful especially the map and the GPS. I don’t think people will get fed up with upgrades because Information technology is always going to be useful.” FABIEN HUESO | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP “I am very happy. I don’t feel pressured at all because I am [...]
Trial of rogue trader Kerviel begins in Paris June 8, 2010 Jerome Kerviel faced judges yesterday as a long-awaited showdown began over his part in a €4.9bn (£4bn) trading loss that brought French bank Societe Generale close to collapse. The 33-year-old trader, dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and a light, thinly striped tie, yesterday described his “extreme” trader past on the first day of [...]
LSE to take on Eurex and Liffe in derivatives June 8, 2010 The London Stock Exchange (LSE) yesterday said it was to take on Europe’s two dominant derivatives exchanges within a year, to broaden its footprint beyond its traditional share trading base. Eurex, controlled by Deutsche Boerse and Liffe, part of transatlantic exchange NYSE Euronext, has long dominated exchange traded derivatives in Europe. “We are on track, [...]
See the World Cup in world-class style June 8, 2010 FEVER PITCH, FULHAM You won’t miss a second of build-up if it’s up to World Cup pop-up bar Fever Pitch in Fulham. Open since May and closed after the final, this is the place to enjoy the action on nine screens spanning 360 degrees while sipping a pretty decent selection of beer. The 400-capacity venue [...]
FTSE sunk by BP’s oil slick woes June 8, 2010 Britain’s FTSE 100 share index fell yesterday, led down by energy shares as BP dropped again on fresh Gulf of Mexico oil slick worries and banks which were hit by Eurozone debt concerns and the threat of punitive taxes. By the close the FTSE 100 was off 40.91 points, or 0.8 per cent at 5,028.15 [...]
Aggreko set for a World Cup windfall June 8, 2010 TEMPORARY power supplier Aggreko predicted better than expected annual results yesterday, thanks to lucrative contracts to power events like the 2010 World Cup. The FTSE 100 company said in a trading update that revenues will grow by around 10 per cent, and pre-tax profit by about 20 per cent. The firm said it expects to [...]
Bernanke’s bullishness boosts US June 8, 2010 US stocks mostly rose in volatile trading yesterday, led by materials and financial shares, but investors shied away from big-cap technology shares on concerns about their European exposure. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 123.49 points, or 1.26 per cent, to 9,939.98. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 11.53 points, or 1.10 per cent, [...]
