Hurricane Sandy has stormed through the race but not blown it off course October 31, 2012 AFTER well-publicised but ineffectual interventions by both Donald Trump and celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, this year’s “October Surprise” looked poised to be as meaningless to the presidential race as the “revelation” four years ago that Barack Obama’s aunt was living in the US illegally. But with Hurricane Sandy slamming into the East Coast, Mother Nature [...]
The real reasons why living costs are still going up October 31, 2012 ED MILIBAND is said to want to fight the next election on the issue of living standards. This week a report by the Resolution Foundation gave him the intellectual ammunition he needed. It highlighted how income growth for middle and low income households will be constrained by technological and global pressures and the continued structural [...]
After energy minister John Hayes criticised UK wind farms, should Britain build more? October 31, 2012 YES Clare McNeil Onshore and offshore wind power is a hugely important source of future growth for the UK. Onshore wind alone provides almost 9,000 jobs and boosts the economy by £548m per year. It is also one of the cheapest forms of renewable energy around – costs will be on a par with fossil [...]
Rapid responses October 31, 2012 Heseltine’s project [Re: A corporatist economic growth plan that won’t rescue UK Plc, yesterday] It is good the government is exploring ways to support growth. But Michael Heseltine’s solutions, including greater state intervention and regulation, are unlikely to help businesses. Better access to funding and national insurance holidays, for example, would be of more practical [...]
How the tech giants measure up October 31, 2012 What on earth have they been up to recently? Anything to write home about? It’s been a whirlwind few months for Microsoft, with Steve Ballmer (rightly) saying his company’s bet on Windows 8, and its emphasis on touch-screen technology, represents an “all in” moment. It has brought out new desktop, tablet and mobile phone operating [...]
Zacharanda and me: the true story of an accidental YouTube sensation October 31, 2012 IT WAS on the eve of Obama’s 2008 election victory that a friend of mine, quite inadvertently, became a YouTube “sensation”. Adam Smith, who at the time worked as a reporter for the Birmingham Mail, had flown himself to Miami to campaign for Barack Obama (because Miami was: “where the party’s at. I was hardly [...]
Mata did not hear referee’s remarks, says Blues colleague October 30, 2012 CHELSEA forward Juan Mata did not hear race-row referee Mark Clattenburg use alleged “inappropriate language” towards him, his team-mate Oriol Romeu said yesterday, as police launched a formal investigation into the incident. Spaniard Mata is one of two Blues players, along with Nigerian John Obi Mikel, that the club believes was verbally abused by Clattenburg [...]
Wenger: Fighting back from four goals down was a miracle October 30, 2012 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger described his side’s almost-unbelievable victory away to Reading as a “miracle” after they recovered from four goals down to secure a 7-5 scoreline and their place in the fifth round of the Capital One Cup. The evening had strongly threatened to be an embarrassing one for the manager after his team [...]
Hooker Hartley out as Robshaw keeps the armband October 30, 2012 ENGLAND flanker Chris Robshaw is to continue as the national team’s captain for the impending autumn internationals but he will lead the side without the hooker Dylan Hartley who has been ruled out for four weeks. The coach Stuart Lancaster’s decision to delay the announcement of his captain had created some uncertainty as to whether [...]
Hat-trick hero Walcott leads rally at Reading October 30, 2012 READING 5 ARSENAL 7 ARSENAL last night secured a place in the fifth round of the Capital One Cup after a near-farcical affair in which they recovered from conceding the first four goals of an entirely unpredictable 120 minutes away to Reading. Forward Theo Walcott scored the crucial equalising goal deep into second-half stoppage time [...]
