CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS March 16, 2010 Serco Alastair Lyons has been appointed by international services company Serco as non-executive chairman. He joins the board with immediate effect before taking up his new post at the annual meeting on 11 May, when he will succeed Ken Beeston who is retiring. Lyons, 56, has been non-executive chairman of insurer Admiral since 2000 and [...]
Jackson deal earns $200m March 16, 2010 MICHAEL Jackson’s estate has sealed a record deal worth at least $200m (£133m). The seven-year contract includes ten albums and Jackson recordings which have never been released. Some albums could also see previously released hits being re-worked. The contract with Sony could be worth as much as $250m if a computer game or DVD compilation [...]
BBC retains its popularity in spite of cost cuts March 16, 2010 BRANDINDEX’S “Buzz” score is calculated by taking the number of respondents who have heard something positive about a brand in the last week, and taking away those who have heard something negative. The BBC’s Buzz scores took a significant downturn after the broadcaster announced it was planning to axe BBC 6 Music and the BBC [...]
James Fisher reports profit rise March 16, 2010 Marine services provider James Fisher and Sons yesterday reported a five per cent rise in full-year pre-tax profit on strong growth from its specialist technical division and said trading so far in 2010 was as expected. The company, whose services include ship-to-ship oil transfer at sea, submarine rescue and lifting equipment rentals, raised its final [...]
Kalahari King all set to shake up Master Minded March 16, 2010 THERE have been plenty of dual winners of this prestigious jewel in the crown for two-milers, but only Michael Dickinson’s Badsworth Boy managed to win three on the spin, so Master Minded will be attempting to join the elite. However, he has had an injury interrupted season and I’m prepared to take him on with [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS March 16, 2010 Betdaq are only charging 2% commission on all winning bets placed in-running during all UK and Irish races, so make sure you log on and trade your positions during this week’s Cheltenham Festival. Master Minded showed all his old zest at Newbury last time and would have won by much more than the 13 length [...]
8/1 Weapon’s Amnesty may be RSA Chase value March 16, 2010 TWENTY runners go to post for the opening contest of the second day of the Cheltenham Festival and I’m backing two at massive prices to cause an upset. Firstly, legendary Irish trainer Mouse Morris doesn’t bring horses over for the sake of it and he runs TINAKELLYLAD. The horse has moderate form in his native [...]
It has to be ForPady on St Patrick’s Day March 16, 2010 Sporting Index have priced up a host of match bets on this afternoon’s racing and there are not many better ways of opposing horses you don’t fancy. Basically, they pick two horses in any race and make a prediction on what the distance between the pair will be as they cross the line. The maximum [...]
the INSIDER March 16, 2010 My two bankers of the meeting are both running this afternoon. I’m also going to be backing my first Paul Nicholls trained runner of the Festival! Let’s get the bankers out of the way and then concentrate on a handicap. MASTER MINDED (10%) must win today. Timeform rate him 11 points higher than any other [...]
Hedge funds investing in big-time divorce March 16, 2010 AMONG all the people who lost money in the downturn, one of the most colourful cases was that of Scot Young, businessman friend of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and owner of the Ivy restaurant, Richard Caring. When his wife filed for divorce last year it emerged that Young’s £400m fortune had apparently vanished, with Young [...]
