Brazil turn on the style March 2, 2010 FOOTBALL: An unfortunate own goal from Blackburn’s Keith Andrews and a brilliant second-half strike from Robinho helped Brazil to a 2-0 victory over the Republic of Ireland in an entertaining friendly at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium last night.
Hart named as Palace boss March 2, 2010 FOOTBALL: Ex-QPR boss Paul Hart has been named manager of Crystal Palace until the end of the season. Hart, 56, replaces Neil Warnock, who completed the switch across London to join Hart’s former club on Monday night.
Mitchell land Katsidis bout March 2, 2010 BOXING: Unbeaten Dagenham lightweight Kevin Mitchell will challenge Michael Katsidis for the WBO interim title in London in May. Mitchell takes on the Australian with the aim of a shot at “full” champion Juan Manuel Marquez.
FSA’s fine means Lehman cases are on the cards March 2, 2010 LAURENCE LIEBERMAN FINANCIAL DISPUTES PARTNER AT TAYLOR WESSING LAST Thursday, the FSA fined RSM Tenon Financial Services £700,000 for failings in its advice and sales processes relating to Lehman-backed structured products between 1 November 2007 and 31 August 2008. Tenon was also directed to conduct a past-business review and compensate those customers that it determines [...]
English fraud law is powerful and popular March 2, 2010 STEVEN RICHARDS ASSOCIATE AT JONES DAY THE recent case of Binyam Mohammed, in which the former Guantanamo detainee was successful in obtaining the disclosure from the UK government of documents relating to his alleged mistreatment by foreign personnel at a US base in Afghanistan, might not seem to have a lot to do with fraud [...]
The comeback cad trying his luck in the Med March 2, 2010 JAMES Hewitt – former lover of Princess Diana, ex-solider, comeback cad – throws his head back and laughs at what I have just said. “Yes, I suppose this is like Rick’s in Casablanca,” he says when he recovers. “And everyone comes to Rick’s.” We are having dinner in a corner of Polo House, his bar [...]
Plug & play March 2, 2010 THE FACTS: TESLA ELECTRIC CAR PRICE: £86,950 RANGE: 236 miles 0-60MPH: 3.9 secs TOP SPEED: 125 mph CO2 G/KM: 0 THE demise of the combustion engine is not something I long for, yet burning through loads of cash on planet-warming fossil fuels is becoming as popular as smoking. The idea that the future of motoring [...]
EASTERN PROMISE March 1, 2010 PRUDENTIAL signed a gargantuan deal to buy the Asian assets of American International Group for $35.5bn (£24bn) yesterday, a move that will see it hold a heavily discounted rights issue in May. Chief executive Tidjane Thiam described the merger with American International Assurance as “transformational” as he announced the British insurer had the approval of [...]
EASTERN PROMISE March 1, 2010 HSBC yesterday showed a stronger commitment to emerging markets than ever before, as it revealed that Asia Pacific takings accounted for 130 per cent of headline profits and predicted growth of six per cent in the region over 2010. The bank’s operations in Asia, where one in two people bank with HSBC, posted a pre-tax [...]
Greece told to cut spending March 1, 2010 The European Union yesterday urged Greece to take extra austerity measures within days to tackle a fiscal crisis that has shaken the eurozone, and promised to help Athens overcome its debt problems. EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Olli Rehn said after a day of talks with Greek leaders that financial markets will be convinced [...]
