Late England charge can dent strong Irish record February 25, 2010 ENGLAND v/s IRELAND Tomorrow – 4.00pm BBC1 Martin Johnson leapt to the defence of his usually dependable fly-half, as much of the criticism for England’s stale performance against Italy a fortnight ago was levelled at Jonny Wilkinson. Some are surprised that Johnno has decided to stick with the same starting line-up to face Ireland tomorrow [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS February 25, 2010 We’ve seen how England have taken a while to find their feet in their previous matches against Wales at Twickenham and Italy at the Stadio Flaminio. If we anticipate a similar situation in their match tomorrow, we should expect England to fall behind before the forward players get into the game and give players like [...]
Flat track bully Madison can give Pipe his first Racing Post Chase February 25, 2010 IN THE past 11 years only two horses have won Kempton’s Racing Post Chase (3.05pm, tomorrow) carrying less than 11stone and four have shouldered at least 11st10lbs. In short, this race goes to the best horses and there are only two who will carry more than 11stone tomorrow: Nacarat and MADISON DU BERLAIS. Tom George’s [...]
the INSIDE February 25, 2010 The Betdaq.co.uk Cleves Stakes at Lingfield (3.50pm) is an intriguing contest and my eye is taken by three runners. I backed Mullionmileanhour in the 2008 Windsor Castle at Royal Ascot when he was beaten by John Best’s other runner Flashmans Papers. I’ve been waiting for him to return to the track and if the money [...]
Takeover rules set for shake-up February 24, 2010 THE Takeover Panel is preparing what could be the most dramatic shake-up of its rules for 20 years in the wake of Kraft’s £12bn takeover of Cadbury. Following a passionate speech by outgoing Cadbury chairman Roger Carr in Oxford a fortnight ago, the mergers watchdog has launched a white paper-style consultation on rules governing hostile [...]
Fed insists rates set to remain low February 24, 2010 FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday insisted that US interest rates would remain low for an “extended period”, quashing fears that the US central bank was moving towards tightening monetary policy. In his first appearance before Congress since he won a second term as chairman, Bernanke was downbeat on the economic recovery, warning the current [...]
Welfare state requires a revolution February 24, 2010 FOR once, some good news. The City has become slightly more optimistic about the size of the budget deficit. The consensus view is that it will hit around £171bn for 2009-10; remarkably, this is marginally lower than the £178bn predicted by the Treasury. Not that this should be cause for celebration: even such a slightly [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING February 24, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES EMI BANK DEBT BATTLE LEAVES ARTISTS WARY Uncertainty over EMI’s financial future is deterring some leading music industry managers and lawyers from signing artists to its record label as its parent company battles with its bankers over the debt burden of its 2007 buy-out. Terra Firma, the private equity firm run by Guy [...]
HSBC puts train unit up for sale February 24, 2010 HSBC’s train leasing arm HSBC Rail is up for grabs after the banking giant launched a £2bn sale of the business. HSBC Rail, one of three UK train leasing companies, is up for auction with a collection of bidders already eyeing the bank’s non-core asset.
US ushers in short selling rule February 24, 2010 The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted to implement a new rule that will impose short selling restrictions only when a stock’s price is plummeting, shying away from reinstating the full “uptick rule”. Under the new rule, short selling will be restricted on the day that a firm’s stock drops more than 10 [...]
