FOOTBALL | IN BRIEF January 19, 2010 Villa boss O’Neill looking to sell ASTON VILLA boss Martin O’Neill admits he will have to sell if he wants to buy in the January transfer window. O’Neill, whose side face Blackburn in tonight’s Carling Cup semi-final second leg, spent around £40m on signings in the summer. “We are not looking at players at this [...]
MEETING OF MINDS AS CITY TITANS PARTNER UP January 19, 2010 IT’S not every day you see an alliance struck up between one of the Square Mile’s most outspoken private equity veterans and the only female chief executive of an independent City stockbroker. But when Alchemy Partners founder Jon Moulton yesterday confirmed he had started in his new non-executive chairman role at broker FinnCap, headed up [...]
Nokia win proves that IP is taking centre stage January 19, 2010 EARLIER this week, mobile phone maker Nokia won a legal case against German intellectual property company IPCom in the High Court in London. The court ruled that Nokia does not have to pay IPCom to use the technology for which it owns patents. IPCom is one of the intellectual property (IP) companies known as “patent [...]
Harmony for face and mind January 19, 2010 THIS, according to beauty analysts, is the year that “mood beauty” will take off – that is, makeup and skincare that actually makes you happier. And with this week deemed the most depressing of the year, it’s good to know there could be a solution to the blues that makes you look better at the [...]
How can I sort out my paperwork? January 19, 2010 I work long hours and travel a lot. As a result, my home has become swamped in bills and statements I never get round to sorting. What advice do you have? Jason, 36, risk manager. IT’S a classic problem of the time-poor professional – what to do with all that paper? Online billing and banking [...]
OUT OF OFFICE January 19, 2010 LONDON MIME FESTIVAL The annual celebration of physical theatre is in full swing across a number of venues. It runs until the end of the month, with highlights including Belgium’s award-winning, surreal clown-act Okidok, UK female acrobatic trio Mimbre with their lyrical show Until Now – both at the Southbank Centre – and The Mill [...]
The Mini enters a BRAVE GREEN WORLD January 19, 2010 I had preconceptions about this car before I drove it. Having batteries will mean it will weigh more than a normal Mini and it will be sluggish due to the extra weight. The ride will be harsh, it’ll thump along over bumps and the batteries will die on me at the furthest point away from [...]
Proposed regulation is all sizzle and no steak January 19, 2010 INVESTORS trying to ensure they have a diverse portfolio of assets have probably dipped into the commodity markets at some point over the last two years. If you are thinking of doing the same, you need to be aware of changes to the regulatory landscape. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) – the energy markets [...]
Small caps are predicted to outperform again in 2010 January 19, 2010 AFTER being decimated during the financial crisis of 2008, smaller cap companies enjoyed an outstanding 2009 according to RBS’s Hoare Govett Smaller Companies (HGSC) index. The index, which consists of the bottom tenth by value of listed UK equities not including the Alternative Investment Market (Aim), recorded an absolute performance of 54.2 per cent. This [...]
Cadbury board gives green light to Kraft takeover January 18, 2010 THE Cadbury board has recommended that its shareholders agree a takeover by American conglomerate Kraft Foods that values the maker of Dairy Milk and Twirl at £11.5bn. It said the offer of 840p plus a 10p dividend per share represented good value. The consensual deal is a dramatic finale to a takeover battle that has [...]
