Liverpool and Newcastle make Europe August 30, 2012 FOOTBALL: Liverpool and Newcastle last night secured Europa League qualification with respective 2-1 aggregate victories over Hearts and Atromitos of Greece.
Finn backs Cook as Strauss successor August 30, 2012 CRICKET: England bowler Steven Finn has backed incoming Test captain Alastair Cook to make a smooth transition from predecessor Andrew Strauss. “We won’t see a drastic change and I think that’s good for us as a team,” he said. Cook’s one-day side, meanwhile, face South Africa at the Oval today, looking to level the series.
Roddick to retire after US Open August 30, 2012 TENNIS: American Andy Roddick is to retire from tennis after the US Open.
Blake and Bolt win in Zurich August 30, 2012 ATHLETICS: Jamaicans Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt last night respectively won the diamond league meeting’s 100m and 200m.
City slams wealth tax August 29, 2012 A WEALTH tax would hurt economic growth, drive firms away from Britain and fail to raise anywhere near enough money to solve the government’s financial problems, an array of City leaders argued yesterday, attacking Nick Clegg’s proposals as “the politics of envy”. Chancellor George Osborne also dismissed the deputy Prime Minister’s attempt to revive the [...]
Premiers lock horns over ESM bank license legality August 29, 2012 GERMAN chancellor Angela Merkel clashed with Italian premier Mario Monti at a meeting in Berlin yesterday, disagreeing whether the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) could be given a banking license. Merkel argued that current treaties forbade giving the ESM extended bond-buying powers, but Monti argued that difficult times called for a more flexible approach. However, leaders [...]
A wealth tax won’t work – except as political pantomime August 29, 2012 LIKE a sudden downpour, Nick Clegg has signalled an end to the summer’s drought of domestic policy proposals with his suggestion for an additional wealth tax. The deputy Prime Minister’s new idea has, rightly, been widely criticised for being both impractical and counterproductive, with even the chancellor George Osborne forced to warn of its potential [...]
MPs urge fast action to beef up air capacity August 29, 2012 MORE MPs have waded into the row over Heathrow’s future, warning in a report yesterday that unless the coalition takes immediate action to expand Britain’s air capacity, the country will miss out on potential growth. The all-party parliamentary aviation group adds to pressure on transport secretary Justine Greening, who has spent the week insisting that [...]
Police identify body in Latvia August 29, 2012 LATVIAN police yesterday said that DNA tests carried out on a dead body discovered earlier this month confirm it is likely to be that of Leonid Rozhetskin, a shareholder and board member of City A.M., who has been missing since 2008. A police spokesperson said the DNA profile of the corpse found in a remote [...]
Samsung court date is delayed August 29, 2012 FOLLOWING the fall-out of Apple’s $1bn victory over Samsung in the courts last Friday, US Judge Lucy Koh yesterday announced the hearing, which could see eight phones removed from the shelves, will take place on 6 December. News of the delayed injunction, which was originally pencilled in for next month, led Samsung shares to rise [...]
