Villas-Boas not prepared to curb his attacking style October 30, 2011 CHELSEA manager Andre Villas-Boas insists he will not change his attacking style despite Saturday’s crushing defeat by Arsenal. The Blues conceded five goals at home for the first time since 1989 in an enthralling London derby as the visitors struck twice in the final five minutes to secure an unlikely win. Despite the nature of [...]
Smalling out for a month October 30, 2011 Manchester United defender Chris Smalling has been ruled out for a month with a broken foot, manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed. The 21-year-old missed Saturday’s win at Everton with the injury. Smalling’s lay-off means he will miss England’s November friendlies against Spain and Sweden. Ferguson said: “Smalling has a small fracture on his foot. [...]
Charlton draw Halifax in FA Cup October 30, 2011 Conference North side Halifax Town have landed themselves a plum FA Cup first round clash with Charlton. The Addicks will visit Yorkshire next month as the long road to Wembley begins for Football League clubs. Basingstoke of the Conference South will travel to League one outfit Brentford, while Aldershot, fresh from their Carling Cup meeting [...]
Murray faces Haase test October 30, 2011 Britain’s Andy Murray will take on Dutchman Robin Haase in the first round of the Swiss Indoors in Basle today. Murray, who is on a 15-match winning streak, is chasing a fourth straight title after taking a wildcard to compete in the tournament.
Kvitova caps breakthrough year October 30, 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova clinched the WTA Championships with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Victoria Azarenka in Istanbul. The victory moves the Czech ahead of Maria Sharapova to second in the world. “When I started this season we didn’t have a goal,” said Kvitova after claiming a cheque for £1.1m. “We just wanted to [...]
From the ladies who lunch to women who cut hedge fund deals October 30, 2011 IT STARTED as a girls’ lunch,” Lindsey Parslow tells me. “Me and a group of other hedge fund office managers would get together to share ideas,” she explains. “We were all frustrated with the same things at work. We didn’t want to be paying so much for everything.” They knew they were paying too much [...]
The books that can change a business life October 30, 2011 THOMAS Jefferson once said: “books constitute capital,” and considering all entrepreneurs are after that, we thought we’d ask five successful business owners what books spurred them on in the early days. Here are their answers. TAREK NSEIR, TH_NK THE DESIGNFUL COMPANY: HOW TO BUILD A CULTURE OF NONSTOP INNOVATION BY MARTY NEUMEIER Nseir says that [...]
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is much more than a bookseller: He’s the Everyman entrepreneur October 30, 2011 WITH the Kindle Fire, Amazon.com chief executive Jeff Bezos is showing the world that he’s much more than an online retailer. The original Kindle, released in 2007, was the first piece of electronic hardware Amazon ever produced, and it revolutionised the electronic book business. Wall Street analysts expect Amazon to sell about 26m Kindle devices [...]
The EU’s decision process: It’s not rocket science October 30, 2011 AS THE EU’s leaders struggle to reach a comprehensive and credible plan to contain the sovereign debt crisis, there is much they could learn from the scientific world. It’s time our leaders changed their way of thinking, or at least hired a rocket scientist or two to help. From our first physics lessons, we are [...]
Let’s see the City as a solution not a problem October 30, 2011 AS A civil engineer, I come from the demand side of financial services – a client. So when I came into office last November, I brought with me a fresh perspective on the role of the mayoralty with my business theme – City of London: City of Choice. This has involved promoting the importance of [...]
