Cool hand Luke’s double triumph would cap an extraordinary year, and Sergio is back on the rise October 25, 2011 LUKE DONALD summed it up perfectly after his scintillating final round swept him to the Disney Classic, and first place in the PGA Tour money list, on Sunday. He called it one of the most satisfying wins of his career, and he has every reason to feel delighted with what he has achieved this season [...]
Whitewashed: India humiliate England October 25, 2011 ENGLAND captain Alastair Cook admitted he was shell-shocked after an almighty batting collapse saw India complete a 5-0 series whitewash with a 95-run victory in Kolkata. After winning the toss and opting to field first, England’s bowlers repaid Cook’s faith by restricting the hosts to 162-5, but a late onslaught led by MS Dhoni, who [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF October 25, 2011 France fined for Haka response RUGBY UNION: France have been fined £2,500 for advancing towards the All Blacks’ haka in the build-up to Sunday’s World Cup final. The International Rugby Board imposed the punishment after Les Bleus encroached within the required distance behind the 10-metre line in their own half. Gresini Honda sit out Valencia GP [...]
D-DAY FOR EUROZONE October 25, 2011 EUROPE’S leaders are grappling to find a solution to the debt crisis by the end of today, their latest self-imposed deadline. Jittery markets nose-dived yesterday after news broke that a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers – known as Ecofin – had been cancelled. Confusion over the announcement led to false rumours that the whole crisis-tackling [...]
Calls grow for St Paul’s camp to go October 25, 2011 THE ANTI-CAPITALIST protesters occupying parts of the City faced growing pressure to leave last night after it emerged that the vast majority of their tents were empty on Monday evening. Those with tents outside St Paul’s Cathedral also face a formal call to leave by the Bishop of London. The bishop, Richard Chartre, expressed support [...]
Bonus ban for French banks October 25, 2011 FRENCH banks could face a ban on paying bonuses and dividends as part of a European recapitalisation programme, finance minister Francois Baroin said yesterday. “The recapitalisation… will be done with the ban on dividends and bonuses under the supervision of the insurance and banking regulator,” said Baroin. “We have reached an agreement for the Eurozone [...]
Radical thinking on tax from the US October 25, 2011 WHILE the Eurozone moves ever closer to the brink, the US presidential elections have suddenly become more interesting. Two of the Republican candidates – former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain and Texas governor Rick Perry – have kick-started a major debate on tax reform and economic growth. It all started with Cain’s fascinating 9-9-9 plan: [...]
Mrs Clegg takes EU law job October 25, 2011 MIRIAM Gonzalez, the lawyer wife of deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, is jumping ship from DLA Piper to join the London office of US law firm Dechert, where she will head up the firm’s EU trade and EU government affairs practice. Gonzalez, who worked at the EU for seven years before joining DLA Piper in [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 25, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES SHAREHOLDERS IN EVOLUTION BACK BID BY INVESTEC Investec’s £202m takeover of Evolution Group will go ahead despite last-minute resistance from Evolution’s biggest shareholder after the broker’s other big investor backed the bid. Aberforth Partners, which owns 10.8 per cent of Evolution, said last week it had withdrawn its support for the all-share offer [...]
Morale falls in United States October 25, 2011 AMERICAN consumer confidence plummeted to a two and a half year low this month, in a worrying sign for the US economy. “What’s more, at 39.8, confidence is far below the long-term average of 92.8,” added Paul Ashworth of Capital Economics. “Aside from a few months during the height of the recession between November 2008 [...]
