Athletes step it up on the road to 2012 July 26, 2011 Jenny Meadows, Britain’s leading hope in the 800m, tells Frank Dalleres about nerves, pressure and giving up chocolate for her last Olympics Q. HOW DOES IT FEEL THAT THERE ARE JUST 12 MONTHS TO GO? A. It sparks off a lot of emotions and adrenaline. I’ve got a split personality: if I’ve just done a [...]
How to pass the torch to your hero July 26, 2011 EVER since the theft of fire from Zeus by Prometheus (well, that’s what the legend says), a torch has been kept alight throughout the Olympics. And in the run up to the coming Olympics, beginning on 19 May 2012, it will be carried across the country in relay by those nominated as community heroes. The [...]
Art will be flexing its muscles too July 26, 2011 NOT got a ticket to the Olympic Games? Not even interested in sport? Don’t rule yourself out of the Olympic festivities just yet. There will be a prestigious British cultual show too. A lot of effort has been spent on the Cultural Olympiad and it’s going to be available for all to enjoy. Here are [...]
Preview the 2012 venues July 26, 2011 WHILE there may still be another 365 days until the world’s finest athletes begin to light up London 2012’s brand new venues, you can see them in action soon. Over the next 12 months a number of test events are being held in the capital to christen the iconic arenas, courts and tracks that have [...]
The ultimate summer drive July 26, 2011 Big, brash and brutal: BMW’s 6 Series convertible has always been a fabulous grand tourer for executive wind-in-the-hair motoring. But this third generation 6 is longer, lower and wider than ever. It’s also bigger inside and more luxurious too. But the real treat is that, unlike its predecessor, it’s elegant as well. In fact, this [...]
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US new homes sales fall in June July 26, 2011 New US single-family home sales unexpectedly fell in June, but a sharp rise in prices and declining supply suggested the market for new houses was starting to stabilise, a government report showed. The Commerce Department said sales fell one per cent to a seasonally adjusted 312,000-unit annual rate as sales in the Northeast tumbled to [...]
Ford beats Wall Street expectations July 26, 2011 Ford’s quarterly profit beat Wall Street expectations, helped by higher prices and improved sales in North America. Ford, the only US carmaker that did not accept a government bailout, has posted a net profit for eight straight quarters. It had racked up net losses of $30bn(£18.3bn) from 2006 through 2008 when it cut jobs, sold [...]
Soros quits managing other people’s money July 26, 2011 Billionaire investor George Soros, whose stock-picking career has spanned nearly four decades, said he will manage money only for himself as new regulations threaten to crimp the hedge fund industry he made famous. The octogenarian fund manager, known as much for earning $1bn (£609.9m) on a nervy currency bet as for giving away millions to [...]
FTSE up but GDP data casts shadow July 26, 2011 Investors were apparently gaining in confidence that the US would break its deadlock over a debt deal as the FTSE 100 opened on the front foot today. The US is under pressure to rescue its Triple A credit rating by upping its debt ceiling – a controversial move which has driven a wedge between Republicans [...]
