Why UK recovery could rescue the great British banking sector sell-off September 2, 2013 ROLL up, roll up. Britain’s banks are up for sale. This month and next, the Lloyds privatisation will compete for attention with Barclays’s £5.8bn rights issue. Then there’s the initial public offering triplets: Williams & Glyn, Virgin Money and TSB – all set to hit the market with aplomb. And that’s before RBS has turned [...]
Letters to the editor for – 03/09 – UK risk disease, Help to Buy, Best of Twitter September 2, 2013 UK risk disease [Re: Both Left and Right should fear the threat to medical research in the UK, yesterday] London has the capacity to build a world class cluster for biomedical innovation. But John Hulsman highlights a stark example of a risk averse culture in this country – a disease we need to treat if [...]
Germany still lacks a vision for Europe September 2, 2013 IT MAY be simplistic to claim that the German elections on 22 September will determine the future of Europe and the euro, but in many ways both are at the end of a very long road. What will Germany’s new coalition look like? Will we see a renewed mandate for the alliance between Angela Merkel’s [...]
DailyFX: Analyst picks September 2, 2013 CURRENCY STRATEGIST CHRIS VECCHIO My pick: Long dollar-yen Expertise: Fundamental and technical analysis Average time frame of trades: A few hours to a few weeks I’ve started to tentatively look at long dollar-yen, now that the price has perked above the descending trendline from 22 May and 8 July highs. A weekly close above ¥98.80 [...]
Revealed: secrets to beautiful skin September 2, 2013 Some believe the secret to good skin is simple clean living; others emphasise the importance of products, creams and treatments. Either way, there’s plenty you can do to get that much sought after glow… The Real Skin Superfoods Whether you suffer from spots or dryness, a change in diet can help. Pop these ingredients in [...]
Thrift out, £42m Ozil in at Arsenal September 2, 2013 ARSENAL last night abandoned years of thrift in spectacular fashion by spending almost three times their previous record fee on signing Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid. At the end of a transfer window in which England’s top clubs spent an unprecedented amount, the Gunners provided the story of the day by paying the [...]
Moyes snatches £27.5m Fellaini with late offer September 2, 2013 MANCHESTER United completed a last-ditch deal for Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini, as they attempted to spare manager David Moyes’s blushes in an otherwise frustrating transfer window. United failed to sign top target Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona earlier this summer and were yesterday also blunted in their pursuits of Ander Herrera from Athletic Bilbao and Everton [...]
Palace sign three but miss out on Bendtner September 2, 2013 PREMIER League newcomers Crystal Palace missed out on luring Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner to Selhurst Park on deadline day but bolstered their squad with three new faces to become the most active top-flight club of the summer transfer window. Manager Ian Holloway brought in a total of 14 new players, with defenders Adrian Mariappa and [...]
Bale aiming to satisfy hunger for Euro success after Real’s Welsh galactico greeted by 20,000 September 2, 2013 THE WORLD’S most expensive footballer Gareth Bale hopes a potent partnership with explosive forward Cristiano Ronaldo can lead to new club Real Madrid landing their 10th Champions League title. Real supporters got the first glimpse of their new £85.3m “galactico” yesterday when 20,000 people poured into the Bernabeu for his official unveiling, after Bale had [...]
India and Sri Lanka tour dates revealed September 2, 2013 CRICKET: Lord’s and the Oval are set to be among the venues when India play a five-Test series in England next summer for the first time since 1959. Trent Bridge is to host the opening match, with further clashes at Southampton and Old Trafford, with a one-day series and two Twenty20 contests to follow. Before [...]
