Evans reaches US Open third round August 29, 2013 BRITISH No3 Dan Evans feels he is finally starting to fulfill his potential after sweeping into the US Open third round with a superb four-set victory against Bernard Tomic last night. The 23-year-old recovered from a set and a break down in the second to brush aside the Australian, ranked 52nd in the world – [...]
Fantastic Finch earns Australia first summer win over England August 29, 2013 ENGLAND captain Stuart Broad conceded the majestic innings of Australia batsman Aaron Finch proved decisive in the tourists’ 39-run win in yesterday’s Twenty20 international at Southampton. The 26-year-old became the first Australian to hit an international 100 in the reduced over format, doing so in 47 balls to become the second fastest centurion in history. [...]
Kofstad opens up two-shot lead August 29, 2013 GOLF: Norway’s Espen Kofstad holds a two-shot lead after the first day of the Wales Open. Three birdies and an eagle on the last four holes at Celtic Manor saw Kofstad card seven under par to finish ahead of England’s Chris Wood and Australia’s Richard Green.
Former Wales star Morgan, 83, dies August 29, 2013 RUGBY UNION: Former Wales fly-half and media commentator Cliff Morgan died yesterday aged 83 following a long illness. Morgan won 29 caps for Wales and captained the British & Irish Lions.
Gunners can show their strength against bitter rivals August 29, 2013 Ben Cleminson PREVIEWS THE FIRST SUPER SUNDAY OF THE SEASON Arsenal vs Tottenham Sunday 4.00pm THINGS couldn’t have started much worse for Arsenal than a 3-1 home defeat to Aston Villa on the opening day of the season, but the Gunners have since bounced back with three wins, scoring eight goals and conceding just once. [...]
Any Other Business – 30/08 August 29, 2013 City workers are finding themselves lured to work for firms with unusual office perks, such as in-house bowling lanes, bars and slides, according to a survey by City recruitment firm Empiric. The number one attraction for potential employees is a roof terrace, closely followed by dedicated beanbag areas. But are there any flash offices in [...]
Greek finance minister starts quoting Lenin and attacking speculators August 29, 2013 Greek finance minister Yannis Stournaras has started to quote Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin's insights in discussing matters of policy. Yannis Stournaras Yannis Stournaras “Who does not want us to save ourselves? All the speculators in this world. All those who are shorting the euro and the bonds of eurozone countries,” Stournaras said. “Also, we [...]
US jobless claims just beat expectations August 29, 2013 US jobless claims have fallen by 6,000 this week, to 331,000 from 337,000 (revised from 336,000). Analysts had been hoping for a fall to 332,000. Continuing claims fell to 2.989m from 3.003m (revised from 2.999m). Here economists had forecast a greater improvement to 2.980m.
US GDP revisions see massive boost to 2.5 per cent August 29, 2013 US second quarter GDP has been revised up from 1.7 per cent on an annualised basis to a massive 2.5 per cent. Economists had been forecasting revisions to 2.2 per cent. Positive momentum came from a smaller trade gap and more inventories. The good news is confusing equities investors, who don't want the economy to [...]
Regulator welcomes end of Amazon’s “price parity” rule August 29, 2013 The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has welcomed a decision by online giant Amazon to end its price parity policy (release). Amazon's policy had prohibited sellers on its platform from offering the same goods elsewhere at lower cost. Here's how Amazon describe it: Price parity generally means that the price of each product you list [...]
