Cable wants more activist shareholders November 22, 2012 INVESTORS should get together to exert greater pressure on businesses, using a forum to establish common ground to better force company directors to fit shareholders’ long term aims, business secretary Vince Cable urged yesterday. And he said a new stewardship code, binding shareholders’ votes on pay and proposed rules to force fund managers to act [...]
Eurozone faces worst services drop since 2009 November 22, 2012 THE EUROZONE’S service sector fell to an even steeper decline in November, data revealed yesterday, keeping overall activity at levels suggesting sharp economic contraction. Service activity fell to 45.7 this month, the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) from Markit said, down from 46 in October and solidly below the 50 level indicating no change. This fall [...]
UBS is still a big player despite recent predicaments November 22, 2012 Anybody taking just a cursory glance at the headlines about UBS’s investment bank recently, might be forgiven for thinking it was something of a basket case. What with the news of a plan to shrink headcount by 10,000, a strategic refocusing of strategy away from high risk, complex trading products, followed by a guilty verdict [...]
Benitez: Being Chelsea boss is easier than Liverpool job November 22, 2012 NEW Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez brushed off concerns over interference from Blues owner Roman Abramovich last night, insisting the Stamford Bridge job will prove easier than managing Liverpool. Benitez said Abramovich would not be involved on a day-to-day basis and that working with the Russian was preferable to his last days at Anfield under warring [...]
Flawless Launchbury handed chance to stake England claim November 22, 2012 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster has hailed the impact of “error free” Joe Launchbury after handing the Wasps youngster a first Test start against South Africa tomorrow. The 21-year-old lock replaces his club colleague Tom Palmer, who has a mild calf injury, having impressed off the bench against Fiji and Australia, in a side including [...]
Spurs bailed out by heroic Lloris November 22, 2012 LAZIO 0 vs TOTTENHAM 0 TOTTENHAM manager Andre Villas-Boas praised a match-saving performance from goalkeeper Hugo Lloris after he earned Spurs a point in Rome last night. The France No1 has struggled to hold down a first-team place since arriving in the summer but pulled off a string of saves to sustain Tottenham’s bid to [...]
Warne slams India for spinning England yarn November 22, 2012 INDIA captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was last night accused of employing gamesmanship in an attempt to intimidate England on the eve of the second Test, which was set to begin in Mumbai this morning. Australia spin great Shane Warne criticised Dhoni for demanding groundsmen at the Wankhede Stadium provide conditions that elicit maximum turn, against [...]
Ansbro comeback from horror injury hands London Irish lift November 22, 2012 LONDON Irish No8 Alex Gray insists the return of Joe Ansbro after a broken neck has given them a timely boost as they look to kick-start their Aviva Premiership campaign against Exeter Chiefs on Sunday. The Exiles have struggled without the Scotland centre, who suffered the injury in August, winning just two of their opening [...]
Tottenham fans hospitalised by knife-wielding Lazio Ultras November 22, 2012 A TOTTENHAM supporter was recovering in hospital last night in Rome after being seriously injured, with several others hurt, in an attack by Italian Ultras yesterday before the Europa League match against Lazio. Spurs fans were drinking in the Drunken Ship in Campo de Fiori at 1am on Thursday morning when the pub was descended [...]
Hatton battling with emotions for his crunch return to the ring November 22, 2012 FORMER two-weight world champion boxer Ricky Hatton admits he will struggle to control his emotions when he returns to the ring against Vyacheslav Senchenko tomorrow. The 34-year-old is back after a turbulent three-and-a-half year absence from the ring, dealing with depression and substance abuse. “It will be a very emotional night for me,” said Hatton. [...]
