Rose and Westwood advance to all-English World Golf Final October 11, 2012 ENGLAND’S Justin Rose is to face compatriot Lee Westwood in the inaugural World Golf Final in Turkey after yesterday defeating America’s Tiger Woods. Rose shot a 69 which included two birdies and an eagle in the last six holes to beat the world no2 and admitted afterwards that any victory over Westwood is one that [...]
European Endeavours October 11, 2012 Harlequins v Biarritz Harlequins director of rugby Conor O’Shea believes his side’s recent defeat to Exeter may have done them a favour as they prepare for the Heineken Cup. “We want to get rid of some demons and let some frustrations out,” he said. Wasps v Newport-Gwent Dragons Wasps captain Hugo Southwell has insisted he [...]
Hamilton debates Twitter use October 11, 2012 FORMULA ONE: Lewis Hamilton will reconsider using Twitter after a series of controversies involving the social media website.
New spring in Price’s step October 11, 2012 BOXING: David Price believes he has “increased energy levels” ahead of tomorrow’s fight with Audley Harrison after eating kangaroo meat.
Murray reaches final eight October 11, 2012 TENNIS: Andy Murray last night advanced to the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Alexandr Dolgopolov. He will face Radek Stepanek next.
Burberry leads FTSE 100 up October 11, 2012 The blue chip index was up in early trading, led by fashion retailer Burberry and UK banking shares. The collapse of the merger talks between BAE and EADS and Direct Line’s £2.62bn float were the main talking points this morning. Nat Rothschild’s Bumi rose 15.35 per cent in early trading on the mid-cap index, as [...]
Ashmore lifted by fresh inflows October 11, 2012 Emerging market investor Ashmore said this morning its assets under management rose by 6.8 per cent in the three months to September, as inflows from Asian and Middle East government investors boosted the asset manager. Over its first quarter, assets increased to $68bn (£42.5bn). Positive investment performance accounted for $3.7bn, while inflows accounted for $600m. [...]
Bakries propose divorce from Bumi October 11, 2012 Indonesia’s influential Bakrie family have asked to cancel their shareholding in miner Bumi, offering to take back the Indonesian assets they brought in less than two years ago. In a statement this morning, Bumi, founded by Nat Rothschild, said that the Bakrie group proposed cancelling their 23.8 per cent shareholding in the London-listed miner. In [...]
Burberry confirms slowing sales October 11, 2012 Fashion retailer Burberry this morning confirmed that retail sales growth slowed in the second quarter, after warning on profits last month. In an interim trading statement, the fashion house said demand in the UK and China had slackened. The group said like-for-like sales grew by one per cent in the three months to 30 September. [...]
BAE board under fire as deal fails October 10, 2012 BAE was last night scrambling to save the reputation of its board following the embarrassing collapse of the high-profile tie-up with EADS yesterday. The £30bn mega-merger between the two defence and aerospace companies skidded to a halt yesterday afternoon as talks between the governments broke down in mutual recrimination. A source with knowledge of the [...]
