ANALYST VIEWS: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF DEBENHAMS’ RESULTS? April 13, 2010 CAROLINE GULLIVER | EXECUTION NOBLE “Debenhams has reported strong preliminary results: underlying profit-before-tax of £120.5m is ahead of consensus expectations of £115m, but more in-line with our estimate of £119m.” TONY SHIRET | CREDIT SUISSE “These figures are just the same old, same old. We would like to have seen more evidence of like-for-like growth. [...]
Anelka eases anxiety as Bolton make Blues sweat April 13, 2010 CHELSEA (1) v/s BOLTON (0) WELL, he may not have got too much wrong in his 23 years in charge at Manchester United, but Sir Alex Ferguson was certainly wide of the mark here. His assumption that Bolton would be “easy” for Chelsea couldn’t have been further from the truth as Owen Coyle’s industrious Trotters [...]
Lib Dems: we will ban bank board bonuses April 13, 2010 NICK Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, yesterday said his party would ban all bank bonuses at board level. Speaking alongside his Treasury spokesman Vince Cable, Clegg said the Lib Dems would “ensure the bonus system can never again encourage banks to behave recklessly”. Clegg, who could play kingmaker after the election if polls [...]
ELECTION2010 April 13, 2010 Poll shows eight point Tory lead Today’s YouGov poll for the Sun shows Labour losing further ground as it drops two points to 31 per cent, showing no obvious boost after its manifesto launch. The Tories are unchanged at 39 per cent, and the Liberal Democrats also unchanged at 20 per cent. Sugar makes Labour [...]
Should there be a cap on immigration? April 13, 2010 THE TORIES unveiled their election manifesto yesterday, but we want to know what you think of two policies that could affect the City – a cap on some immigration and the scrapping of the retirement age. The Tories are planning to set an annual limit on the number of non-EU economic migrants admitted in the [...]
Van Persie could start as Wenger ponders a gamble April 13, 2010 TOTTENHAM v/s ARSENAL ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger admits he is taking a gamble by throwing Robin van Persie back into action in tonight’s crunch north London derby, but is toying with the idea of handing him a starting role. Striker Van Persie is back in the squad for a match that both sides view as [...]
CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO | AT A GLANCE April 13, 2010 Economy • Safeguard Britain’s credit rating with a credible plan to eliminate the bulk of the structural deficit over a Parliament. • Cut wasteful government spending to bring the deficit down and restore stability. • Increase spending on health in real terms every year and honour our commitments on international aid. Financial regulation • Enable [...]
Arsenal ownership takes fresh twist as Kroenke takes control of NFL side April 13, 2010 MYSTERY surrounding the future of Arsenal has deepened after the club’s largest investor Stan Kroenke decided to snap up the remaining shares in his American football franchise St Louis Rams. The US billionaire’s move casts doubt on his ability to launch a takeover of the Gunners, just hours after it seemed the Premier League outfit’s [...]
Smartphone sales hit 180m April 13, 2010 A staggering 180m smartphones were shipped worldwide last year as the market continued to evolve at a blistering pace. Sales are expected to leap to almost 400m units a year by 2014, according to the research from Parks Associates. By then smartphones will be the industry standard, the market researcher says. The number of smartphone [...]
Tullow Oil strikes black gold at Kasamene field in Uganda April 13, 2010 FUEL exploration heavyweight Tullow Oil yesterday announced the discovery of oil at the Kasamene field in Uganda. The FTSE 100-listed group confirmed both the Kasamene-3 and Kasamene-3A wells in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 2 made a discovery along the Wahrindi North fault block, bringing the country one step closer to its first oil [...]
