Alonso slams ‘hot-headed’ rivals March 24, 2010 FORMULA: World championship leader Fernando Alonso has hit back at his “hot-headed” rivals, who say the ban on refuelling has made the sport boring. Jenson Button and past kings Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher, all expressed concerns that the new rule made overtaking difficult during the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. But Alonso said: “I think [...]
Roddick eyes Queen’s record March 24, 2010 TENNIS: Andy Roddick will go for a record fifth title at London’s Queen’s Club this summer after confirming his entry in the Aegon Championships from 7-13 June. Roddick won at Queen’s in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 and will be looking to dethrone current champion, Britain’s Andy Murray.
Houvenaghel settles for silver March 24, 2010 CYCLING: Northern Ireland’s Wendy Houvenaghel last night claimed a silver medal in the women’s individual pursuit at the Track Cycling World Championships. Houvenaghel, also runner-up at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and last year’s World Championships, lost out to USA’s Sarah Hammer in the race for gold. Sir Chris Hoy must wait for his 10th world [...]
Man United freeze ticket prices March 24, 2010 FOOTBALL: Manchester United are to freeze tickets sales for next season. Under-fire Old Trafford owners, the Glazer family, have been criticised for price increases since their controversial takeover in 2005, but have now moved to dismiss claims of further rises for the 2010-11 campaign. It means matchday admission will stay at between £27 and £49 [...]
Government’s Lloyds stake sees a profit March 24, 2010 STOCK in Lloyds Banking Group, 41 per cent state-owned, is trading above the government’s average investment per share on at least one measure for the first time since the credit crunch. Most analysts say a government sell-off is highly unlikely before the general election expected in early May, with parliament expected to be dissolved just [...]
WHAT DOES THE CHANCELLOR’S BUDGET MEAN FOR YOU? March 24, 2010 KATE SOLWAY, 30 FUNDS CONTROLLER AT PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM COGNETAS Kate is single and lives in rented accommodation with flatmates. She also owns two investment properties – one a London flat with a mortgage which she rents out, and the other a holiday home under construction in Cape Verde, which she owns outright and will [...]
How an MBA can make you an entrepreneur March 24, 2010 SURVEYS of this newspaper’s readers always show that a large proportion of them hope to start up their own business one day. But if that is your dream, how do you go about it? Can you learn to be an entrepreneur? There is a mystique around entrepreneurialism and those who have succeeded often promote the [...]
TWO?MBA?ENTREPRENEURS March 24, 2010 OLGA NEFEDOVA Having worked as a senior drilling engineer for oilfield services giant Schlumberger for four years, and then for Mitsubishi Steel Trading, Olga Nefedova took a full-time MBA at Warwick Business School in 2008-2009. She now combines a customer services manager role at Schlumberger with running an online gallery selling Russian art, the Kohgan [...]
Size matters when it comes to your MBA March 24, 2010 IN 2006, there were 299 people on London Business School’s full-time MBA course. In 2010, the intake was 401, bringing the total number of students on the two-year course to around 800. The 2010 intake at Paris’s INSEAD is 980. At the upper end, the number of people at the large MBA schools is increasing [...]
TALE OF THE TAPE | DAVIDS AND GOLIATHS March 24, 2010 LBS: 401 for a two-year MBA, meaning at any one time there will be around 800 full-time MBA students. INSEAD: INSEAD admits two classes per year, each comprising nearly 480 students, from over 70 nationalities. SAID: 240, from 48 nationalities, with 95 per cent international students. EMLYON: 30 students, from 13 countries. VLERICK LEUVEN GENT: 50 students, more [...]
