McIlroy admits to US interest September 30, 2009 GOLF: Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy is considering playing most of his golf on the US PGA Tour next season. The 20-year-old, currently third on the European money list, said: “The way the schedule is, it makes it a little bit easier for me to play in America next year. “I’m in no great rush but [...]
Jankovic stands firm September 30, 2009 TENNIS: Seventh seed Jelena Jankovic continued to take advantage of shock early exits suffered by other top-ranked players after cruising into the quarter-finals of the $2m Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The Serb was leading 6-1, 3-0 when opponent Elena Vesnina withdrew with a thigh muscle strain. She now takes on 14th seed Marion Bartoli [...]
Four get England call-ups September 30, 2009 RUGBY LEAGUE: Four players from Huddersfield and Hull KR have been added to the England train-on squad for the end-of-season internationals. Giants hooker Scott Moore and prop Eorl Crabtree, as well as Hull KR full-back Shaun Briscoe and winger Peter Fox, have been called up by coach Tony Smith after their clubs were eliminated from [...]
FTSE100 ends its best ever quarter with profit taking September 30, 2009 THE top share index closed lower yesterday with energy stocks, banks and miners among the biggest laggards on the last session of a record quarter. The FTSE 100 closed down 25.82 points, or 0.5 per cent, at 5,133.90 as investors locked in profits after the index put in its best quarterly performance since it was [...]
Gloomy data drags Wall Street down September 30, 2009 US stocks fell yesterday after a key index of business activity in the American Midwest region showed a surprising contraction, but buying of technology bellwethers like Cisco Systems at the end of a strong quarter limited losses. The top drags on the session were some of the quarter’s best performers including industrials, materials and banks. [...]
Clever traders use call warrants to profit from those M&A rumours September 30, 2009 WITH the exception of shot gun weddings in the banking sector, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity practically died a death during the financial crisis. But recently there has been a slew of rumoured buyout offers such as Kraft’s bid for UK confectionary giant Cadbury. Indeed, Credit Suisse analyst Richard Kersley believes that the Kraft bid [...]
USE COVERED WARRANTS AS A HEDGE September 30, 2009 WITH investors continuing to fear that the rally in stock markets could be over-extended and that a dip could be on the cards, covered warrant can be used as an efficient hedge tool of existing shares positions. Depending on what underlying they have and what precisely they fear might happen in the coming weeks and [...]
Create loyalty through trust to retain key staff September 30, 2009 A REPORT by financial services and banking recruitment firm Robert Half released last week which polled 3,000 workers found that 37 per cent are planning to leave their jobs as soon as the economy is more stable, and half would leave within six months of the recession being officially declared over. While people normally move [...]
Violence, misogyny and computer hacking in a dark Swedish thriller September 30, 2009 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NESTBY STIEG LARSSONQuercus, £18.99****THE THIRD in the Millennium trilogy, this is perhaps the only one of best-selling Swedish thriller writer Stieg Larsson’s books that cannot be fully enjoyed on its own. The fascinating heroine and the plot – it opens with Lisbeth Salander being rushed into hospital with bullets [...]
Shuck and awe September 30, 2009 ROTUNDA90 York Way, N1 9AG, tel: 020 7014 2840As part of London’s Oyster Festival, there will be oyster masterclasses through October, plus a menu that includes oyster tempura and onuga caviar; oyster and scallop ravioli and Guinness and oyster pie, alongside a good range of natives. BENTLEY’S11-15 Swallow St, W1B 4DGT, tel: 020 7734 4756Go [...]
