United hero Hernandez leaves Sir Alex clueless October 23, 2012 MANCHESTER UNITED 3 vs BRAGA 2 MANCHESTER United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admits he is clueless about how to accommodate his striking talent after Javier Hernandez’s brace helped snatch victory from two goals down last night at Old Trafford. Brazilian midfielder Alan scored twice in the first 20 minutes to give Braga a sniff of [...]
London Games below budget October 23, 2012 ■ LONDON 2012: The overall cost of the London Olympics and Paralympic Games will be £377m below the £9.29bn budget, at £8.92bn.
McIlroy tipped for £157m deal October 23, 2012 ■ GOLF: World No1 Rory McIlroy has played down speculation he is set to sign a 10-year, £157m deal with Nike.
Walsh names as Burns’ opponent October 23, 2012 ■ BOXING: Liam Walsh is to fight Ricky Burns on December 15.
FTSE 100 down while Trinity Mirror tumbles October 23, 2012 The blue chip index was down in early trading today, while Trinity Mirror sustained heavy losses on the FTSE All-Share. The newspaper publishing group lost 11.5 per cent in early trading, after four people filed legal claims accusing the group’s newspapers of hacking phones. Defence equipment firm Chemring fell 7.6 per cent, as it announced [...]
Trinity Mirror shares tumble on hacking claims October 23, 2012 Shares in newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror slumped this morning on claims that it was involved in phone hacking. A lawyer lodged the claims in court yesterday on behalf of Sven Goran-Eriksson and three others. The Daily Mirror publisher has previously denied any involvement with phone hacking. The publisher said in a statement today it had [...]
Whitbread boosted by Premier Inn and Costa October 23, 2012 Hotel and coffee shop operator Whitbread this morning posted a 10.6 per cent increase in first-half profit, boosted by its Premier Inn and Costa Coffee brands. Pre-tax profit for the leisure group came in at £193.4m over the six months to 30 August, up from £174.9m in the same period last year. Total sales at [...]
Mulberry warns on profits October 23, 2012 Luxury brand Mulberry this morning issued a profit warning, largely due to a fall in wholesale shipments over the half year to 30 September. Mulberry, which makes luxury leather handbags, said this morning that wholesale shipments to third parties were down four per cent over the period to £30m. As a result, it expects revenue [...]
Virgin Media adds record number of new customers October 23, 2012 Virgin Media added almost 40,000 new customers over the three months to September, helped by its super-fast broadband and digital TV service offering. In its third quarter results released this morning, the media group said its 39,500 new customers over the period was up from 6,300 over the previous quarter. Revenue for the media group [...]
Europe will become ever less relevant as century progresses October 23, 2012 ONCE again, the political establishment is debating Europe, and what Britain’s place in it should be. To me, the answer is straightforward: Europe will become increasingly irrelevant to the global economy as the century progresses, a tragic development which will see one of the world’s great civilisations increasingly marginalised culturally and geopolitically. Those who still [...]
