Murray meets hometown fans September 16, 2012 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray received a hero’s welcome in Dunblane yesterday as he visited his hometown for the first time since winning a first grand slam title at the US Open last week. Murray, who also showed off gold and silver London 2012 Olympic medals, braved rain to parade in an open-top bus before giving [...]
Morgan backs Buttler September 16, 2012 England’s Eoin Morgan has backed team-mate Jos Buttler to continue to impress ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 after his 10-ball 32 not out in Wednesday’s win over South Africa. He said: “It gives everyone else belief that he can perform at any given time. I’ve been watching Jos train for nearly a year now, [...]
Ulster pay tribute to Spence September 16, 2012 Ulster have paid tribute to centre Nevin Spence following his tragic death in a farming accident. The 22-year-old died with his father and brother after they fell into a slurry tank on their family farm in County Down. A club statement read: “It was with profound sadness that Ulster Rugby learned of the tragic death [...]
Castano wins BMW Italian Open September 16, 2012 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano last night won the BMW Italian Open for his sixth European Tour Victory. He beat Garth Mulroy by a total of two shots.
Japan to phase out nuclear power September 14, 2012 Japan is set to pull out of nuclear power by 2030, in what will be a major shift in national energy policy. The Asian nation is the latest to shun nuclear power, following Germany and Switzerland, after the tsunami last year caused a nuclear crisis in the country’s Fukushima Daiichi plant. Prior to Fukushima, Japan [...]
Construction output plunges 10 per cent in a year September 14, 2012 UK construction activity shrank by 10 per cent in the year to July, official figures from the Office for National Statistics said today. Over the month to July though, output rose 2.2 per cent. Over the three months to July, output from the construction sector fell by 10.1 per cent compared to the same three [...]
FTSE 100 up sharply on US economic stimulus September 14, 2012 The blue chip index jumped sharply in early trading, as it consolidated gains in the US in the wake of QE3. Headline miners led the index up, with Ferrexpo jumping 15.15 per cent in early trade, as metal prices rose on hopes of increased demand. South Africa-focused Aquarius Platinum jumped 12.48 per cent, Evraz soared [...]
RBS confirms Direct Line float September 14, 2012 RBS this morning confirmed plans to float its Direct Line insurance business on the London Stock Exchange in the largest share listing this year. RBS, which is 83 per cent-owned by the government, had to either sell or float the business by next year as a condition of its bailout in 2008. “We believe it [...]
Lonmin miners reject pay offer September 14, 2012 Strikers at platinum firm Lonmin’s Marikana mine rejected its increased pay offer today, quashing hopes that an end to the five-week long strike might be in sight. Lonmin this morning presented a pay offer to the striking miners at Marikana, offering to increase their salaries to less than half their demanded basic wage. The South [...]
Case to open against former UBS trader September 14, 2012 The trial against former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli accused of losing the Swiss bank £1.4bn will start later today. Adoboli, 32, was arrested on 15 September 2011 when UBS uncovered what it termed “unauthorised trading” when working as a senior trader on UBS’s Delta One desk, which trades exchange traded funds. He pleaded not guilty [...]
