Extra-time beckons in final that is just too close to call June 28, 2012 SPAIN ITALY Sunday – 7.45 pm BBC One SPAIN have quietened the doubters and now they have the chance to silence them in the European Championship showdown against Italy on Sunday. It might have been more of a slog than their previous journeys to the finals of Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup, but [...]
Palazzo Bianco to cap off an incredible month for Gosden June 28, 2012 JOHN Gosden was crowned leading trainer at last week’s Royal Ascot for the first time in his illustrious career. It was an incredible feat to notch five winners during the most competitive racing week of the year and he looks to have an excellent chance of claiming his second Northumberland Plate tomorrow afternoon (3.20pm). I [...]
FTSE led down by scandal-hit Barclays June 28, 2012 The FTSE 100 slipped this morning as miners dipped and Barclays was dented by the Libor scandal while it was confirmed that the UK had lurched back into recession. Britain’s economy shrank by 0.3 pe rcent during the first three months of this year, official data confirmed, leaving the nation in its second recession in [...]
FTSE led down by scandal-hit Barclays June 28, 2012 The FTSE 100 slipped this morning as miners dipped and Barclays was dented by the Libor scandal while it was confirmed that the UK had lurched back into recession. Britain’s economy shrank by 0.3 per cent during the first three months of this year, official data confirmed, leaving the nation in its second recession in [...]
UK lurches back into recession June 28, 2012 Britain’s economy shrank by 0.3 per cent during the first three months of this year, official data confirmed on Thursday, leaving the nation in its second recession in four years. Data from the Office for National Statistics also showed that the economy contracted at a faster pace than previously thought in the final three months [...]
House prices slip in June June 28, 2012 House prices dropped 0.6 per cent in June, according to figures from the Nationwide. It said the end of the stamp duty holiday in March, which lifted the market early in the year, had contributed. The annual fall in prices is 1.5 per cent, the sharpest decline in almost three years, the building society said.
Debenhams sales rise June 28, 2012 Debenhams, Britain’s second largest department store group, showed its resilience in the economic downturn by beating forecasts for quarterly underlying sales and winning market share even though it faced a deluge of rain in April. The firm, ranked second in Britain after employee-owned John Lewis JLP.UL, said on Thursday sales at stores open over a [...]
Shell again extends Cove bid deadline June 28, 2012 Oil major Shell again extended a deadline for Cove Energy shareholders to accept its offer, giving itself more time to decide its next move as it vies with Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production to acquire the explorer. Shell said on Thursday it was extending the deadline for Cove shareholders to accept its $1.8 billion (£1.1bn) [...]
Libor manipulation scandal is a disastrous own goal for City June 28, 2012 WHAT preposterous emails. What were these traders thinking? That they would get away with it? Barclays and the entire banking industry have been badly damaged by the Libor manipulation scandal – and this time it is entirely a crisis of their own making. This is not like some previous rounds of banker-bashing, where lenders were [...]
Watson makes history as British highs continue at Wimbledon June 27, 2012 BRITISH No3 Heather Watson savoured the turnaround in her fortunes after yesterday becoming the first British female in 10 years to reach Wimbledon’s third round with a clinical victory over America’s Jamie Hampton. Confidence built during Wimbledon’s previous matches and in reaching the French Open’s second round last month had a visible influence as Watson [...]
