Fired-up Cook plots England’s revenge July 29, 2008 Opening batsman Alastair Cook says England have banished the memories of their second Test drubbing by South Africa and are in the mood to gain revenge. A 10-wicket humiliation at Headingley last week left the hosts 1-0 down in the series ahead of the third Test at Edgbaston, starting tomorrow. England have gone one down [...]
Ryder Cup dream left in tatters for Donald July 29, 2008 Luke Donald’s hopes of gate crashing Europe’s Ryder Cup team seem to have diminished after he withdrew from next month’s US PGA Championship with injury. The 30-year-old is currently out of the automatic qualifying places and was in need of a decent showing at Oakland Hills to stand any chance of earning a wild card [...]
Olympic row brewing with Beijing shrouded in a haze July 29, 2008 The Beijing Olympics may be only 10 days away but event organisers are still facing a headache over rising pollution levels as the world’s top athletes descend on the city this week. As the sun rose above the city skyline, Beijing’s chronic pollution problem was all too evident yesterday as a mixture of vehicle exhausts, [...]
Fabregas denies remarks and commits to Arsenal July 29, 2008 Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas last night quashed reports that he plans to leave after becoming frustrated by a lack of silverware. The 21-year-old, who helped Spain win Euro 2008 last month, yesterday denied making remarks linking him with a move to Real Madrid. “I have not spoken to any media so it’s frustrating to read [...]
Fulham set to land Johnson July 29, 2008 Fulham are set to smash their transfer record with the £12m signing of Everton striker Andrew Johnson. The 27-year-old hitman was at Craven Cottage undergoing a medical yesterday and is expected to be unveiled as a Fulham player by boss Roy Hodgson in the next 24 hours. Hodgson is keen to pair Johnson with his [...]
Knowing when to dip your toe in the water July 29, 2008 There are lots of indicators that can tell a trader when to take the buy and sell, writes Katie Hope One trader I know reckons whether he has a good or a bad trading day depends on whether he has had time for a bath that morning or not. A half hour soak at 5.30am [...]
My advice on how to become a successful entrepreneur July 29, 2008 People ask me all the time what the essentials are of running a start-up and whether they have what it takes. I’ve worked with a number of entrepreneurial duos, and typically one is the technological genius and the other the commercial brain. It’s true you can hire the finance skillset, as opposed to making someone [...]
Pearson gains buck Media sector gloom July 29, 2008 Financial Times owner Pearson Group brought some much-needed cheer to the media sector after beating analysts’ first half revenue forecasts by posting a 14 per cent rise in sales to £1.965bn, in what chief executive Marjorie Scardino described as “tough economic conditions.” Pearson shares climbed 2.85 per cent to 612.5p after the group said it [...]
Recession is certain – City July 28, 2008 Analysts have declared a UK recession inevitable following official data showing that economic growth in the second quarter of this year slumped to its weakest rate in three years. The Office for National Statistics revealed last week that GDP rose by just 0.2 per cent in the three months to June, bringing the annual rate [...]
KKR defies the credit crunch with surprise £7.5bn flotation July 28, 2008 The legendary firm of New York buyout experts insists that going public is the best strategy Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the fabled US private equity group, is to go public in a deal which will see it merge with one of its listed funds and float on the New York Stock Exchange. KKR, whose founders include [...]
