Bent and Huddlestone get the nod from Capello November 8, 2009 IN-FORM Darren Bent has been handed a chance to fight for a World Cup place after being named in Fabio Capello’s England squad for next week’s friendly with Brazil. The Sunderland striker has been named in the 24-man party along with former Tottenham team-mate Tom Huddlestone and Aston Villa’s Stephen Warnock as Capello looks to [...]
BALANCING ACT November 4, 2009 UK FINANCIAL Investments (UKFI) boss John Kingman yesterday warned the agency was “walking a tightrope” as it attempted to limit bonus payments while avoiding an exodus of talent at Britain’s bailed out banks. The public was “understandably angry” at fat cat bonus payments, said Kingman, the departing chief executive of the body managing the government’s [...]
NOMURA PREPARING FOR OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE VARSITY CLASH October 29, 2009 THE City’s rugby aficionados and former Oxbridge contingent are already gearing up for this year’s Varsity match, which is being sponsored for the second year running by Japanese bank Nomura. Nomura stepped in at the last minute to save the day after it rescued the European operations of failed bank Lehman Brothers, the event’s former [...]
Guzan the hero as Villa beat Black Cats October 27, 2009 RESERVE goalkeeper Brad Guzan saved four penalty kicks to help Aston Villa into the Carling Cup fifth round at the expense of Sunderland. The two sides were locked at 0-0 until American Guzan kept out Kenwyne Jones’ late penalty in normal time to force the extra half hour. He then saved three more penalties as [...]
Hedge fund guru George Soros claims bonus anger is justified October 25, 2009 BILLIONAIRE investor George Soros at the weekend became the latest high-profile financier to wade into the bonus debate as he claimed the backlash against banking fat cats on lucrative pay deals is justified. Speaking in an interview about large profits reported in recent weeks by Wall Street’s biggest banks, Soros said: “Those earnings are not [...]
Lloyd Webber diagnosed with cancer October 25, 2009 ANDREW Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, a publicist for the composer and theatre tycoon confirmed yesterday. “The condition is in its very early stages,” said the publicist. “Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the year.” Lloyd Webber is best known for [...]
O’Brien’s St Nicholas all set for Post strike October 22, 2009 Three of the last eight winners of the Racing Post Trophy have gone on to land the Epsom Derby the following season and connections of current ante-post favourite ST NICHOLAS ABBEY will be hoping he can follow in the hoof-prints of High Chaparral, Motivator and Authorized. The stable have already won this race on four [...]
Whatever your view on the market there are tools to take advantage October 19, 2009 RECESSION or recovery? Deflation or inflation? New bull market or dead-cat bounce? These are the issues which have dominated investors’ attention throughout the first nine months of the year. Equities have plunged and rallied, yields on government bonds have blown out and contracted sharply, while commodity prices have soared and sterling and the dollar have [...]
Vantis wives embroiled in Revenue case October 12, 2009 THE wives of two leading City accountants have been caught up in the tax controversy surrounding Vantis, the publicly-quoted accountancy group. City A.M. has learnt that Shirley Faichney and Nicola Perrin will both face charges of “cheating Her Majesty and the public revenue,” charges that they reject. A spokesman yesterday told City A.M.: “We can [...]
City tax stars face charges from Revenue October 11, 2009 VANTIS, the stockmarket-listed accountancy firm, yesterday confirmed that its two leading City accountants have been charged with a multi-million pound tax scam. David Perrin and Roy Faichney work in the tax division of Vantis and are responsible for developing tax saving schemes for their wealthy clients which included former captain of England rugby team, and [...]