FedEx crown and fifth win eludes McIlroy September 14, 2014 WORLD No1 Rory McIlroy fell short of his fifth win of the season after America’s Billy Horschel claimed the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup title in Atlanta yesterday. The duo were among five players who arrived at East Lake for the season-ending tournament with the knowledge victory would see them crowned FedEx champion as well [...]
Robots won’t take all City jobs – they could even give you a pay rise September 11, 2014 You're back from the summer, but for how long? In case you missed it, one tech visionary thinks many City jobs could be automated within a decade. Dave Coplin, who glories in the title of chief envisioning officer at Microsoft UK, told the Telegraph that “the City could be run by algorithms”. Ten years is [...]
Dollar slides on more disappointment from the US as jobless claims rise September 11, 2014 The dollar slid 0.28 per cent against the pound this afternoon after fresh data from the US showed August's disappointing non-farm payroll figure was more than just a blip. Figures released today showed the number of applicants claiming unemployment benefits rose to 315,000 last week, up from 304,000 the week before and way above economists' [...]
Football Comment: Delighted for Hodgson as diamond system lets his forward gems shine September 8, 2014 A DIAMOND midfield system is perfect for England, and they showed it last night in what was an enormously confidence-boosting win in Switzerland. Brendan Rodgers used it last season to accommodate both Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge, and it works similarly well for Roy Hodgson, who has to play Wayne Rooney and, though injured last [...]
Apple share price: iCloud hack and Samsung derail iPhone 6 hype sending shares down after six months of steady gains September 7, 2014 Ahead of Tuesday’s big launch event- said to be the unveiling of the latest iPhone 6 according to, well, everyone- Apple’s rising share price was derailed this week, as was its well-orchestrated hype-machine. On Tuesday shares hit a record high, even as the leaking of nude pictures of celebrities began to increase the focus on [...]
US economic growth steady September 3, 2014 THE US recovery is on a relatively strong footing, the Federal Reserve said last night, as its car industry shows strong growth and banking conditions improve. In its Beige Book report of anecdotal information on business activity collected from contacts across the US, the Fed said six of its 12 districts reported “moderate” economic growth. [...]
International Friendly: Hodgson in no mood to entertain statistics September 3, 2014 AT WEMBLEY STADIUM ENGLAND 1 NORWAY 0 DEFIANT manager Roy Hodgson vowed to win back the trust of jaded England fans with swashbuckling football and goals galore after his side relied on a penalty from new captain Wayne Rooney to beat Norway in front of a record low crowd. Striker Rooney marked his first game [...]
Our obsession with monetary stimulus will end in disaster September 3, 2014 It is now six years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and considering that the US economy has officially been in recovery for the past five years, that equity indexes have put in new all-time highs, and that credit markets are once again ebullient to the point of carelessness, it is worth contemplating that monetary [...]
Sex, drugs and charity – the changes to how UK GDP is measured revealed September 3, 2014 Vice sectors such as the sex and drugs trades – alongside those firmly rooted in virtue – have given the UK's economy something of a halo, according to the Office for National Statistics' reworking of GDP data. The once-in-a-generation changes are being drip fed out, with the first – revised real and nominal GDP [...]
Ebola food shortage: Sufferer escapes Liberian hospital to steal bread from crowded market September 2, 2014 Concerns over the shortage of food available for Ebola victims in West Africa have been put in the limelight by a YouTube video uploaded today. It shows an Ebola patient walking through a crowded market after escaping from a hospital in Liberia. He picks up a piece of bread from one of the stalls [...]