Games chiefs refuse to rule out Spurs bid for stadium October 7, 2010 OLYMPIC chiefs yesterday repeatedly refused to rule out Tottenham’s bid for the 2012 stadium despite the club being unwilling to retain the running track. The north London outfit are the only bidders known to want to scrap the facility if they move into the 80,000-seater arena in Stratford after the Games. Premier League rivals West [...]
Rolls-Royce gets new chief September 30, 2010 BRITISH engine maker, Rolls-Royce has confirmed that the Royal Ahold boss is to become new chief executive as Sir John Rose prepares to retire. John Rishton, who is currently chief executive at the Dutch supermarket group, will take up the post next March when Rose stands down. Rose will leave Rolls-Royce after 26 years, of [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 27, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES BRAZIL IN GLOBAL CURRENCY WAR’ ALERT An “interntaional currency war” has broken out according to Guido Mantega, Brazil’s finance minister, as governments around the world comcompete to power their exhange rates to boost competiveness. Mantega’s comments in Sao Paulo follow a series of interventions by central banks in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan [...]
Compton role put on hold September 20, 2010 PAUL Compton, the former Toscafund hedge fund manager, is still waiting for FSA clearance before being able to take up his new role at the small companies broker WH Ireland. Compton, who worked at Merrill Lynch and Collins Stewart before joining Toscafund, has had the summer off waiting to assume his new role at WH [...]
VW to make Browning US boss September 12, 2010 Automaker Volkswagen (VW) will name former General Motors and Ford manager Jonathan Browning to head its US operations as early as today, a company source said. Browning joined VW in June and is in charge of the car manufacturer’s national sales companies worldwide.
Starlet Ford must wait for debut September 9, 2010 LEICESTER boss Richard Cockerill is set to resist the temptation of handing starlet George Ford a Premiership debut. With first choice Toby Flood out for around two months with a knee injury and Sam Vesty off-loaded to Bath, Cockerill is short of options at fly-half for the visit of new boys Exeter Chiefs to Welford [...]
Planting the seeds of another crisis September 2, 2010 FOR some bizarre reason, the creation of three new European Supervisory Authorities and the European Systemic Risk Board – a major power-grab for Brussels – was welcomed last night by Conservative MEPs. Vicky Ford, one of their numbers who took part in the negotiations, admitted that “this is very complex multi-layered legislation and it needs [...]
If it’s an improvement on last year, we’re in for a real treat September 2, 2010 LAST season was a fantastic year for Premiership rugby, culminating in one of the best finals I have ever seen. Leicester and Saracens went hammer and tongs at each other in a high-quality game, which swung from one end to another right to the very last passage of play. On reflection, it was a season [...]
The rise of the “he-vage” September 2, 2010 IT’s one thing for Jude Law to do it. But when bankers at Goldman Sachs in New York (and Russell Brand) start flaunting their “man cleavage” or “he-vage”, it truly is time to become concerned. Throughout the month of August, some Goldman staff were permitted to pay $25 to a designated charity in return for [...]
Worst August in 28 years for GM and Ford September 1, 2010 AUTO sales in the US slumped last month to their worst August in 28 years, reflecting the end of government sales subsidies and underscoring uncertainty about the strength of the US economic recovery. The monthly auto sales figures are one of the first and broadest-based snapshots of consumer demand. Most major automakers posted double-digit sales [...]