Chris Tremlett on Ashes 2015: A big score from Ian Bell is just round the corner July 22, 2015 Before the Ashes started I wrote that batsman Gary Ballance looked all at sea. I felt the Australian bowlers would work out his technique and find ways to get him out. It was the right decision for the selectors to drop him ahead of next week’s third Test. Equally, Ballance’s Yorkshire team-mate Jonny Bairstow [...]
Bairstow into firing line as Ballance axed July 21, 2015 RECALLED batsman Jonny Bairstow has been warned to expect a marked surge in the quality of opposition after replacing the axed Gary Ballance in England’s squad for next week’s third Investec Ashes Test against Australia. Selectors responded to a harrowing 405-run demise to Australia at Lord’s on Sunday, which levelled the series at 1-1, by [...]
Citizens Financial income plummets 39 per cent July 21, 2015 In one of its first updates since it was spun-off from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Citizens Financial has posted results showing its income dipped 39 per cent in the second quarter. The figures It wasn't a great quarter for the US bank: earnings fell to $190m in the three months to the end of June, 39 [...]
Timely career-best knock boosts James Taylor’s chances of England recall July 20, 2015 Batsman James Taylor chose the perfect moment to amass a career-best double century as recriminations over England’s batting woes continue following their 405-run thrashing in the second Investec Test against Australia. Read more: Tremlett – After a bad Ashes opener, Aussies should bounce back at Lord's Taylor, who has made two Test appearances [...]
Investec Comment: Managing your foreign exchange risk July 19, 2015 In the first three months of 2015, the value of the euro fell 10 per cent against sterling. Since a stronger pound makes UK exports relatively less competitive in other markets, for a company doing business in the Eurozone, such a sizeable move could have had a significant impact on their profitability. Plenty of firms [...]
Cook hints at changes after Australia demolish England July 19, 2015 AT LORD’S SKIPPER Alastair Cook admitted the axe may fall on England’s misfiring batsmen after his side wilted to a 405-run drubbing on day four of the second Investec Ashes Test at Lord’s yesterday. Australia declared their second innings on 254-2 shortly before lunch, leaving England with a notional victory target of 509 or 155 [...]
Ex-MPC member Danny Blanchflower says rate rise would harm the UK July 17, 2015 Former Bank of England policymaker Danny Blanchflower has warned that an interest rate rise in the near future would harm the UK. Read more: Carney fuels speculation of 2015 interest rate hike "It may well be that the Fed [US Federal Reserve] is going to put off raising so it seems rather strange that Carney is [...]
Mark Carney fuels speculation of 2015 interest rate hike July 16, 2015 Bank of England governor Mark Carney last night dropped another strong hint that markets could be underestimating the likelihood of a 2015 interest rate hike. “In the current circumstances there is no need to wait to raise rates because of a risk management approach and run the risk of inflation overshooting target,” he said in [...]
Together Forever looks over-priced in the Irish Oaks July 16, 2015 Bill Esdaile previews the best of the weekend’s UK and Irish racing FOLLOWING the English and French Oaks, the three-year-old fillies will now do battle in tomorrow’s Irish version at the Curragh (5.50pm). Taking into account the form from both Epsom and France, TOGETHER FOREVER looks a great each-way bet at 12/1 with Betway. Having [...]
Central bankers scent interest rate hikes: Federal Reserve prepares for rise with UK expected to follow later July 15, 2015 An unprecedented era of easy money, seen on both sides of the Atlantic since 2008, could be over by the end of the year, with the Federal Reserve preparing to hike rates and some analysts expecting the UK to follow suit in subsequent months. “If the economy evolves as we expect, economic conditions likely [...]