Spurs snatch Saha late to beat deadline January 31, 2012 ● Striker joins from Everton, Nelsen set to follow ● Pavlyuchenko, Pienaar and Bassong let go ● QPR finish spree by signing Fulham’s Zamora TOTTENHAM pulled off a deadline-beating late swoop for Everton striker Louis Saha last night as clubs shook off their lethargy and whipped up a frenzied finish to the January transfer window. [...]
The Games are the starting gun for race to transform British innovation January 31, 2012 Cisco has a growth plan for the UK, and Neil Crockett reveals why the Olympics is the perfect catalyst Q.What WAS YOUR BRAND’S PRIMARY REASON FOR BEING Involved with the games? A.It’s the first time worldwide that Cisco’s ever been involved in anything like this as a sponsor. We’ve been a supplier: we supplied to [...]
Russia in push for foreign cash January 30, 2012 Russia’s newest state fund made its first investment yesterday, buying a stake in Moscow’s MICEX-RTS bourse to boost its initial public offering hopes and compete with big international centres like London for Russian company listings. The $10bn Russian Direct Investment Fund, which is government funded but run by private equity specialist Kirill Dmitriev, is investing [...]
QPR move for Cisse as clubs eye deadline January 30, 2012 Maverick French striker ready to join Loftus Road revolution with transfer activity set to increase on the closing day of January sales QPR will go to the wire in a dramatic last ditch attempt to bolster their squad with as many as four new additions, including flamboyant £4m Lazio striker Djibril Cisse, before tonight’s transfer [...]
Russian opposition use Davos to tell Putin to reform or lose power January 29, 2012 KREMLIN clan in-fighting spilled into the open last week when government officials sympathetic with Russia’s fragmented opposition warned the country’s ultimate leader Vladimir Putin he may soon lose power if he doesn’t undertake sweeping reforms. Putin, Russia’s president from 2000 to 2008 and now prime minister, is expected to return to the presidency after March [...]
DAVOS DIARY January 26, 2012 YOU never know whom you will bump into for a chat in Davos, as its founder Klaus Schwab is always happy to remind us, calling this open dialogue “the spirit of Davos”. Nonetheless, the smartly clad Davos Diary was surprised to find herself hailed down urgently by none other than Lloyd’s of London chairman John [...]
Petropavlovsk targets 11pc lift in production January 26, 2012 RUSSIA-FOCUSED gold miner Petropavlovsk said yesterday its full year output will rise 11 per cent to 680,000 ounces in 2012, having beaten last year’s target on the back of higher output at its flagship Pioneer mine. “The group’s 2012 target is 680,000 oz. a compound annual growth rate of 26 per cent since the group [...]
Six months to go – get in shape to win Olympic gold January 26, 2012 TODAY we hit six months to go until the start of the Olympic Games. Amid the daily diet of doom and gloom about the prospects for the UK economy, the Games offer a potential bright horizon in an otherwise challenging year. It certainly appears that many companies feel this way. Deloitte’s latest Games Readiness research [...]
Wasps sign Russia duo January 25, 2012 RUGBY UNION : Wasps have signed Russia international hooker Vladislav Korshunov and No8 Victor Gresev until the end of the season.
Cairn joined by Statoil in Arctic hunt January 23, 2012 CAIRN Energy yesterday announced a deal that will see Norwegian giant Statoil share the costs of its Arctic exploration. The area is a notoriously difficult and expensive place to drill, with the inhospitable climate hiking costs. Statoil has acquired a 30.6 per cent stake in one of Cairn’s exploration licences off the coast of Greenland. [...]