Let’s help UK economy by reining in our jealousy September 13, 2009 Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius, according to Fulton J Sheen. Now whilst it is hard to argue that there is much genius in a financial community that a year ago brought us to the brink of global financial meltdown, it is important to not let our jealousy get in the way of [...]
Man United have to be opposed at the Lane September 10, 2009 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs. MANCHESTER UNITEDTOMORROW 5.30PM, ESPN HARRY REDKNAPP will be delighted with his team’s start to the season and Spurs fans are already dreaming of a Champions League spot. They have been on fire at home recently, winning all of their last eight league matches – including games against Liverpool and Chelsea – whilst [...]
Elite riders set to take on the Tour September 10, 2009 MANY of the world’s top teams and riders begin their assault on the great British countryside tomorrow for the start of the 2009 Tour of Britain.A plethora of world, Olympic and Tour de France champions go head-to-head to compete in the biggest professional cycle race held in the UK.The Tour once again takes the 96 [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF September 9, 2009 Durham close in on second titleCRICKET: Durham closed in on a second successive LV County Championship division one title yesterday after making a flying start in their crunch match with closest rivals Nottinghamshire. Durham need just 11 points to win the title with two matches to spare. Michael Di Venuto smashed a magnificent unbeaten 219 [...]
Murdoch plans internal wire service to increase NewsCorp’s content sharing September 7, 2009 RUPERT Murdoch’s News Corporation is planning to launch a newswire service that will give all parts of its global network immediate access to all its stories and videos. The new service will be called NewsCore and will collate all of the media giant’s news stories, satellite feeds and web content for instant access by News [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 7, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES ZURICH CHIEF BACKS EU SOLVENCY RULESThe head of Zurich Financial Services, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies, has broken ranks to criticise industry rivals for lobbying against European plans to increase insurers’ financial strength. James Schiro, Zurich chief executive, said the fierce industry “pushback” against proposed new solvency rules for insurers was [...]
Jargon’s unstoppable march into our language September 6, 2009 WHAT started as a light-hearted discussion of business buzzwords on CNBC television recently aroused such an outpouring of bile from our viewers I feel duty-bound to “on-pass the learnings.” Grammatical rules apply at all times, even to important businessmen. “Leverage” and “interface” are bad enough as nouns, but make intolerable verbs. Similarly, anyone paying attention [...]
Why holding its nerve has paid off for Britain’s top accountancy firm September 6, 2009 LOOKING out of the window of his Embankment office, Ian Powell points at the sky above the London Eye. “It’s a bit cloudy,” he says. “But there’s sun on the horizon.” The same could be said of the outlook for PricewaterhouseCoopers, the largest of the “big four” professional services firms, which Powell has chaired since [...]
In an ecclesiastical home, heaven is a place on earth September 3, 2009 OKAY, so it might involve sleeping where an altar once was. Or perhaps a belltower, nave or vestry. It sounds ever so slightly scandalous, but ecclesiastic properties are recession-busting favourites, with architectural features that can’t be rivalled. In London, there’s a range of options – many of which are considered hip as well as high-end, [...]
Back hero Broad in ODI September 3, 2009 ENGLAND vs AUSTRALIA1ST ODI, TODAY 1PM, SKY SPORTS 1 THE JUBILATION of England’s Ashes victory soon gave way to the fiasco that was the aborted Twenty20 series. With those two games brushed under the proverbial carpet, the upcoming exhaustive seven-match one day series gives Australia the chance to return home with a little pride, even [...]