THE NAME GAME IS ON FOR MANCHESTER UNITED’S RED KNIGHTS March 4, 2010 IS A setback in the offing for the self-styled “Red Knights”, the group of City businessmen plotting to seize control of Manchester United from current owners, the Glazer family? The Capitalist only asks having chanced upon another, very different, group bearing the same name while trawling the Internet yesterday. Actually, the moniker belongs to a [...]
Glazers hit back in Knights row March 3, 2010 MANCHESTER United’s under-fire owners, the Glazer family, are said to have complained to Goldman Sachs chairman Lloyd Blankfein over the conduct of chief economist Jim O’Neill in his efforts to seize control of the club. O’Neill, a lifelong United fan, is spearheading the Red Knights group of City financiers who are plotting a crusade to [...]
Target reached as fans flock to join campaign March 3, 2010 MANCHESTER United supporters have flung the ball firmly back into the Red Knights’ court by responding in their thousands to the financiers’ call to arms. The Red Knights urged fans to prove their support for the campaign to oust United’s current owners, the Glazer family, by pledging their allegiance online. A target of 100,000 names [...]
BOND GURU FALLS FOUL OF PARTY CIRCUIT March 2, 2010 CRUMBS, the fixed income social scene can’t be much cop if Pimco’s resident investment guru-cum-scrooge Bill Gross is anything to go by. Gross – a founder and 38 year veteran of the distinguished company – popped out one of his monthly investment outlook notes yesterday, beginning with a lengthy spiel on the evils of the [...]
Knights show their armour March 2, 2010 HIGH-powered Manchester United fans have stepped up their bid to wrest control of the club from the Glazer family. A team of City-based financiers, known as the Red Knights, hope to force United’s American owners to consider a bid for the club by urging fans to give up their season tickets next season. City A.M. [...]
House prices on the rise in London boost March 1, 2010 CENTRAL London house prices jumped by 3.2 per cent in February – the strongest surge in almost three years, according to figures released yesterday. Average house prices in central London have risen by almost a fifth in the last 10 months, and are only one per cent below the market peak of March 2008, according [...]
Capello’s is a team in crisis February 25, 2010 FOUR months ago, it was all sweetness and light. Now, it’s a total mess. With the World Cup getting ever closer and England losing another key player in Wayne Bridge, this is suddenly a team in crisis and Capello must be pulling his hair out. Let’s go through the side as it stands. Our No1 [...]
Putting a spin on humble sneakers February 25, 2010 THEY’RE a funny thing, trainers. They are as much a part of a man’s functional wardrobe as jeans, but unlike jeans, they are also very expressive. Hip Camden Converse wearers are a different tribe to those who prance about in Usain Bolt’s yam-coloured Pumas, while those who spend evenings enjoying the box-fresh smell of their [...]
Geech: Wilko and Riki are a dream ticket February 24, 2010 BRITISH LIONS legend Sir Ian McGeechan believes the centre partnership of Jonny Wilkinson and Riki Flutey holds the key to England’s Six Nations hopes. Coach Martin Johnson has only just been able to field his dream midfield combination due to injury, but the pair have so far failed to hit it off and came under [...]
City applauds Tory cut-price shares move February 22, 2010 CONSERVATIVE plans to offer millions of people cheap shares in Britain’s nationalised banks have received a tentative thumbs-up from the City. Shadow chancellor George Osborne yesterday outlined a scheme to hand small investors shares in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group when the government exits its £70bn stake. The “people’s bonus” would reward [...]