Tottenham transfers: Juventus targets Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela not for sale, says Mauricio Pochettino August 20, 2015 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has told Juventus to forget signing Christian Eriksen or Erik Lamela because it would scupper his ambition of taking the Premier League title to White Hart Lane. Italian media have credited the Serie A champions with interest in both schemers but Pochettino is more concerned with strengthening his own attacking options [...]
Dennis Publishing to launch free fitness magazine Coach August 20, 2015 Dennis Publishing, the company behind Men's Fitness, Viz, and This Week, is set to make its biggest gamble in years with a multi-million pound investment in a free, weekly health and fitness magazine, called Coach. Coach will cover a broad content mix of technology, careers, fashion and modern living, as well as health and [...]
Three “softer” skills you don’t know you need August 20, 2015 Bosses can tell if you’re tolerant just from your handwriting As GCSE results are released today, employers are once again questioning the usefulness of the national curriculum in preparing young people for their careers. A 2014 survey by Kaplan and supported by the CBI, for example, revealed that technical knowledge was ranked twenty-fourth out [...]
From Tesco’s sugary drinks to Alton Towers’ roller coaster incident: How Twitter can make you a better investor August 19, 2015 Social media has long been used as a resource to tap into sentiment. Twitter, a platform that could easily be dismissed thanks to the challenges inherent in sharing information in 140 characters, is in fact a hugely viable source of information and a vital insight into what people are saying about a brand, an event [...]
Istanbul shooting: Two men detained after trying to storm German consulate in Dolmabahce Palace – reports August 19, 2015 Turkish police have detained two armed men following reports of gunfire at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. The men are thought to have had a stun grenade and automatic weapons, and it seemed the pair arrived in a white sedan. They reportedly opened fire on police by the palace entrance while trying to gain entry [...]
Corbyn’s face on bankers’ golf ball gift August 19, 2015 USUALLY if you don’t like someone, the cliched approach is to stick their photo on a dartboard and aim for the face. Not content with such a working-class show of vehemence, golfing experts Your Golf Travel made some gifts for their 20 biggest clients. Execs from Coutts, Lloyds and M&S all received golf balls with [...]
Bank of England analysts believe Twitter could help predict a bank run, early signs of unemployment data and market movements August 18, 2015 Bank of England analysts believe Twitter and other social media give “much potential for central banks” to predict market movements, indicate unemployment data ahead of time and even give signs of an impending bank run. In the run-up to the Scottish independence referendum a team of analysts and IT experts within the BoE built [...]
Bangkok blast: At least 19 dead, 120 injured as police confirm explosion at Erawan shrine near Ratchaprasong was “caused by a bomb” August 18, 2015 Update: A bomb that went off in a busy Bangkok street today is thought to have killed at least 19 people, amid reports that a second device has been found. The "huge" blast occurred at 7pm local time today, near the Erawan Shrine, Bangkok, by the busy Ratchaprasong intersection in the centre of the city. [...]
Louis Van Gaal denies Wayne Rooney worries as Manchester United bid to rejoin European elite August 17, 2015 Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has dismissed concerns over skipper Wayne Rooney’s lack of goals so far this season as his side prepare for their Champions League play-off against Club Brugge at Old Trafford tonight. Despite United recording back-to-back Premier League victories, England captain Rooney has failed to register a shot on target in [...]
Executive pay: Capping bosses’ salaries will not raise the salaries of people at the bottom August 17, 2015 Today’s briefing paper from the High Pay Centre (HPC) has zoned in on the gap between FTSE 100 chief executive pay and the average salary of UK workers in 2014: 183/1. Perhaps it is the HPC’s emphasis – or perhaps it is the world’s recent focus on inequality – that has most people, in the media and [...]