We’re proud to support Epsom June 5, 2015 HEAD OF GLOBAL MARKETING, INVESTEC On behalf of Investec, I am delighted to welcome City A.M’s readers to the 2015 Investec Derby Festival. This prestigious event embodies energy, determination and performance – the same qualities our team possess in specialist banking, asset management and wealth & investment. Now in our seveth year of sponsorship, we [...]
Film review: Melissa McCarthy is hampered by her co-stars in Spy June 5, 2015 Cert 15 | ★★☆☆☆ Bounteous as Melissa McCarthy’s comedic gifts no doubt are, do they justify a resuscitation of the spy-spoof genre? In a word: no. In Spy she plays a desk-bound CIA operative working in partnership with field agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law) with whom she is not-so-secretly in love. Despite finishing top [...]
Bad news, commuters: RMT is balloting London Underground members over a new strike June 4, 2015 Bad news fellow commuters. Tube workers are voting on strike action over a pay deal that union RMT has branded “an insult to the hardworking men and women who deliver a world class service”. All grades are being called to vote on both strike action and action short of a strike, both over [...]
£8.2bn tobacco lawsuit is no deterrent says City June 2, 2015 CITY investors and analysts insist that tobacco stocks are still good value for money, despite recent Canadian lawsuits totalling £8.2bn. The figure comes after the Quebec Superior Court found British American Tobacco (BAT), Rothmans B&H and JTI-MacDonald liable for moral and punitive damages in two lawsuits representing nearly one million smokers on Monday. One fund [...]
Entertainment and tobacco losses add to cautious trading – London Report June 2, 2015 BRITAIN’S top share index posted its lowest close in more than three weeks yesterday, as tobacco stocks slipped after a Canadian court ruling and Merlin Entertainments slumped following an accident at a theme park run by the company. Shares in Merlin fell 3.5 per cent on news that four people were seriously hurt at one [...]
Cable Bay looks set to strike for in-form Hills at Haydock May 28, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE BEST OF THE WEEKEND’S RACING ACTION MY WEATHER forecasting days are numbered; my dreams of becoming the next John Kettley shattered. A week ago I guessed at what the ground was going to be like at Haydock two days later and my assumption that it would be soft proved to be [...]
Yahoo to face privacy lawsuit on behalf of millions of internet users May 28, 2015 Yahoo will face a US class action lawsuit alleging wiretapping violations of emails sent to its users from non-Yahoo mail accounts. The lawsuit brought by a group acting on behalf of millions of internet users was given the go-ahead by a Californian judge, who granted the group class action status. Over 1m members who used [...]
Thomas Cook Corfu deaths tragedy: The government must reform paltry damages May 21, 2015 Much has been said about the PR disaster surrounding Thomas Cook’s handling of the Corfu carbon monoxide poisoning, which killed Robert and Christianne Shepherd in 2006. But the case also throws into the spotlight one of the fundamental injustices in English law: the level of damages awarded following a fatal accident. The current level [...]
Malabar to give Channon a second Irish Guineas May 21, 2015 TOP CLASS flat action takes place across the Irish Sea this weekend, with three Group One contests at the Curragh. I’d expect Gleneagles to double-up on his Classic success at Newmarket with a win in tomorrow’s Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh (3.20pm). However, he is 2/5 with Betway and I’m happy to sit the [...]
Wonga revamp adds money-back guarantee, ditches puppets – and aims new products at “hard working people” May 19, 2015 Wonga’s re-brand is here: the payday lender is to roll out new television adverts aimed at its new middle-class target base. It is also offering a money-back guarantee as part of an image revamp aimed at repairing the reputation damage it suffered during a tumultuous 2014. It will keep the Wonga name, despite speculation about [...]