Put your trust in City to win back the title August 15, 2013 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE PREMIER LEAGUE THE upcoming Premier League season is set to be one of the most open in recent memory with bookmakers struggling to split Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea at the head of the outright market. What is unusual is that the three leading fancies all have new managers who [...]
City Moves for 14 August 2013 | Who’s switching jobs August 13, 2013 Aviva Investors The asset management business has announced the appointment of Sunita Kara as portfolio manager for European high yield. Kara has over 14 years’ experience in the investment industry. She was most recently at Baring Asset Management, where she was global high yield portfolio manager. Prior to that, she was a senior credit analyst [...]
Gerrard to go out all guns blazing against Scotland August 13, 2013 ENGLAND captain Steven Gerrard has risked upsetting Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers on the eve of the new Premier League season by outlining his desire to play as many minutes as possible in tonight’s friendly with Scotland at Wembley. Just three days before Liverpool take on Stoke in the opening game of the new campaign, Gerrard [...]
Suarez wants peace with Liverpool but Henry will still block Arsenal move August 8, 2013 ARSENAL target Luis Suarez hopes to come to a “friendly” resolution with Liverpool over his ongoing transfer saga but owner John W Henry is adamant the Uruguayan is going nowhere. The striker was yesterday forced to train on his own after manager Brendan Rodgers expressed his unhappiness at Suarez’s attitude. He has also rejected Suarez’s [...]
Dell demands rule change to keep £15.6bn takeover alive July 24, 2013 MICHAEL Dell yesterday made a last-ditch bid to win control of the computer manufacturer that bears his name, as he attempts to bring a six-month takeover saga to a close. Dell’s decision to up his existing $24.4bn (£15.6bn) offer by $150m – in return for changing vote rules to make it more likely to succeed – [...]
Business group warns that tighter listing rules won’t prevent future problems July 22, 2013 As Bumi shares have resumed trading today after three months of suspension, the Institute of Directors has warned that to tighten up listing rules would be a mistake, and unlikely to prevent another Bumi saga. Dr. Roger Barker, director of Corporate Governance and Professional Standards at the Institute of Directors: The fact that companies like [...]
Five holiday insurance mistakes to avoid July 16, 2013 Don’t get caught out by insufficient policies and rising premiums A S WE approach the summer holidays, travel insurance is hitting headlines again. Rising unemployment in southern Europe has led to higher crime rates, with tourists prime targets for petty theft. And the travel association ABTA has found that 24 per cent of holidaymakers now [...]
Morrisons is among the winners of the ongoing saga February 26, 2013 BRAND INDEX IKEA now joins the long list of brands to get hit by the horsemeat scandal. We won’t have numbers until later today but judging from what happened to Tesco, the Swedish group may well have a problem. The first time I wrote on this subject back in January, I said it might turn [...]
Our pensions time bomb is the worst in the world February 19, 2013 UK WORKERS are worryingly under-prepared for retirement, data out this morning has revealed, with many predicted to run out of savings just seven years after leaving work. The UK came at the top of a table of the world’s worst savers, with the average Briton facing a financial shortfall of 63 per cent over the [...]
Primetime Peppa Pig and films put Entertainment One on track February 14, 2013 POPULAR children’s cartoon Peppa Pig going primetime in the US and a series of box office hits helped drive group revenues at Entertainment One 15 per cent higher in the 10 months to the end of January. The group, which distributes films and television series in the UK, US, Canada and several other countries, said [...]