BAA must sell two airports March 30, 2011 THE Competition Commission yesterday again ruled that BAA should sell Stansted and either its Edinburgh or Glasgow airports, in a decision that is sure to spark a bidding war for the airports. The decision backs one made in March 2009 which BAA successfully appealed on a technicality, but the court of appeal yesterday reinstated its [...]
Big Buck’s completes hat-trick March 17, 2011 BIG BUCK’S completed a World Hurdle hat-trick yesterday to cement his place as one of the greatest staying hurdlers of all time. Jockey Ruby Walsh guided the 10-11 favourite home to the delight of trainer Paul Nicholls and the legions of punters that backed the unbeaten star. “He is as close to unbeatable as a [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 31, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES UK CONSUMER RECOVERY SET TO BE SLOWEST IN 180 YEARS The UK economy is set to experience the slowest pick-up in consumer spending of any post-recession period since 1830, according to a Financial Times analysis of official forecasts. Families are expected to spend just slightly more by 2015 than they were before the [...]
Fresh Eurozone debt fears see FTSE plunge to two-month low May 23, 2011 RENEWED concerns about the Eurozone debt crisis triggered a steep sell-off of Britain’s top shares yesterday, led by commodity stocks, with some analysts and investors seeing little on the horizon to tempt investors back into the market. The FTSE 100 index ended at its lowest closing level since 23 March, off 112.60 points, or 1.9 [...]
Bulletproof Big Bucks looks best in the World March 16, 2011 On St Patrick’s Day there is no other place to be than Cheltenham with a drop of the black stuff. And I think we’ll be seeing a couple of Irish winners too. Poquelin will be all the rage in the Ryanair Chase after some high profile challengers dropped out but I think it might be [...]
Ryanair boss mulls buying spree September 7, 2010 Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has revealed he is considering buying up to 300 planes. The European budget airline boss says he is also writing to aviation authorities, asking for permission to have only one pilot per flight. The airline is preparing to pay its first dividend of €500m (£414m) next month – but a spending [...]
Businesses should take a lesson from Twitter April 10, 2011 I anchored CNBC’s coverage of the European Central Bank (ECB) Rate Decision Special show last week. This involved saying: “Welcome to CNBC. Jean-Claude Trichet is speaking. Let’s listen in,” then tweeting snippets of the proceedings to my Twitter followers, of whom there are literally dozens, including several who think I’m the librarian in Massachusetts who [...]
Poquelin set to go one better than last year March 16, 2011 IT will be interesting to see how many of the 14 declared for this afternoon’s Ryanair Chase actually line-up come 2.40pm. Captain Cee Bee, Somersby and Rare Bob all look certain non-runners which means a maximum field of 11. As the ground continues to dry out, the most obvious starting point is last year’s winner [...]
Poquelin set to go one better than last year March 16, 2011 IT will be interesting to see how many of the 14 declared for this afternoon’s Ryanair Chase actually line-up come 2.40pm. Captain Cee Bee, Somersby and Rare Bob all look certain non-runners which means a maximum field of 11. As the ground continues to dry out, the most obvious starting point is last year’s winner [...]
Join Together to give Nicholls his first Albert Bartlett winner March 3, 2011 EVEN though this year’s Cheltenham Festival is within touching distance, there still seems to be some ante-post value out there. Now, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (run two weeks today) may not exactly be the highlight of the week, but Paul Nicholls’ JOIN TOGETHER looks to have an excellent chance and is a cracking each-way [...]