Bullock is Miss Sentimentality in her apple pie Oscar role March 25, 2010 Film THE BLIND SIDE Cert: 12A IT’S certainly a remarkable story. “Big Mike” Oher, a poor black kid from the Tennessee projects abandoned by his junkie mother, became a major star in American football after being rescued by rich housewife, Leigh Anne Tuohy. She and her millionaire husband (Tim McGraw) adopted him as a teenager, [...]
City workers slam class war Budget March 24, 2010 THE City was left unconvinced by yesterday’s Budget, slamming Darling for failing to provide a clear outline on how the government was planning to reduce its huge deficit. Banks were being sent a contradictory message, critics said, pointing out that Darling has asked nationalised banks such as Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland to [...]
Reforms required to make India world class March 21, 2010 CITYA.M. readers struggling with the end of the UK winter won’t want to hear I am in India. My business on your behalf is strengthening ties with India’s financial services community, but the hot topic with locals on the street is the Indian Premier League. The remarkable success of this cricket tournament, which only got [...]
REVOLUTIONISING the runabout March 16, 2010 OFTEN it’s the least exciting cars that are the most surprising. Testing an eco model from the most traditionally conservative car segment – the Supermini or B segment – promises to be, if not dull, then certainly a pedestrian experience. Yet, in a difficult car market, the Supermini segment is where all of the action [...]
Linklaters put on alert over Lehman help March 14, 2010 LEGAL regulation body, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is currently deciding whether to further investigate commercial law firm Linklaters in connection to advice it gave to stricken bank Lehman Brothers. A US court appointed report into the failings of the American bank found that Linklaters had advised Lehman Brothers on an off-balance sheet transaction called [...]
TRAVEL NOTES – UK EASTER BREAKS February 28, 2010 Cameron House, Loch Lomond Children can stay for free over Easter at Cameron House, one of the most splendid hotels in the British Isles. It occupies a grand 18th century country pile on the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond, and you can go sailing and fishing on the loch, take a sea plane trip, [...]
Welfare state requires a revolution February 24, 2010 FOR once, some good news. The City has become slightly more optimistic about the size of the budget deficit. The consensus view is that it will hit around £171bn for 2009-10; remarkably, this is marginally lower than the £178bn predicted by the Treasury. Not that this should be cause for celebration: even such a slightly [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING February 17, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES DISEASE SENDS SALMON PRICES LEAPING Salmon prices are jumping after the collapse of the Chilean industry through fish disease caused a sharp decline in global supply. Wholesale prices for Norwegian-produced Atlantic salmon have risen 20.6 per cent since the start of the year , says Statistics Norway. That has extended a year-long rally [...]
Toyota adds brake system to calm fears February 17, 2010 TOYOTA will add a brake-override system to all future models worldwide in the wake of brake and accelerator defects that led to the recall of more than 8.5m vehicles. The system cuts engine power when the accelerator and brake pedals are applied at the same time and Toyota hopes the move calms customer fears, particularly [...]
Competition still fierce as grad vacancies go up February 17, 2010 THE graduate recruitment market is showing significant signs of improvement in 2010 after being brought to all but a standstill by the recession, according to two recently published reports. But while there is positive news, many of this year’s graduates will be lucky to see its effects, with competition remaining extremely intense. A study published [...]