ROTHSCHILD COURTS OLIGARCHS UNDER £1M MONTENEGRO SKIES July 10, 2011 BIG BUSINESS came to Montenegro this weekend, lured by the £1m fortieth birthday celebrations for Nat Rothschild, the billionaire scion of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Peter Mandelson, Russian investor Oleg Deripaska and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich were among the 300 oligarchs and mining magnates who flew to “the St Tropez of the Adriatic” for the [...]
WHAT A SCORCHER June 27, 2011 Murray signals his intent with a top class display but Nadal and Federer are looming large BRITISH No1 Andy Murray produced one of the most complete grass court performances of his career to defeat Richard Gasquet in straight sets and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, but admits he now feels like a boxer heading into the [...]
WHAT A SCORCHER June 27, 2011 Murray signals his intent with a top class display but Nadal and Federer are looming large BRITISH No1 Andy Murray produced one of the most complete grass court performances of his career to defeat Richard Gasquet in straight sets and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals, but admits he now feels like a boxer heading into the [...]
Kalou: We loved Carlo May 23, 2011 FORWARD Salomon Kalou has leapt to the defence of sacked Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, insisting the players all loved the Italian. Ancelotti was sacked on Sunday shortly after losing 1-0 at Everton – a result that capped a disappointing season in which the club failed to win a trophy. But Kalou, the first Blues star [...]
Kalou: We loved Carlo May 23, 2011 FORWARD Salomon Kalou has leapt to the defence of sacked Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti, insisting the players all loved the Italian. Ancelotti was sacked on Sunday shortly after losing 1-0 at Everton – a result that capped a disappointing season in which the club failed to win a trophy. But Kalou, the first Blues star [...]
CLARKE: OPEN’S BEST LOVED CHAMP July 18, 2011 IN 139 previous editions of The Open there can never have been a more popular winner than Darren Clarke and it’s hard for me to express just how happy I am for him. He’s been through more than most in his career but he’s remained generous and easygoing throughout and now he’s got the prize [...]
Rory’s Glory: McIlroy seals US Open win June 19, 2011 NORTHERN IRELAND’S Rory McIlroy announced himself as the heir apparent to Tiger Woods as golf’s main attraction by clinching his first Major title in emphatic style. The 22-year-old turned the US Open at Congressional in Washington into a one-man show as he tamed a notoriously unforgiving course and decimated a high-class field, eventually winning by [...]
HSBC PLAYS MUSICAL CHAIRS IN M&A ROLES July 6, 2011 CHANGE at the top at HSBC. The Capitalist has learned that rising star Maged Latif, who joined the bank from Goldman Sachs two years ago, has been fast-tracked from deputy head of M&A to co-head of global financial institutions group (FIG) advisory. Latif, who made his mark advising the government on taking Northern Rock into [...]
Keeping the flag flying for boozers July 18, 2011 The Surprise 6 Christchurch Terrace, W3 4AJ Tel: 020 7351 6954 www.geronimo-inns.co.uk/thesurprise FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £23 THE Surprise (named after a warship) is a pub in Chelsea and the latest project from Geronimo Inns, the company with a slew of beautiful gastropubs across London. So good is Geronimo at turning [...]
Keeping the flag flying for boozers July 18, 2011 The Surprise 6 Christchurch Terrace, W3 4AJ Tel: 020 7351 6954 www.geronimo-inns.co.uk/thesurprise FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £23 THE Surprise (named after a warship) is a pub in Chelsea and the latest project from Geronimo Inns, the company with a slew of beautiful gastropubs across London. So good is Geronimo at turning [...]