Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a feel-good hit April 19, 2012 FILM SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN Cert 12A | By Zoe Strimpel **** A beautiful young woman named Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt) works for an unrealistically glossy PR company in London. She has a client: a sheikh, who has a dream to create a river in the desert land of the Yemen, import Scottish salmon [...]
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a feel-good hit April 19, 2012 FILM SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN Cert 12A | By Zoe Strimpel **** A beautiful young woman named Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt) works for an unrealistically glossy PR company in London. She has a client: a sheikh, who has a dream to create a river in the desert land of the Yemen, import Scottish salmon [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING April 23, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES EX-CALPERS CHIEF ACCUSED OF FRAUD The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Federico Buenrostro, former chief executive of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, and a friend of fabricating documents designed to show that $20m in fees paid by Apollo to Arvco, a “placement agent”, for help securing the pension fund’s investment had [...]
British Land net asset value up in third quarter February 15, 2011 REAL-ESTATE company British Land yesterday posted 25 per cent growth in third-quarter net asset value (NAV), and said that it is investing in the south-east of England with the purchase of a shopping centre in Barnstaple, Devon, for £30m at a net yield of eight per cent. British Land – whose portfolio is dominated by [...]
Green Moon lands Melbourne Cup November 6, 2012 HORSE RACING: Green Moon ensured the Melbourne Cup stayed on Australian soil for the first time in three years as the European entrants flopped. The 19-1 shot, formerly trained in Lambourn by Harry Dunlop, beat Fiorente and Jakkalberry, the best British contender.
Heathrow at its busiest thanks to new markets April 11, 2012 MORE THAN 70m people travelled through Heathrow in the last year, the airport’s busiest ever, according to figures from owner BAA out yesterday. Traffic at Britain’s busiest airport was up six per cent in the year to March, which BAA credited to the soaring popularity of its routes to newer markets such as China. Its [...]
Heathrow at its busiest thanks to new markets April 11, 2012 MORE THAN 70m people travelled through Heathrow in the last year, the airport’s busiest ever, according to figures from owner BAA out yesterday. Traffic at Britain’s busiest airport was up six per cent in the year to March, which BAA credited to the soaring popularity of its routes to newer markets such as China. Its [...]
Friends defend director at heart of Barclays pay row April 22, 2012 FRIENDS of the senior Barclays director responsible for pay awards were last night suggesting that she is being unfairly singled out for the row that has engulfed the bank. The re-appointment of Alison Carnwath as head of the bank’s remuneration committee is likely to be rejected by up to 15 per cent of shareholders, with [...]
Merkel helps send FTSE into retreat October 25, 2011 MINERS and banks retreated as Britain’s FTSE 100 fell yesterday after comments from the German chancellor led to concerns over how far European leaders would go to solve the region’s debt crisis. Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany opposes a phrase in a draft conclusion for today’s EU summit that calls for the European Central Bank [...]
FTSE hit by soaring bank yields November 17, 2011 The FTSE 100 fell in early trading today as yields on a Spanish bond auction soared to almost seven per cent – a level considered unsustainable by economists. A warning from ratings agency Fitch that the outlook for US banks could deteriorate if the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis is not resolved also took its toll. [...]