Twi not to fall asleep to Breaking Dawn November 15, 2012 Review 1: The Twi-Hard *** By Naomi Mdudu I like Twilight. A lot. Probably too much for someone who left her teenage years a good while ago. So, I had high hopes for the final instalment – hopes that weren’t entirely realised. The story picks up where we left off, shortly after Bella (Kristen Stewart) [...]
Congress may kick the fiscal can off its cliff November 12, 2012 AS WE rumble towards 31 December, US policymakers seem to be doing little of substance to address America’s looming fiscal cliff. And unless making speeches about the problem is going to make it go away, it is highly likely that we will see the kind of market uncertainty that we last witnessed in the summer [...]
Ultimatum is the name of the game if you aren’t playing fair June 27, 2012 WHAT are Xstrata’s shareholders playing at? The answer seems to be a game called Ultimatum. It’s a simple experiment that shows why shareholders can’t be relied on to accept that any deal is better than none. Here’s how Ultimatum works. Player G is told he can have £100. He has the option to give an [...]
Simmonds secures second gold and more GB medals follow September 3, 2012 GREAT BRITAIN’S Ellie Simmonds yesterday won her second gold of London 2012 by setting her second world record of the Paralympic Games in the SM6 200m individual medley. Having on Saturday already defended her 400m freestyle title, the 17-year-old surpassed her score from the heats to win in three minutes, 5.39 seconds as compatriot Natalie [...]
TODAY AT THE GAMES July 30, 2012 Equestrian Team eventing – jumping, 10.30; individual jumping, 14.30. Royal Zara Phillips will today target a medal; Team GB are currently in line for a silver medal. Women’s football Team GB v Brazil, final Group E game, 19.45. Britain will reach the knockout stage regardless of result Swimming Men’s 200m butterfly final, 19.49, in which [...]
Bolt believes in body and mind for Games July 26, 2012 OLYMPIC champion Usain Bolt has vowed to be fit to defend the 100m and 200m titles he won four years ago at the Games in Beijing. Since breaking his own 100m world record with an astonishing 9.58 seconds at the 2009 World Championships, concerns have arisen surrounding a discernible degree of complacency and lack of [...]
Tomorrow night will be all about Farah August 9, 2012 Ican’t believe we are already two weeks into the Games; I’ve loved every day of it. I’m lucky enough to have seen Chris Hoy in the Velodrome, Beth Tweddle on Monday and the guys on super Saturday. But the thing I have most enjoyed is how the Olympics are capturing the whole nation. We now [...]
Car talk August 14, 2012 Jaguar’s F-Type two-seater It feels as if we have been waiting forever. Thankfully Jaguar will show its new F-Type two-seater rear-wheel drive sports car at the Paris Motor Show on 27 September. The car will be launched in droptop form with a choice of three petrol engines – 340PS and 380PS versions of Jaguar’s 3.0-litre [...]
The FF is a supermodel on steroids August 28, 2012 Ferrari doesn’t tend to do things by halves. When it launched its FF model – the first four-wheel-drive in its history – it did so by having its two F1 racing drivers drive it at the top of Plan De Corones in the Dolomites at 2,350 metres. It’s fair to say, then, that Ferrari is [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 22, 2012 Avocet Mining David Cather has been appointed chief executive of the West Africa-focused gold mining and exploration firm. He joined the board as chief operating officer in May 2012 from European Goldfields, where he was also chief operating officer, and replaces Brett Richards. Cather has previously held senior positions at Anglo American and De Beers. [...]