Seek exposure to a broad set of EU stocks August 4, 2010 AFTER a tumultuous and testing first six months of 2010 for Europe, a calmer and less chaotic second half appears to lie ahead. This is, perhaps, unsurprising – after all we have just endured a sovereign debt crisis and a stagnation of growth, which sent stock markets sharply southwards. The more optimistic outlook – it [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF August 15, 2010 Johnson mulling Stevens recall RUGBY UNION: Martin Johnson has left the door open for Matt Stevens to make a controversial return to the England squad. Johnson insists Stevens will be considered for next year’s World Cup if he proves his form and fitness after his two-year drugs ban expires in January. “He has got to [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF August 15, 2010 Johnson mulling Stevens recall RUGBY UNION: Martin Johnson has left the door open for Matt Stevens to make a controversial return to the England squad. Johnson insists Stevens will be considered for next year’s World Cup if he proves his form and fitness after his two-year drugs ban expires in January. “He has got to [...]
AirAsia to shed its long haul business ahead of a 2011 initial public offering June 8, 2010 MALAYSIAN budget airline, AirAsia is planning to publicly list its long haul business next year as the company undergoes a restructuring. AirAsia X, the long haul arm, said yesterday it is gearing up for an initial public offering during the second half of next year, subject to market conditions, in a bid to fund further [...]
ITV to unveil strategy shift August 1, 2010 ITV’S new management team is set to use tomorrow’s interim results presentation to unveil plans to move into pay-TV, as part of a radical new strategy to turn the broadcaster around. Advertising revenues are expected to have improved sharply on 2009, thanks to Britain’s exit from recession, the World Cup, and the continued success of [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT June 24, 2010 FILM TETRO After years in the wilderness, a return to form for Francis Ford Coppola with this family drama. THE COLLECTOR Yet more tedious “torture porn” in this dull-as-ditchwater chiller set in a scary house. WHEN IN ROME Conveyor-belt romantic comedy with Kristen Bell. Absolutely terrible. DVD THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Disney’s really rather [...]
GUARDIAN DRAGS ITS HEELS OVER RENEWING HAY SPONSORSHIP DEAL August 11, 2010 WHAT with an enthusiastic push into online investment, a string of ill-advised private equity deals and a move to swanky new offices at Kings Cross, it appears more traditional stalwarts of the Guardian’s extra-curricular programme could be coming under threat. A little bird tells The Capitalist that the newspaper’s long-standing sponsorship of the Hay literary [...]
ITV August 1, 2010 IT will be tempting to think that ITV has turned the corner when it reports interims this week, which are expected to show advertising up 20 per cent. Recovery kings Archie Norman and Adam Crozier have only just arrived, but some of their magic appears to be rubbing off. It’s probably a coincidence. Britain has [...]
The Berkeley regains an old hero September 13, 2010 Koffmann’s The Berkeley, Wilton Place, SW1X 7RL 020 7235 1010, www.the-berkeley.co.uk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £45 PIERRE Koffmann closed his famous London restaurant, La Tante Claire, back in 2003, and promptly vanished from the restaurant scene. Rather than dissipate, the reverential awe that people attached to Koffmann and his cooking – [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT July 15, 2010 FILM BLUEBEARD Austere French version of the classic medieval tale by auteur Claire Denis. THE CONCERT Another French drama, set in the world of classical music and orchestras. RAPT Yet another French film, this one a kidnap thriller. DVD GREEN ZONE Matt Damon stars in this Iraq war thriller from Bourne director Paul Greengrass. LOURDES [...]