Spurs snatch Saha late to beat deadline January 31, 2012 ● Striker joins from Everton, Nelsen set to follow ● Pavlyuchenko, Pienaar and Bassong let go ● QPR finish spree by signing Fulham’s Zamora TOTTENHAM pulled off a deadline-beating late swoop for Everton striker Louis Saha last night as clubs shook off their lethargy and whipped up a frenzied finish to the January transfer window. [...]
All aboard the oil price merry-go-round January 11, 2012 SO EDF has taken the first step among the Big Six, and not only sparked rumours of a price war but also sent its competitors’ shares crashing in the meantime. The five per cent drop in gas prices only goes some way to recouping the 15.4 per increase it implemented back in November, but talk [...]
All aboard the oil price merry-go-round January 11, 2012 SO EDF has taken the first step among the Big Six, and not only sparked rumours of a price war but also sent its competitors’ shares crashing in the meantime. The five per cent drop in gas prices only goes some way to recouping the 15.4 per increase it implemented back in November, but talk [...]
Iran may face oil embargo December 1, 2011 EUROPEAN authorities have imposed sweeping new sanctions on Iran and threatened to ban states from buying its oil yesterday in a significant escalation of efforts to prevent the country progressing its nuclear ambitions. European Union foreign ministers added 180 Iranian people and institutions to a blacklist that imposes asset freezes and travel bans on those [...]
Merkel: don’t dumb down the Eurozone January 25, 2012 EUROPE risks becoming little more than an interesting holiday destination if less competitive countries do not follow Germany’s example, Chancellor Angela Merkel told a packed hall in Davos yesterday. Germany’s premier warned against levelling down in order to make the Eurozone a coherent economic group. “Do we wish coherence and consistency without ambition?” she demanded, [...]
Britain closes Iran embassy November 30, 2011 BRITAIN shut its embassy in Tehran yesterday saying that Tuesday’s rioters, who burned British flags and ransacked offices, could not have acted without consent from Iranian authorities. The Iranian embassy in London has also been closed and its diplomatic staff instructed to leave the UK within 48 hours. William Hague told parliament: “If any country [...]
US denies Iran shot down drone December 4, 2011 Iranian media reported yesterday that their country’s military had shot down a US reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran, but a US official said there was no indication the aircraft had been shot down. NATO’s US-led mission in Afghanistan said the Iranian report could refer to an unarmed US spy drone that went missing last week. [...]
US denies Iran shot down drone December 4, 2011 Iranian media reported yesterday that their country’s military had shot down a US reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran, but a US official said there was no indication the aircraft had been shot down. NATO’s US-led mission in Afghanistan said the Iranian report could refer to an unarmed US spy drone that went missing last week. [...]
Iran test fires long-range missiles in Gulf naval drills January 2, 2012 IRAN said yesterday it had successfully test-fired what it described as two long-range missiles, flexing its military muscle in the face of mounting Western pressure over its nuclear programme. The announcement came at the climax of 10 days of naval exercises in the Gulf, during which Tehran has warned it could shut the Strait of [...]
Iran test fires long-range missiles in Gulf naval drills January 2, 2012 IRAN said yesterday it had successfully test-fired what it described as two long-range missiles, flexing its military muscle in the face of mounting Western pressure over its nuclear programme. The announcement came at the climax of 10 days of naval exercises in the Gulf, during which Tehran has warned it could shut the Strait of [...]