OUT THIS WEEKEND July 29, 2010 FILM Karate kid Shame on you Jackie Chan. Remake with Jaden “son of Will and Jada” Smith as the kid. south of the border Oliver Stone’s documentary about South America’s left wing resurgence. beautiful kate Harrowing, incest-themed Australian drama, with Bryan Brown. DVD clash of the Titans Lame-brained Greek gods and goddesses adventure, with Sam [...]
OUT THIS WEEKEND July 29, 2010 FILM Karate kid Shame on you Jackie Chan. Remake with Jaden “son of Will and Jada” Smith as the kid. south of the border Oliver Stone’s documentary about South America’s left wing resurgence. beautiful kate Harrowing, incest-themed Australian drama, with Bryan Brown. DVD clash of the Titans Lame-brained Greek gods and goddesses adventure, with Sam [...]
Trichet: Strict rules needed June 21, 2010 EUROZONE states which fail to adhere to fiscal rules could see their voting rights withdrawn, European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet told the European Parliament yesterday. Speaking before the economic and monetary affairs committee, Trichet said that fiscal surveillance must be more direct and effective. He added: “In the event of non-compliance, sanctions need [...]
EU told to punish deficit offendersA July 21, 2010 FRANCE and Germany yesterday urged the European Union to impose tougher sanctions on serial budget deficit offenders, including stripping them of their voting rights in the Eurozone. The Franco-German proposal, made in a joint letter and approved by a French cabinet meeting attended by German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, forms part of European efforts to [...]
EU told to punish deficit offendersA July 21, 2010 FRANCE and Germany yesterday urged the European Union to impose tougher sanctions on serial budget deficit offenders, including stripping them of their voting rights in the Eurozone. The Franco-German proposal, made in a joint letter and approved by a French cabinet meeting attended by German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, forms part of European efforts to [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 14, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES TESCO ADVANCES IN CARREFOUR ASIAN AUCTION Tesco is among the bidders through to the second round of the auction for Carrefour’s south-east Asian assets, which are for sale for up to $1bn (£642m). Tesco, the world’s third-biggest supermarket chain by sales after Walmart and Carrefour, was one of more than 10 first-round bidders [...]
ECB: More fiscal policing June 20, 2010 THE European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet is today expected to set out strict proposals to stop further financial crisis in the Eurozone. The ECB’s first plan is to rule out expulsions from the 16-country group, to stop market jitters. Under Trichet’s proposals, Eurozone finance ministers would become “guardians of fiscal sustainability”, with an independent [...]
Ferrari rapped amid team orders probe July 25, 2010 FERRARI were last night slapped with a $100,000 fine by the FIA after appearing to implement team orders following their one-two at the German Grand Prix. The Italian team could face further sanctions from the sport’s governing body after Felipe Massa let team-mate Fernando Alonso past to win the race and close the gap at [...]
Drunk trader gets FSA ban and £72k fine June 29, 2010 CITY watchdog the Financial Servies Authority (FSA) has fined and banned a former PVM Oil Futures broker for manipulating the price of oil last year by the unauthorised purchase of more than 7m barrels while drunk. The FSA said in a statement it had fined Steven Noel Perkins £72,000 and banned him from working in [...]
Insider trading fine for ex-Soc Gen boss June 30, 2010 FORMER Societe Generale investment bank head Jean-Pierre Mustier has been fined €100,000 (£81,950) by France’s AMF financial regulator over insider trading as the financial crisis began. Former SocGen non-executive director Robert Day has been cleared as part of the same investigation, the AMF said yesterday. The watchdog said that Mustier had access to inside information [...]