World Cup: Argentina in final as Van Gaal made to pay penalty July 9, 2014 HOLLAND 0 ARGENTINA 0 AET, Arg win 4-2 on pens ARGENTINA will meet Germany in Sunday’s World Cup final after Holland coach Louis van Gaal’s penalty shoot-out tactics backfired spectacularly last night in Sao Paulo. Manchester United manager-to-be Van Gaal sent central defender Ron Vlaar up to take the first kick, only to see the [...]
Here’s what Parliament’s selling to swell its coffers March 10, 2014 The Houses of Parliament are doing a roaring trade in the new official guidebook, with sales of the book giving a boost to retail takings at a time when money is tight for the Palace of Westminster. The Westminster Hall shop, which offers mint creams and tea towels to visitors as well as books, made [...]
Squatters are trying to beat huge brands to these new domain names February 18, 2014 Squatters are targeting some of the biggest worldwide brands ahead of the release of swathes of new web addresses this year. Domain names like www.amazon.web and www.gucci.shop are being targeted by squatters looking to cash in on confusion surrounding the new addresses due to be released later this year. Over 98 per cent [...]
Why is Luxembourg being so mean to this German teddy company? January 16, 2014 A European court showed no signs of going soft on German teddy bear maker Steiff when it ruled against its trademark application this morning. The 134-year old company had hoped to win a trademark for a button, or a label attached by means of a button, to the middle of the ear [...]
Anelka gets five match ban for quenelle gesture February 27, 2014 WEST Brom striker Nicolas Anelka was yesterday banned for five matches for making the controversial “quenelle” gesture, though the Football Association accepted his argument that he was not anti-Semitic. Former Chelsea and Arsenal start Anelka, 34, who was also fined £80,000, said he would wait for the full judgement before deciding whether to appeal. The [...]
Scoban licenced to join private banking market March 4, 2014 NEW PRIVATE bank Scoban is set to open its doors late this summer after the Bank of England gave it the green light to enter the market. It is the second new entrant under the new licencing regime established last year, and the first to enter the private banking market which serves high net worth clients. The [...]
Zucker-bore is set on pushing his Internet.org February 24, 2014 THE TECH geeks currently nerding it out over at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona couldn’t believe their luck that just five days after Facebook splurged $19bn on Whatsapp, the connectivity wunderkind himself Mark Zuckerberg delivered the keynote speech last night. The Facebook chief exec showed up in his trademark jeans and T-shirt and like some [...]
Bottom Line: Kiev is the key to Putin’s power March 3, 2014 IT’S NOT just about the Crimea. Attention has naturally turned to Russia’s immediate strategic interest in Sevastopol. But the assumption that this marks the limit of Vladimir Putin’s ambition is a dangerous miscalculation. Putin’s trademark brand of Russian nationalism makes control of Kiev non-negotiable. Without it he is just another thug. But for deep cultural [...]
Champions League: Moyes clings onto belief of Euro glory April 1, 2014 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 BAYERN MUNICH 1 MANCHESTER United manager David Moyes is convinced his team can score in Munich to keep their unlikely dream of winning a fourth Champions League crown alive. The Premier League champions put their domestic woes behind them in last night’s quarter-final first leg to draw with the holders after defender [...]
Burberry moves to protect its tartan in China November 28, 2013 BURBERRY Group has appealed a decision by Chinese authorities to cancel trademark protection for the British trenchcoat maker’s iconic tartan pattern, the British company said in an emailed statement on yesterday. China is one of Burberry’s top markets, with the Asia Pacific region accounting for 37 per cent of revenues in 2013. However, an economic [...]