Schiavone turns on style to reach Roland Garros last four June 1, 2010 FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE produced the performance of her life to stun world No3 Caroline Wozniacki and become the first Italian woman to reach a Grand Slam semi-final in 56 years. The 29-year-old dominated from start to finish, outgunning the Danish teenager with a powerful all-round game before coming though 6-2, 6-2 at a rain-sodden Roland Garros. [...]
NICK BOOTH TECH TALK July 21, 2010 Nick Booth, editor of www.mobileb2b.co.uk, had builder trouble with his home – and his website. If only he’d used these translation services… TOO tired to text? All thumbed out? Are you one of life’s great dictators? There are all kinds of gizmos that claim to translate your words into prose. But how “egg curate” are [...]
NICK BOOTH TECH TALK July 21, 2010 Nick Booth, editor of www.mobileb2b.co.uk, had builder trouble with his home – and his website. If only he’d used these translation services… TOO tired to text? All thumbed out? Are you one of life’s great dictators? There are all kinds of gizmos that claim to translate your words into prose. But how “egg curate” are [...]
Norilsk to sell Stillwater stake May 24, 2010 NORILSK Nickel yesterday confirmed plans to sell its stake in Stillwater Mining, the sole US producer of platinum and palladium, which is valued at around $750m (£519m). Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, chief executive of Norilsk, the world’s top producer of nickel and palladium, said the Russian firm would sell the 51.3 per cent stake to streamline its [...]
Foreigners join FTSE 100 May 31, 2010 THE FTSE 100 will become even more multinational next week when up to three more foreign firms are promoted into the blue-chip index. Indian oil and gas firm Essar Energy is a racing certainty to step into the prestigious list of the top 100 UK-listed firms by market capitalisation. Gold miners African Barrick Gold and [...]
Russian oil explorer Exillon Energy to raise £62m in rare London flotation December 14, 2009 OIL explorer Exillon Energy is to raise about £62m in the first London stock market flotation by a Russian company since the financial crisis began. Exillon, which has operations in the Western Siberia and Komi regions of northern Russia, plans to place 40.5 million shares at 153p each. The IPO represents just under a third [...]
Frustrated Murray sees off Chela amid the Parisian rain May 27, 2010 ANDY MURRAY feared his rain-affected second round clash would go into a third day before he finally got the better of Juan Ignacio Chela and the Paris weather to waltz into the third round of the French Open. Frustrated Murray was forced to resume his match midway through yesterday and survived the loss of the [...]
Spill liabilities expected to reach $30bn July 25, 2010 BP IS expected to reveal that liabilities connected to the Gulf of Mexico spill have reached $30bn (£20bn) when it announces second quarter results tomorrow. The group has already ring-fenced $20bn into an escrow fund to help pay out liabilities and claims, but it is expected that all legal, clean up and fine related costs [...]
Venus sent crashing out by Pironkova June 29, 2010 GIANT-KILLER Tsvetana Pironkova told of her dream come true after sending five-time champion Venus Williams spinning out of Wimbledon. The unseeded Bulgarian put in the performance of her life, returning everything Williams had to throw at her, to come through 6-2, 6-3 in one of the biggest shocks in SW19 history. “It seems like a [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 12, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES BARCLAYS REFUSES TO USE TARGETS The head of Barclays’ small business division has firmly refused to sign up to UK lending targets in a move that could fuel government criticism of the industry’s willingness to ease credit constraints in the economy. Speaking to the FT after Barclays broadened the remit of its business [...]