More penalty misery beckons for England June 24, 2010 GERMANY VS ENGLAND SUNDAY – 3.00PM BBC 1 WELL, who’d have thought it? England face Germany in the second round and, if successful, it is likely they will meet another bitter rival, Argentina, in the quarter-final. The similarities between this side and the one that made it to the semi-finals in 1990 were further exaggerated [...]
More penalty misery beckons for England June 24, 2010 GERMANY VS ENGLAND SUNDAY – 3.00PM BBC 1 WELL, who’d have thought it? England face Germany in the second round and, if successful, it is likely they will meet another bitter rival, Argentina, in the quarter-final. The similarities between this side and the one that made it to the semi-finals in 1990 were further exaggerated [...]
You can’t beat learning through experience June 7, 2010 TEN years ago in late May 2000, boo.com, one of the earliest fashion retailers, which went through an obscene amount of money, was shut down. Between March 2000 when lastminute.com went public, through the summer, when some IPOs still got away was hit and miss. I sold my business First Tuesday in July 2000 to [...]
Fans injured in stadium stampede June 6, 2010 WORLD governing body Fifa last night said it was not to blame after at least 16 people were hurt in a spectator stampede outside a World Cup warm-up match in Johannesburg. In an incident that resurrects concerns over the ability of South Africa to host the sport’s biggest event just days before it begins, fans [...]
FAIRFAX CO-FOUNDER CRAWFORD ON THE HUNT FOR A NEW INVESTOR July 19, 2010 IS A changing of the guard in the offing down at boutique investment bank Fairfax? I hear that Rolly Crawford, who co-founded the firm back in 2006, is on the lookout for a new major investor to take Fairfax forward in its ambitions. A number of interested parties have already been sounded out about the [...]
Grade faces calls to stand down at Pinewood AGM June 29, 2010 UNDER-FIRE Pinewood Studios chairman Michael Grade faced calls to stand down yesterday in the wake of the firm’s annual meeting. The charismatic former ITV boss faced a barrage of questions from rebel shareholder Crystal Amber, which holds an 18 per cent stake in the film and TV studio. The investor yesterday reiterated its calls for [...]
Agbank gears up for world’s largest IPO June 9, 2010 THE Agricultural Bank of China (Agbank) has been given the go-ahead by Chinese regulators for what could be the world’s largest share flotation. Agbank is planning to sell a stake of 14 per cent in a dual listing that will see its shares join both the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges. The listing is [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 11, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES CHINA BANKS FEAR FALLING CONFIDENCE Faltering confidence in the Chinese economy could threaten the plans of the country’s banks to shore up capital reserves, the head of China Construction Bank, has warned. On top of the projected $22bn initial public offering of Agriculture Bank of China, announced last week, CCB and Industrial and [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 8, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES MOD UNDER FIRE ON £20BN PROPERTY ESTATE The Ministry of Defence has failed to make the most efficient use of its £20bn property estate and should consider selling more land to help reduce costs in the current economic climate, a report by the National Audit Office will say on Friday. The department raised [...]
Populist reaction to BP is dangerous June 9, 2010 THERE is much that is ugly about the BP fiasco. It goes without saying that the firm hasn’t covered itself in glory, that Tony Hayward, its CEO, has suffered from foot in mouth disease and that parts of the US coast are reeling from an en environmental catastrophe. I’ve criticised BP in the past and [...]