Mervyn King, the Governor the Bank of England, has already made clear where he thinks the priority lies Other MPC members seem largely to share his view. Alongside concern about the risk to growth runs a determination to keep inflation well within its box. You might have thought the fall in the FTSE 100 yesterday [...]
Thank goodness! It took me a long time to get used to working with boys at art school.I failed the 11-plus but I never regarded it as a failure; I had a very, very bright mother who was encouraging – and I had another chance. Teachers always got cross with me when they were reading [...]
There have been 150 deaths and some $20bn (£11.4bn) in damage, a battering even by Florida’s standards.”Why us?” lamented Governor Jeb Bush, echoing the mood of storm-weary Floridians. They are on the more violent, eastern, side of the storm on its projected path towards the densely populated east Florida coast, just north of Miami.Three days [...]
Speaking to the jury for the first time since the case began on Monday, Philip Hackett QC, for Mr Hipwell, said the prosecution’s claim that his client’s column had moved markets was “nonsense”.
“The prosecution would have you believe that the whole financial market revolved around two Daily Mirror journalists and a man sitting at some [...]
The 20-year-old Portugal international, who earns an estimated £50,000 per week playing for United, went voluntarily to a police station in London yesterday to be questioned about the allegations. The Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in a London hotel. Sutcliffe, from Bradford, was questioned a number [...]
The storm-battered Gulf of Mexico is preparing for the latest onslaught as Hurricane Wilma gathers force in the Caribbean, its sights set on the Yucatan peninsula and western Cuba before probably aiming for southern Florida at the weekend. The Ivory Coast government said in a statement that General Poncet’s suspension was a “purely French” matter. [...]