February 21, 2012
Manchester United boosts revenues and cuts its debt
Manchester United says its revenues for the last six months of 2011 increased to £175m, as it released its latest financial figures. It is an increase of £18.5m on the Old Trafford club's revenues for the same period last year. The Premier League…
February 21, 2012
Kingfisher Airlines pledges to ‘restore flights soon’
India's loss-making Kingfisher Airlines has told the aviation authorities that it hopes to restore flight schedules in the next five to seven days. On Tuesday, the company's top officials met aviation regulators to discuss plans to end the…
February 19, 2012
Spurs beat Clippers 103-100 in OT on Neal’s key 3s
Gary Neal hit key 3-pointers in regulation and overtime, Tony Parker scored 30 points and the San Antonio Spurs held off the Los Angeles Clippers 103-100 on Saturday to earn their…
February 19, 2012
Ailing Arsenal beaten by Sunderland FA Cup
Arsenal are almost certain to finish without a trophy for the seventh year running after deservedly losing at Sunderland in the FA Cup fifth round. Fourth in the Premier League and facing likely elimination in the Champions League, Arsenal's…
February 19, 2012
Everton 2 Blackpool 0
Two early goals helped Everton comfortably beat Blackpool to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the second time in nine years. Royston Drenthe scored after 49 seconds from Marouane Fellaini's pass. Denis Stracqualursi then made it a dream start…
February 19, 2012
Leewards crushed by an innings by ruthless Jamaica
Luckless Leeward Islands plunged to another embarrassing defeat, yesterday, going down to rampant defending champions Jamaica by an innings and 201 runs at Sabina Park. The visitors, following on by 300 runs, could only last until an hour…
February 19, 2012
China cuts banks’ reserve requirements
China’s central bank cut the amount of cash that commercial lenders must hold as reserves yesterday for the second time in nearly three months, the latest step to shore up the slowing economy. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is on the course…
February 19, 2012
UK and France sign nuclear energy agreement
The UK has signed a deal with France to strengthen co-operation in the development of civil nuclear energy. The government said it reiterated the UK's commitment to nuclear energy "as part of a diversified energy mix". The coalition said the…
February 19, 2012
Positive economic data spark rally on Wall Street
A latest bunch of positive economic data sparked a rally on Wall Street on Thursday, pushing major indexes to fresh multi-year closing highs. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 123.13 points, or 0.96 percent, to 12,904.08, only about 100…
February 19, 2012
Canadian stocks rally on positive U.S. data
The Canadian stock market was higher on Thursday as positive U.S. economic data helped traders balance doubts as to whether Greece will get the bailout money needed to head off bankruptcy and the possibility of downgrades involving some of the…