Archive for ‘December, 2009’

Boss Coyle plays down Bolton move

Boss Coyle plays down Bolton move

Burnley boss Coyle was linked with the Celtic manager’s job last summer Burnley manager Owen Coyle has joined Bolton assistant Chris Evans in playing down speculation linking him with the vacant manager’s post at the Reebok.Former Wanderers star Coyle was suggested as a [...]

FTSE 250: ‘Cheap and nasty’ rally helps mid-caps outperform blue-chips

FTSE 250: ‘Cheap and nasty’ rally helps mid-caps outperform blue-chips

Some other stock market Cassandras call it the “dash for trash”: a huge rebound of highly indebted, consumer-cyclical stocks that were on the verge of collapse. Once traders realised that government-backed lending banks would take a more lenient stance than previously thought when it came to refinancing their huge debt piles, they hoovered [...]

Court: Mont. law allows doctor-assisted suicide (AP)

Court: Mont. law allows doctor-assisted suicide 
    (AP)

AP - The Montana Supreme Court says nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, paving the way for the procedure.[Read more...]

AT&T is latest to end Tiger Woods sponsorship (AP)

AT&T is latest to end Tiger Woods sponsorship 
    (AP)

AP - AT&T Inc. said Thursday it would no longer sponsor Tiger Woods, joining Accenture in dropping support for the world’s top golfer, who’s taking a break from the sport to focus on his marriage after his admitted infidelity.[Read more...]

Artist to document real life property "crash"

Artist to document real life property "crash"

LONDON (Reuters) - An artist has bought a clifftop house in North Yorkshire in order to document its expected collapse into the sea as a work of art.[Read more...]

How Many Beatings Can They Take?

How Many Beatings Can They Take?

Across the Midwest, the forecast is always bleak this time of year. And we don’t just mean the weather. One of the time-honored traditions of college football’s bowl season is the sight of droves of Big Ten snowbirds sitting glumly in their seats as their Buckeyes, Hawkeyes and Golden Gophers get stomped. The [...]

New Year Honours for game makers

New Year Honours for game makers

Football manager lets players decide team and tactics Veteran British game makers have featured strongly in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.In total, four games figures won honours including Oliver and Paul Collyer, the brothers behind the Championship Manager series. Also honoured were [...]

Straw sparks row over police work

Straw sparks row over police work

Mr Straw was home secretary from 1997 to 2001 Police have criticised comments by Jack Straw who said he was "sceptical" when officers claimed they were overworked or spent hours filling in forms.He told the BBC some enjoyed being in the station "in [...]

House prices rise by 5.9% in 2009

House prices rise by 5.9% in 2009

Nationwide says prices may change little in 2010 UK house prices rose by 5.9% in 2009, making some recovery from the massive falls seen last year, the Nationwide building society has said.The rise in prices seen this year compared with a sharp fall [...]

Finland shootings leave six dead

Finland shootings leave six dead

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement The Sello shopping centre has been evacuated and cordoned off [...]

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