From being the youngest on Team GB at the 2008 Olympics to the oldest-ever medal winner in his event. From being a 14-year-old schoolboy in Beijing to participating in Paris with the inspiration fuelling his longevity watching in the stands – his children. The 10m synchro platform title from Tokyo 2020 could not be defended…
Financial Products Offered by WebBank On the open-ended side of the bet, WebBank issues cards from Time Warner’s magazine division, financing the American Express gift cards that everyone hates. It also partners with the likes of US Bank, Bank of America, and Capital One to issue personal loans, including 0 per cent credit cards (‘If…
Market Moves Which was to say, the rebound after the worst day for US equity markets in about six months wasn’t particularly helpful in picking out which sectors of US markets might be safer in volatile times. Utilities (represented by the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund, or XLU) rebounded the least yesterday, at +0.75%, while…
It will come as little, if any comfort, in the days and months to come, that targeted attacks on groups of children at play are mercifully rare in the UK. The worst in British history was the Dunblane massacre in March 1996 when a gunman walked into a school and killed 16 children and a…
BBC Joe House (left) and Jonathan Lear at Camp Lejeune – Joe’s wife and Jonathan died of cancers possibly connected to water contamination British military veterans affected by a long-running toxic water scandal in the US, say they feel let down by a lack of support from the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Between the 1950s…
Arsenal have completed the signing of defender Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna in a deal worth £42m. The 22-year-old, who can play at centre-back or left-back, has signed a five-year contract with the Gunners until 2029 and he further strengthens a defensive unit that conceded only 29 goals and kept 18 clean sheets in the Premier…
What Is Zoning? Zoning refers to municipal (ie, local or city governmental) ordinances or laws that dictate permitted or prohibited use of real property in certain geographic areas. For instance, zoning laws might prohibit industrial or commercial uses in residential areas to prevent oil firms, manufacturers or other sorts of commercial enterprises from building in…
What Is the EAFE Index? The EAFE Index, or Europe, Australasia and Far East Index, is a stock index published by the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI). The index tracks equity markets outside of the US and Canada. The EAFE Index is a performance benchmark for the major international equity markets and comprises companies in…
Stock investors who are still riding high after the surge in US shares that has tripled in value from financial crisis lows are in for market tremors over the months ahead that they haven’t felt for years. As much as 20 per cent of that market could be erased over the next couple of months…