Argentina through to final after penalties. Emergency surveillance law to be brought in. NHS bosses doubt it will stay free. Budget airlines 'not imposing security checks'. Police alert as 39 Audis broken into in two days. Hospital worker stabbed to death. GOLDMAN SACHS The investment bank has hired London-based oil marketer Roy Golender as vice president of energy sales from Barclays Plc , a company spokesman said. At Barclays, Golender spent four years in commodity derivatives sales, according to his LinkedIn profile. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO The investment banking company has appointed Dorothee Blessing as vice chairman of investment banking in EMEA and head of investment banking for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Prior to this, Blessing was a partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, where she was co-head of its German region investment banking business. WARBURG PINCUS LLC The private equity firm said it appointed Michael Walsh, the former head of a Visa Inc payment management unit, as an adviser in its…
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Germany demolish Brazil 7-1 to reach final. Top Tory has family link to banker who gave £800,000. Israel bombards Gaza Strip. Two Britons admit terrorism offences. Smallpox vials found in US lab. Bakery refuses to make gay cake. Report: 20 years of immigration hasn't harmed Britons' employment chances. Bronson returned to UK's toughest prison after fighting 'while smeared with butter'. 'Hypocrite' Michael Gove under fire over ministry's £5m architecture contract. BLACKROCK INC The asset manager said it has hired Chris Jones, an adviser from J.P. Morgan Asset Management, to oversee its $124 billion U.S.-based fundamental equity business. Jones will serve as co-head of BlackRock's Global Fundamental Equity, which represents $242 billion in assets, as well as the head and chief investment officer of the company's Americas Fundamental Equity, based in New York. CASEY, QUIRK & ASSOCIATES LLC The management consulting firm named Jeffrey Levi, Jeffrey Stakel, and Justin White as partners. Levi and White joined the firm in 2008, while Stakel joined in 2009. CREDIT…
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Is there anything more annoying than being told to cheer up when you're feeling down? Actually, there is one thing more annoying: this 'Keep Calm And Eat A Cupcake' tote bag, which is the most irritating thing ever created by a human. But 'cheer up' comes close, owing chiefly to its pointlessness: if you could cheer up by choice, you'd already have done so. It's especially unhelpful when directed at the seriously depressed, which is why there's always so much outrage whenever the Daily Mail publishes another of those trollumns arguing that depressed people should just pull themselves together. (Which, in turn, of course, is why they run them in the first place.) It's also exceptionally obnoxious when used to harrass women in public places. But a new Canadian study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, lends weight to the idea that telling others to look on the bright side is unwelcome and counterproductive even when it's done with the best of…
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Djokovic beats Federer to win Wimbledon. Coulson starts 18-month jail term. Rolf Harris starts six-year jail sentence. Brazil pay high price for quarter-final victory as star Neymar carried off with broken vertebra. Now men are expected to have perfect beach bodies. PM seeks abuse dossier answers. UK economy overtakes France. HSBC The bank named David May global head of research, according to two people familiar with the appointment. HSBC confirmed the appointment but declined to comment further. He replaces Stuart Parkinson who has been appointed chief of staff to Peter Boyles, chief executive of HSBC's global private banking unit. May will relocate to London from Hong Kong where he was global head of equity coverage and head of equity research, Asia Pacific. UBS AG The Swiss Bank's chief currency strategist, Mansoor Mohi-uddin, left the company as part of its efforts to cut costs and streamline operations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. AXA ART INSURANCE LTD London-based…
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NHS cancer care faces privatisation. UK airports step up security. 70s workers fare worse over pay. Psychedelic drugs may help depression. UK airport security urgently tightened over 'undetectable' al-Qa’ida bomb threat. HSBC named David May global head of research, according to two people familiar with the appointment. HSBC confirmed the appointment but declined to comment further. May was previously global head of equity coverage and head of equity research, Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. He will relocate to London. May replaces Stuart Parkinson who has been appointed chief of staff to Peter Boyles, chief executive of HSBC's Global Private Banking unit.
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Belgium beat USA in extra time. Sarkozy faces criminal charge. London house prices rise 25%. Woman gives birth outside Primark as shoppers 'shower mother and child with money'. BARCLAYS The bank hired Tim Luke, one of British Prime Minister David Cameron's most seniorbusiness advisers, as vice chairman and managing director of the technology, media and telecommunication team of its investment banking arm. Luke, who counsels Cameron on business and innovation, will join this month and will be based in New York, the bank said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. ROTHSCHILD WEALTH MANAGEMENT & TRUST The wealth management arm of Rothschild appointed Kevin Gardiner as global investment strategist. He previously worked as chief investment officer for Europe with Barclays Wealth and Investment Management. Gardiner, who will join on Aug. 18, will play a prominent role in the global investment committee, the company said. BLACKROCK INC The world's largest money manager appointed Christian Staub as country head forGermany and Switzerland. Staub will also oversee BlackRock's…
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