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Yesterday the company's shares jumped 24.5p to 328.5p on suggestions that its US partner, Best Buy - which already owns 3% - may be lining up an offer. This made it the best performer in the FTSE 100 index.
But traders said there could be other explanations for the rise. The company's shares are heavily shorted and with about half in the hands of the founders Charles Dunstone and David Ross, they are subject to volatile movements amid flurries of speculation. In reality, Dunstone is seen as an unlikely seller and it is hard to believe Best Buy would be interested in Carphone's UK sites, which are substantially smaller than its own US outlets.
Overall, there was quite a turnaround in the leading index yesterday. At one point the FTSE 100 was nearly 150 points lower on continuing concerns about the effect of the credit crunch on UK banks. There was some talk that Barclays, for example, would cut its dividend, and analysts are saying that a major rights issue at a UK lender cannot be ruled out.
A negative note from Panmure Gordon on the sector, with sell ratings on most of the big players, did not help. "It is the continuing falls in house prices, both here and in the US, that is of greatest concern," Sandy Chen, an analyst, said. "As long as house prices keep falling, mortgage bad debts will keep rising, because banks will keep tightening their lending criteria."
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With the takeover speculation surrounding Carphone and a positive start on Wall Street, the FTSE 100 flipped back into positive territory and closed 42.5 points higher at 5879.8.
BG was boosted by news of record profits at Royal Dutch Shell, and by the announcement of increased gas production at its jointly owned Karachaganak field in Kazakhstan. Shell edged up 2p to £17.91 after its figures, while BP - which reports next week - rose 7.5p to 532p.
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The leading FTSE faller was Friends Provident, down 16.4p to 138.8p after dealers decided its restructuring proposals left much to be desired and its dividend cut was unwelcome.
South African-quoted businesses continued to be out of favour. The recent power cuts in the country are likely to hit consumer stocks such as SABMiller, down 8p to £10.79p, and suggestions from the country's central bank yesterday that economic growth was slowing helped push the financial group Old Mutual 7.4p lower to 124.3p.
The pubs group Mitchells & Butlers dropped 27.25p to 445.75p after Wednesday's bid-fuelled increase. Analysts were increasingly sceptical about a takeover, with one potential predator, Punch Taverns, seemingly telling analysts it was not one of the companies that had approached M&B. Punch closed 13.5p lower at 696p.
Debenhams dipped 0.25p to 72.5p despite growing talk that Micky Jagtiani, head of the Dubai-based retailer Landmark, may bid. Jagtiani's investment group, Milestone Resources, has just increased its stake in the department store chain from 8.39% to 9.13%, and has links with the Icelandic group Baugur, which owns 13% of the retailer. Jagtiani and Baugur have reportedly been looking at a possible joint bid for the US department store Saks, and yesterday the entrepreneur was reported as saying the two were looking to buy in the US and the UK.
Lower down the market, the online payment business Neteller added 4.25p to 64.75p after Alberta, an investment vehicle associated with the company's founders, said it no longer had a notifiable stake. Earlier this week it said it held 4.94%.
Analysts said if the stake had gone to one buyer it could lead to takeover speculation, and company sources said Neteller was in the middle of an UK and US investor roadshow that was generating interest in the shares.
Staying online, Sportingbet added 0.75p to 42p as Peter Dicks, who becomes non-executive chairman today, became the latest director to buy shares in the gaming group, purchasing 50,000 at 41.5p.
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FOXBORO, Mass. - In the brief history of SuperLiga, MLS has acquitted itself well against what is generally considered superior Mexican competition. Unfortunately for the league, solid performances in the early rounds haven't translated to success in the tournament's final, which no MLS team has ever won by beating Mexican opposition.
The 2010 SuperLiga final was no exception, as the New England Revolution fell to Monarcas Morelia 2-1 at Gillette Stadium Wednesday night.
Two second-half goals from Miguel Sabah gave the visitors the advantage before New England pulled one back through Kevin Alston. It was too little, too late for the Revs, who lost their fourth straight match across all competitions and failed in their attempt to win a second straight SuperLiga title.
After the match, Morelia coach Tomas Boy said he was proud of his team for winning a trophy.
"This group for me, is a very good group," he said. "We've been coming together over a long period of time. So for me, it is extra special to win a championship with this group. We have almost 12 guys who are under 22, and with the collective personality that we've developed it makes me very happy and is a good sign of things to come."
Sabah's first goal came on a penalty kick in the 65th minute. Revolution defender Darrius Barnes couldn't control a cross in the box and was muscled out of the way by Morelia striker Luis Gabriel Rey. Barnes fell down and fouled Rey while trying to get back into the play. The defender received a yellow card for his effort.
"[Rey] was pulled down," said Revolution coach Steve Nicol. "Had it been in the other penalty box, we would have been rooting for it, as well. Sometimes you get them, sometimes you don't get them. On this occasion, they got it."
Sabah struck again in the 75th minute, pouncing on a weak clearance by Barnes and volleying a venomous 25-yard shot past Reis. The forward was looking for a hat trick in the first minute of stoppage time when and Reis charged a loose ball in the box. Reis got there first, and Sabah went to ground looking to draw the penalty. Instead, he was booked for diving and sent off (he had already received a yellow card in the 39th minute).
After the first goal, Nicol made three attack-minded substitutions, bringing on wingers Khano Smith and Roberto Linck and forward Zack Schilawski. And after the second goal the change in tactics began to pay dividends. The Revs were able to sustain pressure for most of the game's final 15 minutes, and they got one back in the 79th minute when Kevin Alston ran onto a pass from Schilawski and put a low shot past Morelia goalkeeper Federico Vilar. The goal was Alston's first as a professional.
The Revolution's best chance to equalize came in the final minute of stoppage time, when Cory Gibbs ran onto a bouncing cross in the Morelia box. He did well to drive the ball on the ground, but his shot was right at Vilar, who made the save.
Morelia controlled possession for most of the game, and the number of scoring chances they created reflected that fact. They hit the crossbar twice in the first half and looked dangerous in the final third, getting behind the Revolution defense several times before halftime.
Despite being outplayed for most of the game, the Revolution had a great chance to take the lead in the 57th minute, when Kheli Dube collected a pass behind the Morelia defense. His shot ricocheted off keeper Federico Vilar to Ilija Stolica, but the Serbian's shot went wide.
The Revs won't have much time to dwell on their SuperLiga defeat as they host the Seattle Sounders on Saturday.
"Saturday, we've just got to worry about creating more chances and trying to be smarter and getting back into the MLS season," said Revolution captain Shalrie Joseph. "We did our best in SuperLiga, and we've just got to look forward to the MLS."
Hey at least we have superLiga… Oh wait.
Dumbest competition ever. Ever. Please rid our teams of this burden.
On the bright side, DCU has been so bad this year that they don't have to worry about qualifying for this farce. I wonder what attendance was like.
Chuck B.
What, no blaming the referee on this one?
10,414 Decent atmosphere for The Morgue. The Mexican teams seem to draw a lot of their local fans for SuperLiga games in Foxboro.
Please explain the horrible burden that you feel the Revolution were under last night. They had their only legit chance last night of winning something this year.
Interesting thing about the ref in this game is that he was replaced by the fourth official at halftime due to an injury.
Matt C in Tampa
Ok, since no one else has, i'm of he opinion that the PK was crap. The Morelia player tripped the Rev's defending causing him to fall into/on to the same Morelia player. Not blaming ref for the Rev's loss. Just pointing out that i thought the call was crap.
I thought the game itself was pretty entertaining. Hadn't planned on really watching it. I caught the beginning of the second 1/2 and got hooked. Some good end to end stuff.
And Morelia's second goal was very, very nice.
"struggling New England"… excuses, excuses… They lost. Never had a chance.
struggling isn't an excuse, its a fact
article didnt say they lost cause they have been struggling
Myles B
That's why it's referred to as "stupidliga."
Really we just need CCL for contiental competitions.
Why is it THE dumbest competition EVER?
Right. They struggled all the way to the final game. Then they lost. That word doesn't belong on the headline. It implies that they lost because of some excuse reason. Morelia was the better team and New England lost. In fact a MLS team (New England) has only won this once. Not a knock on the league, but it simply shows that overall Mexican teams are better. No need to whine about it.
I like superliga and hope it stays. It's a good competition for the second tier teams of the league. Also remember MLS will be at 20 teams before you know it. I would add games in Mexico, though to make it a truer competition.
Joseph D'Hippolito
Frankly, I think SUM should get rid of SuperLiga. MLS teams won't have the depth to compete in extraneous tournaments for a long time, and Mexican teams have enough to worry about with league play. The only reason….I mean the ONLY reason…it was introduced was to promoted David Beckham. Remember, the first one took place in 2007, after Beckham arrived. Remember the crowds that showed up in Dallas to rag on him? Now that Beckham might not ever play again, this tournament has served its purpose. It's nothing but the summer equivalent of the Pan-Pacific Tournament, which lasted all of two years and also was designed to promote Beckham.
As a Revs season ticket holder its sad for me to say that this organization is a mess right now. Even the event coordinators set off the fireworks when Morelia scored the PK. I mean, seriously?
I read on the new England BS boards that the ref also retired after the match.


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Bayana was a small railway station for a super-fast train to stop for more than two hours. And nobody had any information about the actual reason for such an unpredictable halt!
It was almost out of nowhere situation. And the night was fast approaching. Some passengers went to meet the guard at the end of the serpentine train, and even he had no specific clue.
"Aage KuchGadbad Hai!" (There are some troubles ahead), was his curt reply.
The train, "Gujarat Sampark Kranti" was one of the fastest trains to Ahmedabad. It was scheduled to reach Ahmedabad, by 6.45 in the next morning.
When it started from Delhi's Nizamuddin Junction, it was dot on time. And no one informed us about any Gadbad ahead.
Mathura, the next stop, was on time too. At 4 in the afternoon. And no one had informed the passengers about any problem in the route!
The next stop was Kota, scheduled at 7.45 in the evening.
The Kaila Devi Temple wason the way when the train passed Karauliuninterrupted,and without any halt. In April every year the place attracts huge number of pilgrims. The deity is considered the Kul Devi of the Vaishya Agarwal and Gupta community in north India. I told my kids. Who were accompanying me in the journey. Their school vacation had started a week back.
Then arrived Bayana at Bharatpur district and the train stopped there without any schedule. No information from the Railways! The TTC looked helpless. "I'm in the same position as you Sir! Please ask the Guard instead."
You had to get down from the train, and in an unknown station, out of nowhere, walk all the way to the fag end of the train to meet Mr. Guard….who had the wireless set with him.
But even he had no clear idea! He was waiting for instruction from his seniors.
After two hours, some passengers who were loitering on an almost forlorn platform came rushing in and announced: "We are going back to Agra!"
"Agra, for what!" Agra was not in the route. Also the train left Mathura, long back. No one had any intention to visit Taj Mahal at that untimely hour.
The Engine shifted to back of the train. And the train started a backward journey to Agra!
When it reached Agra, first at Idgah station, it was night already. People were feeling hungry and thirsty. Nothing was available at Bayana station.
But train had not stopped there. It went to Cantonment station, galloped there and reached Agra Fort Station ultimately.
The train stopped there and quite indefinitely. Only then we came to know that the line ahead of Bayana in Bharatpur- Kota route had been squatted by the Gujjar agitators demanding reservation, in Government jobs!
Lo. The same annual schedule of agitation in Rajasthan!
But in usual fashion, the info came from the local commuters. The Railways were in no mood or preparation to inform the passengers, what the next step should be.
The station superintendent was busy with several phones. A Walkie Talkieand a heavy duty landline phone were also in his paraphernalia. But the anxious passengers were as clueless as earlier, about the future of their journey.
"Haan, Haan, Kota Jaa Raha Hai. Ratlam BhiJayenge. Baitho, Baitho!" (Yes, the train will go to Kota and Ratlam too. Go, sit in the train!), said one of his assistants, after some passengers' constantasking.
The scene inside the Air Conditioned coaches was a bit tolerable. But in the non AC compartments, the scene was chaotic. Many passengers were travelling with small kids. Even suckling babies. No water, no food, no milk and intolerable heat inside the coaches, added with lingering uncertainty. But the Railway administration was as callous and non-attending as ever!
All on a sudden,the train started moving. People who were on the platform, rushed back.No announcement about the train's future itinerary.
It was moving in an unknown direction. The midnight was about two hours away.
No one actually knew where the train was moving! Some, over informed passengers, dished the info that it was heading towards Jaipur!
From there it would proceed towards Ahmedabad, via Ajmer, Abu Road, Palanpur and Mehsana.
The family which had reservation till Kota was cautioned. How could they come back, at the night! For the Ratlam guy, the nearest station would be Abu Road….perhaps 500 kilometres away!
I bought some snacks and bottled water from Agra Fort station. My kids had them and went to sleep.
I was sleepless. It was a dark night and a rudderless journey. Who knew, what lied ahead?
By midnight I could make out from the glass window, the dimly lit passing station was Dhaulpur! Thank God, we were not towards Abu Road, at least we were heading towards Madhya Pradesh. The Train was running in the Gwalior Bhopal Route. You simply can't predict anything in life!
Jhansi was the brief stop past midnight. I stocked my ammunition for the next day from there. Snacks, bananas, biscuits and a passable stock of bottled water. The kids were fast asleep, as usual, and unaware of uncertainties ahead!
Bina was the last big stop on the main route. Then the train was routed into an unknown route.
All small, dusty mofussil kind of stations. No food, no water, nothing. The pantry car was running out of stock. Mothers, who were buying so far, diluted watery powdered milk, intended for Coffee,from the Pantry Car people, to feed their babies had no alternative left now.
Right from the morning, the train was halting all on a sudden, in the midst of nowhere, on regular intervals.No one had any idea, where it was heading, after all!
By noon. I could locate a semi-rural station on the way: Sujalpur!
Yes, looked somehow familiar. Were we heading for Ujjain!
What an unpredicted journey! From the route of Kota to Jhansi and then, of all places, Ujjain!
In another two hours, the train reached Ujjain. The city of Lord Mahakaal (Shiva).One of my favourite sleepy towns. Had some time left, I would surely had made a trip to Free Gunj and Chhatri Chowkthere!
Chhatri Chowk for traditional shopping andchoicest local snacks. Free Gunj, the heart of the city which was sleepy enough a few years ago, now had its first Pizza Joint and first ever departmental Store, 'Pakiza'!
But the time was different. The hungry mob was running towards the platform food stalls. Ujjain station joints usually had good supply of 'Poha' and Samosa/Kachoris. But on that hot and humid midnoon, they were almost devoid of any food or cold water! We came to know that all Maharashtra and Gujarat bound trains including Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani were passing through Ujjain. The station was not that much equipped to take such a heavy traffic and crowd.
I could hardly got hold of two packs of Ratlami Sevs and a bottle of water. Within five minutes we were on the move again. Ratlam in another two hours.
Ratlam was fifteen hours late from the normal schedule.
Dahod, Godhra, Vadodara, Nadiad…The train ultimately reached Ahmedabad, in the Midnight!
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Your Mini Europe experience begins when you make your way to the Mini Europe park, located at the foot of the Atomium. Mini Europe is the only park where you can have a whistle-stop tour around Europe in a few short hours.
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"I think you're working too hard" she says. I blink. Too hard?
"No, I'm fine. I love doing this. If you want me to work less hard..."
"No no! If you like it then I suppose you can do as much as you feel the need to do. I just thought... because you're going nearly twice as fast as everyone else" She tells me. I stop suddenly, with my pencil halfway through drawing the back wall of the inside if the hall.
"I am?" I thought I was going pretty slowly.
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"Oh" I say, I'm a bit miffed. Bali laughs. I smile and she says that if I feel like I'm working too hard than I should tell her. I nod and she walks off to inspect the other workers. I tie my hair out of my face with a rubber band and carry on.