Home-grown trio extend Wigan stay
The News Review:
- Home-grown trio extend Wigan stay
- Young guns blaze for rejuvenated Navua
- Aussies spark up English county cricket
- Khartoum booms as Darfur burns
- Wanted: Rainmakers
- Tata Motors rolls out mini-truck in Nepal
Home-grown trio extend Wigan stay
BBC News – Apr 24, 2007
The trio have all come up through the ranks at the JJB Stadium and have already made first-team appearances. "We are constantly trying to strengthen the home-grown element of our playing squad," said chairman Maurice Lindsay. "They carry all the qualities needed to become permanent fixtures in the side in future years. "
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Young guns blaze for rejuvenated Navua
Fiji Times – Apr 24, 2007
There’s more game time for Sharma’s new-look brigade with a cup game on Sunday against Lami for the Johnny Singh Trophy at Thomson Park starting at 3pm. Out of the Navua side this season are several seasoned reps the likes of Simione Tamanisau, Lorima Dau, Taniela Waqa, Niraj Ram, Jovilisi Rara and Ovini Duguca. “The home grown players are equally talented and capable,”Sharma said, hinting that they won the 2003 Fiji Bitter FACT with a bunch of unknowns. With strong financial backing for the new lot coupled with district pride, Sharma expects the rise of a new dawn. Meanwhile, another youngster, who has roots in the champion district of Ba, helped Rewa record a 2-1 win over Nasinu. Alvin Singh, son of the longest serving Ba soccer manager of all time, Arvind Singh, scored one while former Labasa rep Epeli Deyama got the other. At Churchill Park Lautoka beat Nadi 3-1.
Aussies spark up English county cricket
The Age – Apr 24, 2007
The Kolpak rule is named after a Slovakian handball player whowent to the European Court over the right to play for Germany in atest case. The rule allows cricketers from South Africa, Zimbabwe and someCaribbean Islands with Association Agreements with the EuropeanUnion to be treated as EU citizens and therefore qualify asdomestic players, such as Yorkshire’s South African signing JacquesRudolph. Apart from the benefit of home-grown players having to fighthard for their spots, in theory raising the quality of Englishplayers, Gillespie can see other benefits of a strong overseascontingent in the competition. “You do improve your cricket and you get to take those skillshome and keep working on them for your own state and a lot of guyshave gone on to play for their country after spending time incounty cricket,” he said. “As for the game here, certainly the number of internationalplayers, quality first-class players, that come over as theoverseas players, it can only benefit the competition. South Australia will no doubt be pleased if Gillespie can takesome of his new batting skills back home. Exactly one year after he compiled a double century againstBangladesh, Gillespie marked his 32nd birthday on April 19 with 123not out in Yorkshire’s 346-run victory at Surrey.
Khartoum booms as Darfur burns
BBC News – Apr 24, 2007
“Now I have a choice of 20 brands”. The big question, however is whether ordinary Sudanese will benefit from the oil wealth, or whether it will be kept by a small elite, as in countries such as Nigeria and Angola. Taxi-drivers like Omar, however, prefer home-grown beans and lentils to imported cornflakes. “Oil, what oil? I haven’t seen any oil,” he complains, as he drives his battered old yellow cab. “Ask the government, they’ve got the oil. ”
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Nevertheless, the International Monetary Fund has praised Sudan’s reforms and expects the economy to grow by 11% this year – one of the highest rates in Africa. And a massive project is taking shape in the heart of the capital, where the Blue Nile meets the White Nile.
Wanted: Rainmakers
Globe and Mail – Apr 24, 2007
The bank owned dealers hire hundreds of keen MBAs every year, and spend millions training this talent. The biggest barrier to simply walking out of the Street and handing the first suit a vice-chairman’s title is the issue of culture: It’s extremely difficult to bring an outsider into a key role at a dealer. Both Nesbitt and TD have promoted home-grown investment bankers into vice-chairman style roles in the past year, rather than recruit. Another factor may be the specialization that dominates modern finance careers. A corporate financier in the 1970s had no choice but to be a generalist, as they were one of only a few dozen partners in a firm. These days, it’s possible to spend an entire career covering base metal miners. But I think the major change in the industry, one that affects both investment banks and law firms, is the wealth of outside opportunites that now exist for sensible folks who have come of age on the Street.
Tata Motors rolls out mini-truck in Nepal
Hindu – Apr 24, 2007
The company has fine-tuned its 700 cc diesel engine powered mini-truck to suit the hilly terrain of the Himalayan country, Tata Motors said in a statement. Tata Motors has tied-up with Nepal’s Sipradi Trading to distribute and market the truck in the country, it said, adding that Tata Ace’s post-sales servicing would be backed by 20 centres spread across Nepal. The automobiles major and Sipradi would also set up a Tata genuine parts distribution company to sell spare parts for Tata Motors’ commercial vehicle line-up, it said. The new company, Sipradi Auto Parts Pvt Ltd (SAPL), would begin operations with a network of 71 authorised parts outlets across the country and a corporate showroom in Kathmandu.