Tag Archives: Olympic Games
Olympic paranoia at Old Trafford
Chatting with a steward outside Old Trafford we talked of the Olympic Stadium. I told him about my family’s trip there on Saturday. He told me about Old Trafford. They get 75,000 people on a matchday- they know how to … Continue reading
Posted in Olympics 2012
Tagged 2012 Summer Olympics, England, Manchester, Manchester United F.C., Old Trafford, Olympic, Olympic Games, Saturday
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40,000 Londoners get cold at the Olympic Stadium
The “London Prepares” events climaxed last night at the opening of the Olympic Stadium in Siberian Stratford last night. We came, we saw and we left early – underwhelmed by the experience. Which is a little unfair on an event that … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, Occupy London, Olympics 2012, Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Tagged Athletics, BBC, BUCS, Gabby Logan, London, Matt Dawson, Olmpics 2012, Olympic, Olympic Games, Olympic Park London, Olympic Stadium, Seb Coe, Security, Siberia, Simon Levy, stratford, West Ham, Westfield
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Nuts traced as market collapses – @ #ppshow
£64bn fell off the shares of the London stock market today. Meanwhile we were holed up in the Excel Centre, listening to the views of the great and the good.. Here are my good buddies Colin Wilson and David Harris. It … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, de-risking, pension playpen
Tagged 2012 Summer Olympics, Business, Colin Wilson, corporate governance, corporate risk, David Harris, de-risking, Economics, England, ExCeL London, Investing, London, OECD, Olympic Delivery Authority, Olympic Games, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Pension new, pension playpen, Stock market, Stocks and Bonds
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