divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/99455?ns=guardianpageName=Football%3A+Withdrawn+and+isolated%2C+Keane+quits+Sunderland+by+text+messagech=Footballc3=The+Guardianc4=Premier+League+%28Football%29%2CSunderland+%28Football%29%2CRoy+Keane%2CFootball%2CSportc5=Unclassified%2CNot+commercially+useful%2CPremier+Leaguec6=Louise+Taylorc7=2008_12_05c8=1129275c9=articlec10=GUc11=Footballc12=Premier+Leaguec13=c14=h2=GU%2FFootball%2FPremier+League" width="1" height="1" //divpRoy Keane became so introspective and elusive during the closing period of his time in charge at Sunderland that often the only way Niall Quinn could contact him was by text message. It is understood that was how his resignation as manager was initially delivered to the chairman./ppQuinn handled Keane's departure with typical class, generosity and dignity yesterday. "Everybody at the club has got a huge respect for Roy," said Quinn, who stressed that Keane's motives were unselfish and that he had not demanded a pay-off. "He lifted this place off its knees," he added. "Roy Keane hasn't been sacked because we've a bad team, he's resigning because we've a good team he feels he can't bring on any further. There's a big difference there. You hear the term amicable, that's actually the way it is here."/ppThe chairman's polished outward demeanour camouflaged the fraught reality of the preceding few days when an increasingly withdrawn Keane oscillated between a determination to try to revive the fortunes of a side that had lost six of their seven previous games and a desire to quit. Quinn initially offered his manager space over the weekend to think things through and on Sunday travelled to Portugal to "clear" his own head. Keane failed to attend any of Sunderland's training sessions this week - a not uncommon occurrence - and, when Quinn returned to England on Wednesday, the pair failed to determine a viable way forward./ppAlthough Sunderland's board hoped Keane would continue they were concerned that he had lost the support of a dressing room harbouring constantly rotated players who seemed intimidated and alienated by their maverick and temperamental manager. A watershed occurred 10 weeks ago when Sunderland scraped past Northampton Town in the Carling Cup and individuals were shocked at the ferocity with which Keane hurled personal obscenities at them./ppKeane could or would not soften his stance, though, and yesterday morning informed Quinn he was not returning. His resignation was subsequently received in a formal fax sent by his solicitor, Michael Kennedy. In an attendant statement Keane said: "I would like to thank my staff, players, Niall Quinn and, in particular, the fans for their support during my time at Sunderland and I would like to wish the club every success in the future." Last night the winger Carlos Edwards said: "The players still had full confidence in him and are kind of let down in a way."/ppSources close to Sam Allardyce quickly made it plain that the former Bolton and Newcastle manager would welcome an invitation to manage the club he once played for and Phil Brown, a boyhood Sunderland fan, was reiterating his commitment to Hull. David O'Leary, meanwhile, was among the early contenders while the former West Ham manager Alan Curbishley was prominent in bookmakers' lists./ppThe relationship between Keane and Quinn had often been hands-off and conducted by text but gained further distance once Ellis Short, the Irish-American financier, became Sunderland's leading shareholder in September. When Short inquired why Keane had not signed a contract extension to replace the deal due to expire next June and questioned some of the manager's more eccentric and expensive buys, even the diplomatic chairman struggled to maintain harmony./ppSix weeks ago things looked deceptively rosy when Sunderland beat Newcastle but already Keane was struggling to control two of his more controversial signings, Pascal Chimbonda and El Hadji Diouf, and the club subsequently slid into relegation trouble. "Roy is his harshest critic and he felt he'd completed his journey here," Quinn said. "We spent three days trying hard to find a solution but he didn't want to come unstuck any further and us find ourselves in deeper, darker territory."/ppQuinn was adamant it had not been a selfish decision. "All he wanted this morning was to make sure that the staff he brought in were looked after. He never once spoke about himself or a settlement." The chairman suggested the stress of Premier League management had taken its toll: "Roy brought amazing standards to this club, his compelling nature changed mind-sets. But the pressure is intense."/ppRicky Sbragia, the head coach, will be in charge for the trip to Manchester United, aided by the reserve team coach Neil Bailey and the midfielder Dwight Yorke./pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/premierleague"Premier League/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/sunderland"Sunderland/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/roy-keane"Roy Keane/a/li/ul/diva href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html"More Feeds/a pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Si7rMHHmLMz6JMdPYT9zJ5r81ZU/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/Si7rMHHmLMz6JMdPYT9zJ5r81ZU/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

great game! I'm really enjoying it. It's a remake of Mega Man X, but some items have been shuffled around, and you can play the campaign as Vile now too!

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divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/5737?ns=guardianpageName=Business%3A+State-controlled+banks+take+over+fund+manager+New+Starch=Businessc3=The+Guardianc4=New+Star+Asset+Management+Group+%28Business%29%2CBanking+sector+%28Business%29%2CMergers+and+acquisitions+%28business%29%2CBusiness%2CCredit+crunch+%28Business%29c5=Investments%2CCredit+Crunch%2CBusiness+Marketsc6=Jill+Treanorc7=2008_12_04c8=1128396c9=articlec10=GUc11=Businessc12=New+Star+Asset+Managementc13=c14=h2=GU%2FBusiness%2FNew+Star+Asset+Management" width="1" height="1" //divpBanks rescued by the taxpayer have seized New Star, the troubled fund management group which is to delist from the stock exchange after a radical restructuring./ppJohn Duffield, the founder of New Star, is ceding control of up to 95% of the operation to a consortium of banks led by HBOS to relieve its pound;240m debt. /ppDuffield is thought to have been reluctant to agree to the terms of the debt for equity swap which was finally ratified by the New Star board late yesterday afternoon. The fund manager, which took out high profile billboard adverts to attract savers, had been forced to find a way to eradicate the debt to address the concerns of major clients who were reluctant to place their money with the firm./ppDuffield is not expected to remain with the group he founded for much longer after a long City career during which he has developed a reputation as a maverick - albeit a successful one./ppThe complex restructuring is expected to leave banks rescued by the government with control over New Star, which Duffield launched after a high-profile row with the owners of his previous venture, Jupiter. /ppThe combined Lloyds-HBOS bank in which the taxpayer is likely to own about 40%, will have an estimated 45% stake in New Star and RBS - now 58% owned by the taxpayer - with about 15% in the fund management group. HSBC and National Australia Bank will also have stakes./ppYesterday Duffield, 69, was unrepentant about the restructuring which will also hurt his own pocket as he owns around 5% of the company./pp"The cost of this restructuring is regrettably a substantial dilution for ordinary shareholders, including me. However, in current market conditions we have to recognise that there is no option to ensure the stability of the business," Duffield said./pp"We are now free to focus all our attention on improving our investment performance. Our existing share-based bonus scheme will be replaced by a new scheme to ensure that our key people are locked in." /ppTwo new share-based incentive schemes are being put in place for New Star staff, many of whom had been lured to work at the group by the promise of lucrative incentive schemes. Until the credit crunch began to bite, the schemes had proved attractive to employees after its flotation at 225p three years ago. The shares reached 450p before collapsing to just 4p which values the company at barely pound;20m./ppStaff own about 25% of the company and the debt for equity swap will wipe out all existing shareholders who will have to approve the de-listing of the shares. The company took on the debt to return pound;363m to shareholders last year before the credit crunch began./ppDuffield has taken out a total of pound;150m from the company which had been forced to renegotiate the terms of the loan last month amid client withdrawals. Funds under management are now pound;13.9bn from a peak of pound;20bn./ppNew Star had already embarked upon a cost cutting exercise and is losing 60 jobs from its workforce of 380. More posts may now be shed as the banks exert their influence. Directors such as the chief executive Howard Covington may also decide to step aside. The anxiety about the company's debt was heightened after the market mayhem caused by the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Its customers' nerves were further frayed by the suspension of dealing in its high-profile international property fund. The board also blamed its stock market listing for its plight./pp"The board believes that the reporting requirements and public scrutiny that are part of being a listed company have served to magnify these concerns," New Star said./ppThe restructuring involves the banks converting pound;240m of the pound;260m they are owed into pound;94m of preference shares and enough ordinary shares to allow them to own 75% of New Star. The preference shares pay an annual interest and convert into ordinary shares that could ultimately allow the banks to own 95% of the company. While returns for investors in its funds will be affected by the financial turmoil, all investors' money is held in separate trusts and therefore ring-fenced from the fund manager's operations./pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/newstarassetmanagementgroup"New Star Asset Management/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/banking"UK banking sector/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/mergersandacquisitions"Mergers and acquisitions/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/creditcrunch"Credit crunch/a/li/ul/diva href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html"More Feeds/a pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/RHXG0pP5ERb01w-KlTnCK9ho30w/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/RHXG0pP5ERb01w-KlTnCK9ho30w/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

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Released: Nov 25, 2008
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*** FREE PREVIEW (Limited Questions) *** Great Fun for the whole family. The kids will enjoy it. Ho Ho Ho...Christmas is coming, how exciting!!! We've assembled some fun Christmas trivia questions that you and your family will enjoy answering as you open those presents...and it's also a Christmas Countdown so you know exactly how many sleeps to christmas there are!!! Discover which family member knows everything there is to know about Christmas and the holidays. Learn some Christmas facts from around the world as well. Santa Claus is coming to town....get ready to impress him with your Christmas Spirit. Features: - Fun multiple choice Christmas trivia questions - Turn sounds on/off - Days to Christmas count down - Multiple player mode (up to 4 people) Update: Get Christmas Trivia now at our introductory low price. There will be free updates with more and more questions leading up to Christmas with a special bonus question package that will be unlocked on Christmas day!!! Other Fun Trivia Apps From Hot Potato: "1st Grader Trivia" "Fake Caller" - Pretend Santa is calling :) "Are You Smarter Than A Bartender?" "Are You Smarter Than A Maverick?"

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