"This summer, on the back of a dynamic first half year, Eurotunnel again set new traffic records, " said Jacques Gounon, chairman and chief executive of Groupe Eurotunnel.

BBC: Eurotunnel revenues rise during Olympic Games

Come the summer, he also would have had just a year and a half left on his contract, giving him more leverage and contractual power.

WSJ: Willian: To Russia's Anzhi With Doubt

In the A plot, the nine-year-old half brothers Phineas and Ferb fill a summer day with some insanely ambitious project: making a building as high as the moon, a time machine, a roller-coaster.

NEWYORKER: It��s Good Enough For Me

The first half of 2003, ahead of the hot summer, brought no relief, with year-on-year sales off 7% and operating profit and net income down 10% and 34% respectively.

FORBES: Another Look

However, Europe's second-largest travel firm said it had 19% fewer summer holidays left to sell and it had increased average selling prices in the half-year, compared with the same period a year before.

BBC: Thomas Cook sign

The Fed seemed to give up on its prediction of only a temporary slowdown in growth in the summer months but not into recession, and then a return of growth in the second half and through next year.

FORBES: Bernanke Had To Brag About It, What He's Doin'

In his most consistent display since returning from ankle and side strain injuries mid-way through the summer, Flintoff scored his first half-century since scoring an unbeaten 72 against New Zealand in Hobart more than a year ago.

BBC: Pietersen hails Flintoff's return