Press split over economic hopes

Some British newspapers take a positive view of the economic situation.

"Now shares boom again," crows the Daily Express, as the Financial Times suggests hopes of a recovery have boosted the FTSE.

But as the Guardian asks: "Is the greatest economic crisis in decades over?" it warns there is nothing that resembles a strong recovery in sight.

It is too early to celebrate for the Daily Telegraph. It says unemployment is set to grow for another year or so.

Football frenzy

"Job done" is the simple headline in the Independent, hailing England's qualification for the 2010 World Cup.

An image of Frank Lampard celebrating one of his two goals in the victory over Croatia appears in the Telegraph, which cries: "World Cup, here we come."

Listing some famous South Africans on its front page, the Sun makes free with the name of a familiar diamond company with the headline: "Get De Beers in!"

"Bok of the net," is the Daily Mirror's take on the story.

'I'm vertical'

While many of the papers examine the latest innovation from Apple - an iPod with a video-camera - others are more interested in the man who launched it.

The Guardian notes that the company's chief executive Steve Jobs made his first public appearance since January.

The high-profile figure told the assembled media he had undergone a liver transplant.

"I'm vertical, back at Apple and loving every day of it," the Times quotes him as saying.

Pearls of wisdom

The latest figures to appear in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations are revealed in some papers.

According to the Telegraph, former Republican US vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is among them.

Her quote that the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull was "lipstick" earned her the honour, it says.

The Daily Mail suggests hotel heiress Paris Hilton's key pearls of wisdom include: "Dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in."

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