Boris in advanced talks with mobile firms over getting signal on the Tube September 19, 2010 MAYOR of London Boris Johnson is nearing an agreement with the UK’s biggest mobile phone operators to provide a network signal on the entire Tube network by the time the Olympics come to London in 2012, it emerged at the weekend. Johnson is still in discussions with the companies over the final details of funding [...]
Boris in advanced talks with mobile firms over getting signal on the Tube September 19, 2010 MAYOR of London Boris Johnson is nearing an agreement with the UK’s biggest mobile phone operators to provide a network signal on the entire Tube network by the time the Olympics come to London in 2012, it emerged at the weekend. Johnson is still in discussions with the companies over the final details of funding [...]
Sterling looks weak but not as frail as the euro and dollar May 10, 2011 STERLING has had a tough year. An underwhelming recovery and loose monetary policy from the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) have had their impact, neither of which looks to be imminently reversed. But bad as things are, the monetary authorities in the US appear to be wedded to keeping interest rates lower for longer than the [...]
Business has won already March 8, 2011 That much of the debate over the Olympics has focused on what happens to its venues after 2012 speaks volumes for the efficiency with which the games have so far been organised. Instead of the endless speculation of whether venue X or Y will be ready on time that is normal territory in the months [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 2, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES US OIL PRODUCTION REVIVES US oil production last year rose to its highest level in almost a decade, thanks to an increase in the use of “unconventional” extraction techniques. As a result, analysts believe the US was the largest contributor to the increase in global oil supplies last year over 2009, and is [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING March 2, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES US OIL PRODUCTION REVIVES US oil production last year rose to its highest level in almost a decade, thanks to an increase in the use of “unconventional” extraction techniques. As a result, analysts believe the US was the largest contributor to the increase in global oil supplies last year over 2009, and is [...]
Playing the new uranium boom January 23, 2011 INVESTMENT COMMENT OVER the past six months, the price of uranium has risen more than 60 per cent to $68 an ounce and thanks to increasing demand and tight supply, prices could be headed even higher. There are 442 operating nuclear reactors worldwide but with 60 new ones under construction (a further 156 are in [...]
Boris wants more powers for City Hall June 15, 2010 MAYOR of London Boris Johnson yesterday unveiled plans to hand a large chunk of governmental powers over to City Hall, in a bid to increase the formal influence of his office in the capital. Johnson wants to fold the functions of the London Development Agency (LDA) and Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) into a new [...]
What the other papers are saying this morning January 12, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES GERMANY BACKS WIDER RESCUE FUND ROLE Germany is backing proposals to give new powers and lending capacity to the €440bn Eurozone rescue fund, even if that means increasing its financial guarantees, according to people familiar with the issue in Berlin and Brussels. Such a move would be part of a package of measures, [...]
At a glance: All the crucial points from Osborne’s Budget for Growth March 23, 2011 THE ECONOMY/PUBLIC FINANCES The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has revised its growth forecast for the economy, blaming higher-than-expected inflation as a result of recent global commodity price shocks and the weather-affected final quarter of 2010. GDP growth has been revised down to 1.7 per cent in 2011. Growth is expected to peak at 2.9 [...]