Blinkx upbeat as shares surge May 20, 2010 ONLINE video search engine Blinkx narrowed its full-year pre-tax loss as it achieved a spike in traffic. It also saw higher advertising spend as firms such as Microsoft and McDonald’s booked campaigns on its website. Shares in the firm rose 52 per cent and were among the top gainers on the Aim market on yesterday, [...]
Thriller machine Patterson is back with another gripper June 23, 2010 Private by James Patterson Century £18.99 It’s fair to say that James Patterson is to thrillers what McDonalds is to food: a fast-paced outlet for easy, tasty matter. Except, unlike the fast food chain, Patterson is a brand associated with sophisticated fare, as well as one that nourishes the mind and the human appetite for [...]
Burger King tops Wall St forecasts on good margins April 29, 2010 Burger King reported a quarterly profit that edged past Wall Street’s expectations yesterday, helped by better-than-expected margins. The second-biggest US hamburger chain after McDonald’s had warned in March that bad weather in the central and eastern United States kept diners away during the quarter and it expected lower revenue and restaurant margins for the period. [...]
FUND MANAGEMENT NEWS May 4, 2010 EXPENSIVE AND ATTRACTIVE TRUSTS Stockbroking firm Killik & Co yesterday listed three listed investment trusts that it finds expensive and three that look attractive from a discount perspective. The expensive trusts are Better Capital, Polar Capital Technology and 3i Infrastructure while Utilico Emerging Markets, Acorn Income Fund and BlackRock New Energy are attractive. In terms [...]
August sales up at McDonald’s September 9, 2009 McDONALD’S August sales at existing restaurants rose 2.2 per cent globally, the group said yesterday, as strength in Europe partly offset weakness in the US and its outlets in other parts of the world. Closely watched same-store sales rose 3.5 per cent in Europe, helped by the UK and France. They were up 1.7 per [...]
Thumbs up to all-day pubs, but not Lynx effect April 6, 2010 During the last month, here at YouGov, we have invited our panellists to give their opinions on anything they like, using our new “tygga” service. The aim is to let panellists use their own words when describing any brand or topic, rather than just asking them to self-prescribe as “satisfied” or “dissatisfied” customers of the [...]
SPITALFIELDS MARKET: SEEKING OZ CLARKE OF THE REAL ALE SCENE May 12, 2010 REMEMBER that cushy job as a caretaker of a desert island that caused such a stir when it was advertised a year or so back? Well, The Capitalist might just have discovered an even more covetable role – at least for the beer-loving socialites of the City. Old Spitalfields Market is looking for someone to [...]
Fury over McDonalds’ 2012 exclusivity August 12, 2009 THE organisers of the 2012 London Olympics came under fire yesterday as it emerged that McDonald’s will be the only food brand seen at the event. Other vendors will be present at the Olympic venues but, as official sponsor, the golden arches will be the only brand seen by hungry visitors. The agreement seemingly undermines [...]
McDonald’s sales suffer a dip July 23, 2009 Fast-food giant McDonald’s said yesterday that the strong dollar contributed to a eight per cent dip in second-quarter profit to £1.09bn. The dip in profits was also down to tough comparatives, after a large gain in the same period of the previous year, the Illinois-based firm said.
CITY VIEWS: IS IT RIGHT THAT MCDONALD’S WILL BE THE ONLY FOOD SPONSOR AT THE OLYMPICS ? August 12, 2009 GEORGE WILLIAMSON WELBECK GROUP“Absolutely ridiculous. The whole ethos for the Olympics is a sporting and healthy environment. To restrict all branding of food to McDonald’s is too much. This is our Olympics and we should want to give it a British feel, not one of a world wide franchise.”NICHOLAS YIALONITES NEW YORK EXCHANGE“It’s not good [...]