H&M September 29, 2010 H&M is a company built for recession. You can splurge on outfits for under a tenner, and it specialises in fast throwaway fashion – stocking the latest look, but making it cheap enough to ensure you return for more when it’s no longer in trend. Investors have lapped up this apparently slump-proof stock – sending [...]
FIT IN THE CITY November 28, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT So you ignored the headlines a few weeks ago giving you your Little Black Dress countdown. Now you’re faced with the prospect of sporting backless, strapless numbers for the next five weeks. What’s a girl to do? Act sharpish, I say. I’ve researched (yes, I’ve been the human guinea pig) for [...]
MAN CITY | are they the new BARCA? November 22, 2011 After Saturday’s win against Newcastle, City manager Roberto Mancini insisted his side were ready to be compared to Barcelona. City A.M. assesses the evidence from last night and beyond. CURRENT FORM City top the Premier League and, like Barcelona, remain unbeaten domestically. The Catalans, however, trail Real Madrid by three points as a result of [...]
Cairn finds gas in Sri Lanka October 2, 2011 Cairn India, a subsidiary of Cairn Energy, said yesterday it has discovered natural gas in Sri Lanka’s offshore Mannar Basin, confirming an earlier announcement by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. “Further drilling will be required to establish the commerciality of the discovery,” Cairn said in a statement, referring to the find at the CLPL-Dorado-91H/1z well [...]
H&M is hit by rise in costs of materials September 29, 2010 SWEDISH fashion group Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) said profit margins weakened in its third quarter, as costs rose. While H&M boosted profit by 20 per cent thanks to popular sales campaigns and its wide geographical spread, analysts worried about how the world’s third biggest clothing retailer – behind Gap and Inditex – will cope with [...]
SINGAPORE TYCOON TO PITCH FOR FULHAM’S HISTORIC TOWN HALL December 11, 2011 FORGET the West End, the eyes of the property world will tomorrow be fixed on Fulham, when the council decides the fate of its historic town hall. The tender to develop the Grade II-listed site, which dates back to 1888, has been narrowed to a list of three developers – one retail, one residential and [...]
SINGAPORE TYCOON TO PITCH FOR FULHAM’S HISTORIC TOWN HALL December 11, 2011 FORGET the West End, the eyes of the property world will tomorrow be fixed on Fulham, when the council decides the fate of its historic town hall. The tender to develop the Grade II-listed site, which dates back to 1888, has been narrowed to a list of three developers – one retail, one residential and [...]
H&T profits fuelled by soaring gold price August 23, 2011 Pawnbroker H&T said it expected full-year results to be above the top end of current market expectations, driven mainly by surging gold prices that boosted its first-half pretax profit. Spot gold prices soared above $1,910, scoring a record top for a fourth consecutive session, as persistent worries about global economic growth burnished bullion’s safe-haven appeal. [...]
Ten of the top givers in the City December 21, 2011 AS we now know from the tremendous response to this newspaper’s first ever Christmas charity appeal, the City is full of givers. Despite the tougher times many of our readers have experienced, as a group this year they dug in to support a charity that helps people help themselves. This page is a tribute to [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 28, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES PLANS REVEALED FOR US-STYLE PLEA BARGAINS The UK plans to introduce US-style corporate plea bargains that could result in fines totalling hundreds of millions of pounds, according to the Solicitor General. “You have to have a cost-benefit analysis. If I can produce a system which has all the benefits [of the US] and [...]