Stelios ends brand dispute with easyJet October 11, 2010 EASYJET celebrated yesterday after settling a bitter court battle with founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou that will see it hold on to the orange “easy” branding in a deal that is expected to net Stelios more than £80m in royalties over the next ten years. The four-month dispute ended after the two sides agreed a revised [...]
Choc & Awe April 13, 2011 TIME was when an Easter egg was a bottom-rung milk chocolate concoction picked up at the corner shop, that kids could hunt for in the garden before being made sick by it. But now that we’re a nation of foodies – and more to the point, a nation increasingly rich in the kind of imaginative [...]
Salmond’s momentum sets course for independence May 9, 2011 SO Scotland is on the road to independence. There are many who say it will never happen, but they are the same people who said the SNP would never be the largest party in the Scottish Parliament, let alone win an outright majority. They are the people who said that devolution would kill off all [...]
Salmond’s momentum sets course for independence May 9, 2011 SO Scotland is on the road to independence. There are many who say it will never happen, but they are the same people who said the SNP would never be the largest party in the Scottish Parliament, let alone win an outright majority. They are the people who said that devolution would kill off all [...]
Invasion of the smart machines January 30, 2011 MY house isn’t smart enough. To get inside it I have to open the door myself. With a key. When I walk in, a digital voice doesn’t greet me, realise I’ve had a bad day and tell me a joke to cheer me up (I’m imagining a soothing voice like Hal from 2001: A Space [...]
Invasion of the smart machines January 30, 2011 MY house isn’t smart enough. To get inside it I have to open the door myself. With a key. When I walk in, a digital voice doesn’t greet me, realise I’ve had a bad day and tell me a joke to cheer me up (I’m imagining a soothing voice like Hal from 2001: A Space [...]
BOBSLEIGH FANATIC TO INJECT CITY WITH SHOT OF ADRENALINE November 2, 2010 YEARNING for an unusual extra-curricular hobby to brighten up your working week? Addicted to adrenaline? The Capitalist might have chanced upon just the thing for more adventurous City types. Ian Barbour is best known for his position as director of financial printing group Millnet, where he runs the financial document services operations. Yet he’s just [...]
Euro versus dollar: a scrappy fight May 10, 2011 OVER the last fortnight, the euro-dollar pairing has turned into a bit of an ugly dog contest, with both sides competing to see who carries the fewest fleas. However, the euro came out second best in this challenge last week, hit with attacks from all sides. The tipping point for the pairing came when the [...]
HEDGE FUND TYCOON TRIFON NATSIS IS SAFE AS HOUSES March 1, 2011 GOOD news for hedge fund tycoon Trifon Natsis, co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management, as The Capitalist can reveal his planning application for major improvements to his Hampstead home has been recommended for approval by Camden Council. The planning officer dealing with the application has recommended the scheme receives the go-ahead in an internal report, [...]
Birds Eye will pay €805m to buy Findus ? July 19, 2010 UNILEVER has agreed to sell its Italian frozen foods unit Findus to Birds Eye Iglo, which is owned by private equity group Permira, for €805m (£687.9m). The sale represents the disposal of Unilever’s last remaining frozen foods business in Europe. Unilever said in a statement that about 650 factory and head office staff at Findus, [...]