Australia looks fantastic. Time to get out then November 2, 2010 IN AUSTRALIA, it is summer in more ways than one. The Fed might be gearing up the printing presses again for winter, but down under the economy is actually booming. In a move unseen anywhere else in the developed world, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided on Monday night to increase interest rates by [...]
Australia looks fantastic. Time to get out then November 2, 2010 IN AUSTRALIA, it is summer in more ways than one. The Fed might be gearing up the printing presses again for winter, but down under the economy is actually booming. In a move unseen anywhere else in the developed world, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided on Monday night to increase interest rates by [...]
Forget yachts, try tweeds and guns August 12, 2010 AMONG the UK’s high-earners, some race cars, others sail yachts and others engage in the age-old tradition of country sports. And with the grouse shooting season kicking off yesterday, keen field sportsmen might be tempted to invest in a shoot of their own. Shooting estates don’t often come on the market and usually come with [...]
You’ve disrespected United: Ferguson accuses Rooney October 19, 2010 MANCHESTER UNITED manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s yesterday emphatically retaliated in the war of words with Wayne Rooney, accusing the unsettled striker of going back on his word and disrespecting the club. Ferguson broke his silence on the controversy with a six-and-a-half-minute statement in which he revealed Rooney informed United he wanted to leave back in [...]
Apple vies for Lion’s share of app market October 21, 2010 JUST two days after reporting yet another quarter of record revenues and profits, Apple wheeled out the latest version of its ultra-thin MacBook air. With the roaring success of the iPhone 4 and the iPad – which Apple still can’t produce quickly enough to meet demand – the release of a new ºlaptop, albeit the [...]
Auditors are not watchdogs, they are bloodhounds on a tight leash December 14, 2010 HEAD OF POLICY, ACCA THERE are two sides to every story. This particular story concerns audit and its value to society. Are you sitting comfortably? “Extraordinarily self-satisfied” is how the former chancellor Lord Lawson described the suggestion by top auditors that there hadn’t been a failure of audit prior to the financial crisis. “You were [...]
GADGETS | REVIEWS September 29, 2010 OF THE THREE new members of the iPod family, the Nano is the most radically rethought. If stripped-down is the Apple philosophy, then the new Nano takes this to its logical conclusion. Gone is the iconic click wheel that helped bring MP3 players to the mass market. Instead it uses Apple’s now almost obligatory multi-touch [...]
Unilever sells Findus for €805m July 19, 2010 UNILEVER has agreed to sell its slow-growing Italian frozen foods unit Findus to Birds Eye, which belongs to private equity group Permira for 805m euros (£687.9m). The disposal of Unilever’s last remaining frozen foods business in Europe reunites it with Birds Eye Igloo which the consumer goods giant sold in 2006 for 1.73bn euros. Unilever [...]
Unilever sells Findus for €805m July 19, 2010 UNILEVER has agreed to sell its slow-growing Italian frozen foods unit Findus to Birds Eye, which belongs to private equity group Permira for 805m euros (£687.9m). The disposal of Unilever’s last remaining frozen foods business in Europe reunites it with Birds Eye Igloo which the consumer goods giant sold in 2006 for 1.73bn euros. Unilever [...]
Flying Brand profit crashes August 11, 2010 Flower and gardening home shopping group Flying Brands today said its half-year, pre-tax profits slid 26 per cent to £1.4m but added that confidence about shoppers’ spending meant it was recommencing shareholder payouts. But the firm, which owns the floral delivery service Flying Flowers, still announced an interim dividend of 1.6p a share after it [...]