Gunners confident talisman Van Persie will sign new contract October 27, 2011 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger is confident he can persuade club captain Robin van Persie to remain at the club and extend his current contract. The Dutchman is currently in the best form of his career and has scored eight of his side’s 15 goals this season following the brace he notched in last week’s defeat [...]
Rangers adamant no players called to give evidence against Chelsea’s Terry October 27, 2011 QPR have categorically denied Paddy Kenny, Clint Hill and Shaun Derry had been called to give evidence in the John Terry racism inquiry. More than one report has suggested the Rangers trio were set to back team-mate Anton Ferdinand’s take on his altercation with Chelsea captain Terry during Sunday’s west London derby at Loftus Road. [...]
The reason for 4m sales of iPhone 4S? Monkey scrabble, of course October 19, 2011 I have written a lot about the iPhone 4S. Before I ever laid hands on one I had churned out countless paragraphs, covered each twist in the saga, vomiting Apple stories like some grotesque human Rube Goldberg machine. If you threw all these words into a bag, shook it up and handed it to troupe [...]
Olympus may sue its axed former boss October 18, 2011 JAPANESE camera-maker Olympus says it is considering taking legal action against its ousted chief executive after he went public with concerns over his former employer’s corporate governance. Michael Woodford was axed after just two weeks in the top job after clashing with the board over allegedly excessive payments made to advisers during a 2008 acquisition. [...]
Olympus may sue its axed former boss October 18, 2011 JAPANESE camera-maker Olympus says it is considering taking legal action against its ousted chief executive after he went public with concerns over his former employer’s corporate governance. Michael Woodford was axed after just two weeks in the top job after clashing with the board over allegedly excessive payments made to advisers during a 2008 acquisition. [...]
The quiet diplomat who is fighting on behalf of the real squeezed middle October 16, 2011 IT is always hard to fill someone else’s shoes, especially if they belong to a larger-than-life figure such as Lord Digby Jones or Sir Richard Lambert. That was the position that John Cridland found himself in when he took the reins at the CBI just under a year ago. The mild-mannered, softly spoken 50-year old [...]
The quiet diplomat who is fighting on behalf of the real squeezed middle October 16, 2011 IT is always hard to fill someone else’s shoes, especially if they belong to a larger-than-life figure such as Lord Digby Jones or Sir Richard Lambert. That was the position that John Cridland found himself in when he took the reins at the CBI just under a year ago. The mild-mannered, softly spoken 50-year old [...]
Debt weighs on owner of AA and Saga October 16, 2011 THE owner of Saga and the AA, Acromas, lost almost £500m last year as the interest payments on its massive debt pile took their toll. Acromas, taken private in June 2007 for £6.3bn by Charterhouse, Permira and CVC, posted a £458m pre-tax loss during the 12 months ended January, 13.4 per cent narrower than a [...]
SIR FRED GOODWIN SAGA RUNS AND RUNS October 4, 2011 JUST when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for disgraced banker Sir Fred Goodwin, The Capitalist hears the former RBS CEO was once snubbed in favour of a company that had recently given half of Glasgow diarrhoea. The story starts in 2003, when BBC Scotland’s head of news Atholl Duncan, needing a change of [...]
Peppa Pig’s US jaunt boosts owner EntOne September 29, 2011 PEPPA Pig’s push into the US has helped ensure Entertainment One’s first-half earnings will be significantly ahead of last year, the firm said yesterday. The media production and distribution company, which listed on the London Stock Exchange last year, jumped 20 per cent earlier this month on speculation it has hired banks to field interest [...]