NO PLAN B GEORGE IS GQ MAN OF THE YEAR September 6, 2011 BETTER LATE than never for George Osborne’s belated fortieth birthday present from Condé Nast’s UK head Nicholas Coleridge, whose glossy magazine empire last night rewarded the chancellor for his “sheer bloody mindedness”. BBC political editor Nick Robinson presented Osborne with his Politician of the Year trophy at the GQ Men of the Year Awards at [...]
ANALYST VIEWS: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF AGGREKO’S RESULTS? June 20, 2011 MIKE MURPHY | NUMIS While we are great admirers of the management and business model we are conscious of value. The stock is priced for high growth and high returns. There is nothing that ought to send the share price higher; a lot of the good news is already out there. We leave our forecasts [...]
Admiral on target as turnover rises November 3, 2010 Insurer Admiral has said it remains on track to meet its forecasts for the year in a trading update. Turnover soared 50 per cent during the third quarter to £446m and the number of vehicles covered by the group was 28 per cent higher than the same time last year. “I’m pleased to report that [...]
FTSE ends in the red as hopes of intervention from Fed wane August 25, 2011 BRITAIN’S FTSE 100 fell yesterday, snapping three days of gains as investor hopes dwindled that Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would signal more stimulus measures and a rumour about a German short-selling ban triggered profit taking. The blue chip index fell deep into the red on talk a short selling ban may be enacted in [...]
PUBS WAR CAN WAIT AS JOE LEWIS EXPECTS NEW GREAT-GRANDCHILD September 14, 2011 ALL EYES remain on financier Joe Lewis, whose surprise appearance in London on his superyacht Aviva ten days ago has been satisfactorily explained by this week’s hostile move to take control of pub chain Mitchells & Butlers. Case closed. Or is it? As ever with the enigmatic Bahamas-based billionaire, the truth is rather more surprising [...]
Miners and energy firms push FTSE to week’s highest close August 24, 2011 Strong miners and energy stocks helped drive Britain’s top share index to its highest close in a week yesterday in choppy trade as investors jostled for position ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday. Traders pointed to continued speculation that the Fed could unveil a further round of US quantitative [...]
Apple fails to impress Indian brand survey June 19, 2011 APPLE may be greatly admired and widely feted as an uber brand in the UK and US, but a new survey out yesterday concludes that in India it is rated as only 40th in the brand charts. The survey, conducted by marketing consultants TLG, also reveals that Indian brands make up seven of the top [...]
Apple fails to impress Indian brand survey June 19, 2011 APPLE may be greatly admired and widely feted as an uber brand in the UK and US, but a new survey out yesterday concludes that in India it is rated as only 40th in the brand charts. The survey, conducted by marketing consultants TLG, also reveals that Indian brands make up seven of the top [...]
Das Kapital: only this time, it’s erotic, says LSE fellow August 31, 2011 HONEY MONEY: THE POWER OF EROTIC CAPITAL BY CATHERINE HAKIM ALLEN LANE, £20 THE best way to create a stir is to publish a book that claims that sex sells, and should do so more. Better yet, embed the claim in an argument for women to think and do more – not less – about [...]
Boutique chief joins the big league June 8, 2011 THE £86m sale of Andrew Sibbald’s 11-year-old boutique Lexicon to US adviser Evercore is a reward for years of work growing both its track record and reputation. Sibbald, believed to own about 10-15 per cent of Lexicon’s equity, is in line for a windfall of an estimated £9-£12m in cash and shares as he, 27 [...]