Who you gonna call? Goat busters November 5, 2009 FilmTHE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATSCert: 15 YOU couldn’t make it up – and indeed, the makers of this film didn’t. Based on British writer Jon Ronson’s book, this film takes us inside the US military’s most nutty experiment – an attempt to create a unit of soldiers with psychic powers. The film begins in [...]
Virgin Media: Why City A.M. is wrong about TV market November 1, 2009 IN his article last Friday about the pay TV market, City A.M.’s David Crow suggested that, by forcing Sky to wholesale its premium sports and movie channels to competing pay TV retailers, media regulator Ofcom is punishing Sky’s success. He compares Sky’s investment in sports and movies to car maker Toyota’s investment in hybrid fuel [...]
Virgin Media: Why City A.M. is wrong about TV market November 1, 2009 IN his article last Friday about the pay TV market, City A.M.’s David Crow suggested that, by forcing Sky to wholesale its premium sports and movie channels to competing pay TV retailers, media regulator Ofcom is punishing Sky’s success. He compares Sky’s investment in sports and movies to car maker Toyota’s investment in hybrid fuel [...]
THE JOY OF A GOOD STOVE September 23, 2009 JEFF GALVINWE FOLLOW THE GALVIN BROTHERS AS THEY COUNT DOWN TO THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW CITY RESTAURANT A GOOD STOVE is the heart of any restaurant, so you just have to make sure it’s right. Which is why for our new restaurant my brother Chris and I have designed our own, which was made [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS July 9, 2009 ADMIRALAdmiral’s recent underperformance makes them an attractive prospect, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, who upgraded it to a “buy” recommendation. Admiral’s stock has underperformed the sector by 11 per cent over the past three months, but Merrill Lynch believe Admiral’s near term trading outlook appears robust, and the insurance firm’s returns should be [...]
CITY VIEWS: IS IT RIGHT THAT MCDONALD’S WILL BE THE ONLY FOOD SPONSOR AT THE OLYMPICS ? August 12, 2009 GEORGE WILLIAMSON WELBECK GROUP“Absolutely ridiculous. The whole ethos for the Olympics is a sporting and healthy environment. To restrict all branding of food to McDonald’s is too much. This is our Olympics and we should want to give it a British feel, not one of a world wide franchise.”NICHOLAS YIALONITES NEW YORK EXCHANGE“It’s not good [...]
Contador slams rival Armstrong July 27, 2009 CYCLING: Tour de France winner Alberto Contador last night launched a stinging attack on Astana team-mate Lance Armstrong – just hours after the third-placed American praised him. “My relationship with Lance Armstrong is zero,” Contador said. “He is a great rider but it is another thing on a personal level, where I have never had [...]
CITY VIEWS: BARCLAYS WORKERS ARE PROTESTING TOMORROW. DO THESE KINDS OF PROTEST MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? August 5, 2009 UDAY BAROT FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR“No, I don’t think this sort of strategy works. Big banks don’t listen and just do what they want. The smaller voices aren’t heard so protesting, in my opinion, doesn’t make a big difference.” TOLU BABATOLA LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATOR“No, I don’t think protesting makes much difference in such large corporations. [...]
CITY VIEWS: BARCLAYS WORKERS ARE PROTESTING TOMORROW. DO THESE KINDS OF PROTEST MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? August 5, 2009 UDAY BAROT FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR“No, I don’t think this sort of strategy works. Big banks don’t listen and just do what they want. The smaller voices aren’t heard so protesting, in my opinion, doesn’t make a big difference.” TOLU BABATOLA LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATOR“No, I don’t think protesting makes much difference in such large corporations. [...]
Sun, sea and Hinduism all come together in Mauritius December 14, 2009 THEāfirst thing that you notice about Mauritius is that it is a real place. By that I mean that it is a contrast to its holiday competitors in the Indian Ocean, the Seychelles and Maldives. They are made up of dozens of tiny islands which are often owned by resorts and have been turned into [...]