PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR August 30, 2010 IT’S been another tough year in the City. Stock markets are still nervy, the recovery is by no means secure and a double-dip is on many people’s cards. But it is hard times that form characters. Our five nominees for Personality of the Year have proved their mettle over the past 12 months. One is [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 7, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES EUROZONE FEARS SEND INVESTORS TO HAVENS Investor worries over the Eurozone have deepened, hitting the markets of the single currency’s weaker economies and sparking a flight to the safety of US Treasuries, German bunds, the yen and the Swiss franc. Global equities lost ground and the euro weakened on Tuesday, while European bank [...]
Reacher’s next deadly thrill September 29, 2010 WORTH DYING FOR BY LEE CHILD Bantam, £17.99 **** by Zoe Strimpel AT THE end of Child’s previous novel, 61 Hours, maverick man-with-gun Jack Reacher was trapped in a desperate situation from which escape seemed impossible – even for him. But, just like Lisbeth Salander, Stieg Larsson’s super violent super-genius, Reacher always finds a way. [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 17, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES CRIMINAL GANGS TARGET INSIDER DEALING Organised criminals in the UK are becoming increasingly involved in financial frauds including insider share dealing that they see as lucrative and low risk, investigators have warned. A long-term trend of prosecutions in the US has shown the same shift by crime gangs to more sophisticated frauds. FUNDING [...]
The man who is set to bring more luxury to London’s five-star hotels November 14, 2010 LONDON’S five-star hotel market is set to take off over the next six months and a septuagenarian Maltese businessman called Alfred Pisani will be at the heart of the glamorous action. His £300m luxury Corinthia Hotel London, on Whitehall Place, is being completed and will take its first paying guests in April 2011. It is [...]
The Walbrook is about to strike gold February 23, 2010 FOR those who like playing the waiting game, Minerva is a good bet. As expected, it swung to a profit while its net asset value (NAV) per share also continued to edge up, to 102p in December from 95p a month earlier. There were no major letting announcements, however, which will come as a surprise [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF July 25, 2010 Open success for Langer GOLF: Bernhard Langer showed nerves of steel to card a final round 72 and clinch his first senior Major in the British Seniors Open at Caroustie. The German held off the challenge of American Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin to finish one shot clear on five-under-par to end a run of [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF July 25, 2010 Open success for Langer GOLF: Bernhard Langer showed nerves of steel to card a final round 72 and clinch his first senior Major in the British Seniors Open at Caroustie. The German held off the challenge of American Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin to finish one shot clear on five-under-par to end a run of [...]
British Land in Broadgate stake talks June 18, 2009 BRITISH Land, the UK’s second largest property company, is in talks with Israel’s Property and Building over selling a £100m stake in the City’s iconic Broadgate office complex, City A.M. can confirm. A British Land spokesman said last night: “The company declines to give further details about any of the parties but confirms that discussions [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 12, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES MAN AND RHEINMETALL MERGE MILITARY VEHICLE UNITS Man, the truck maker, and Rheinmetall, the automotive and defence company, are to merge their military wheeled vehicle businesses, potentially kicking off a limited but long-awaited consolidation in the overcrowded European land systems sector. Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles will eventually have about 1,300 employees and revenues [...]