Boparan buys up Northern Foods shares January 25, 2011 BOPARAN Holdings built up its stake in takeover target Northern Foods to 11.4 per cent yesterday, after several large shareholders sold their stakes for Boparan’s 73p per share offer price. Boparan, which made its takeover bid on Friday night, said in a statement it had snapped up 22.4m shares to bring its total to 53.3m. [...]
TASTING NOTES June 21, 2010 ANYONE who is a caffeine refusnik like me will know the envy that comes from watching colleagues fortify themselves on a bleak, thankless morning with weapons-grade coffee. I can’t stand the taste of either coffee or tea, but I long for something more tempting than Lucozade to give me the kind of boost caffeine drinkers [...]
TASTING NOTES June 21, 2010 ANYONE who is a caffeine refusnik like me will know the envy that comes from watching colleagues fortify themselves on a bleak, thankless morning with weapons-grade coffee. I can’t stand the taste of either coffee or tea, but I long for something more tempting than Lucozade to give me the kind of boost caffeine drinkers [...]
SKY NEWS BITES THE HAND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE FEEDING IT January 24, 2011 SOME puzzling editorial choices have been afoot at Sky News this week. On Sunday, Gordon Brown’s disclosure that he asked the police to look into whether his phone was hacked by the News of the World topped its agenda all day. And yesterday the attack of foot-in-mouth disease that afflicted Sky Sports’ Andy Gray and [...]
SKY NEWS BITES THE HAND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE FEEDING IT January 24, 2011 SOME puzzling editorial choices have been afoot at Sky News this week. On Sunday, Gordon Brown’s disclosure that he asked the police to look into whether his phone was hacked by the News of the World topped its agenda all day. And yesterday the attack of foot-in-mouth disease that afflicted Sky Sports’ Andy Gray and [...]
Tax warning for Lloyd’s of London firms October 12, 2009 CITY broker Collins Stewart has sounded alarm bells over insurers Brit and Beazley, after it emerged that the tax man will watch like a hawk companies moving abroad for tax reasons. Ben Cohen, an analyst at the brokerage, has labelled the stocks as “higher risk” because HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is expected to subject [...]
What the other papers say this morning January 16, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES RBS DIRECTOR TO STEP DOWN FROM BOARD One of the last Royal Bank of Scotland directors to remain on the bank’s board from the days of Sir Fred goodwin is poised to step down from his role. Colin Buchan, 56, a former UBS investment banker who until recently was chairman of RBS’s remuneration [...]
What the other papers say this morning January 16, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES RBS DIRECTOR TO STEP DOWN FROM BOARD One of the last Royal Bank of Scotland directors to remain on the bank’s board from the days of Sir Fred goodwin is poised to step down from his role. Colin Buchan, 56, a former UBS investment banker who until recently was chairman of RBS’s remuneration [...]
Catlin reveals losses for New Zealand quake December 22, 2010 PROPERTY and casualty insurer Catlin published its losses linked to the New Zealand earthquake yesterday, which were $10m (£6.5m) more than previously thought. The Lloyd’s of London insurer said the quake in September leaves it exposed to around $45m of claims, net of reinsurance – $10m more than the group’s earlier figures. The firm said [...]
Catlin reveals losses for New Zealand quake December 22, 2010 PROPERTY and casualty insurer Catlin published its losses linked to the New Zealand earthquake yesterday, which were $10m (£6.5m) more than previously thought. The Lloyd’s of London insurer said the quake in September leaves it exposed to around $45m of claims, net of reinsurance – $10m more than the group’s earlier figures. The firm said [...]