BARRED: MOBILE BOSS TALKS HIS WAY INTO HIS OWN GLASTO PARTY June 30, 2011 IF YOUR name’s not down, you’re coming in – not even if your name is Tom Alexander, chief executive of Everything Everywhere, and you are trying to get in to your own party at Glastonbury. As the other partygoers got stuck in to the free drinks inside the VIP farmhouse rented by the mobile phone [...]
BARRED: MOBILE BOSS TALKS HIS WAY INTO HIS OWN GLASTO PARTY June 30, 2011 IF YOUR name’s not down, you’re coming in – not even if your name is Tom Alexander, chief executive of Everything Everywhere, and you are trying to get in to your own party at Glastonbury. As the other partygoers got stuck in to the free drinks inside the VIP farmhouse rented by the mobile phone [...]
BUSINESS OF THE YEAR June 29, 2011 MICROCHIPS, miners and media – not to mention Man and the master of temporary power supplies Aggreko. This year’s shortlist for Business of the Year crosses sectors, but the finalists share ambition, innovation and bold decision-taking. Old and new, none are resting on their laurels or copying the past: all are looking to the future. [...]
HSBC PLAYS MUSICAL CHAIRS IN M&A ROLES July 6, 2011 CHANGE at the top at HSBC. The Capitalist has learned that rising star Maged Latif, who joined the bank from Goldman Sachs two years ago, has been fast-tracked from deputy head of M&A to co-head of global financial institutions group (FIG) advisory. Latif, who made his mark advising the government on taking Northern Rock into [...]
FTSE solid as investors eye US jobs data July 8, 2011 The FTSE 100 started out on the front foot today as investors awaited key US jobs data to assess the strength of the country’s economic recovery. Positive performances on Asian markets and on Wall Street buoyed sentiment in London with the non farms payroll figures to set the tone for trading later. Greece will also [...]
NEWS CORP FEARS DELAY TO SKY BID July 6, 2011 NEWS Corp bosses yesterday feared they may be forced to delay the firm’s multi billion pound bid for BSkyB, as the toxic political and commercial fallout of the phone hacking scandal continued to gather pace. Bankers close to the deal told City A.M. that negotiations have ground to a halt while both sides consider the [...]
NEWS CORP FEARS DELAY TO SKY BID July 6, 2011 NEWS Corp bosses yesterday feared they may be forced to delay the firm’s multi billion pound bid for BSkyB, as the toxic political and commercial fallout of the phone hacking scandal continued to gather pace. Bankers close to the deal told City A.M. that negotiations have ground to a halt while both sides consider the [...]
City AM interview Paul Fisher of the Bank of England February 23, 2012 Senior Bank of England official Paul Fisher was interviewed on Wednesday 22nd February 2012, by Allister Heath and Julian Harris from City A.M. The edited transcript is as follows: Paul, would you like to start with how you see the outlook at the moment? I think it continues to be a story where the outlook [...]
Tweetdeck founder a millionaire after Twitter pays £25m for London start-up May 24, 2011 LONDON-BASED TweetDeck founder Iain Dodsworth became an overnight millionaire yesterday after selling the firm to Twitter for around $40m (£25m) in cash and shares. It is not yet clear if Dodsworth, who founded TweetDeck in 2008, will retain a stake in the company or become part of the management team. The former BSkyB and Pru [...]
Tweetdeck founder a millionaire after Twitter pays £25m for London start-up May 24, 2011 LONDON-BASED TweetDeck founder Iain Dodsworth became an overnight millionaire yesterday after selling the firm to Twitter for around $40m (£25m) in cash and shares. It is not yet clear if Dodsworth, who founded TweetDeck in 2008, will retain a stake in the company or become part of the management team. The former BSkyB and Pru [...]