BSkyB hits 10m customer target November 8, 2010 BSkyB has hit its long-held aim of 10 million customers, making it the choice of 36 per cent of households in the UK and Ireland. BSkyB, which provides pay-TV, broadband and telephony, set the target in 2004, to initial scepticism from analysts who thought it would be too tough. “To be the choice of 10 [...]
BSkyB hits 10m customer target November 8, 2010 BSkyB has hit its long-held aim of 10 million customers, making it the choice of 36 per cent of households in the UK and Ireland. BSkyB, which provides pay-TV, broadband and telephony, set the target in 2004, to initial scepticism from analysts who thought it would be too tough. “To be the choice of 10 [...]
Turmoil creates buying opportunity March 16, 2011 WHILE the Mitchells & Butlers soap opera plays itself out in the boardroom, the company is doing swimmingly. Maybe the infighting has led to a creative tension that is good for business. Whatever the reason, investors should use the 2.9 per cent fall in M&B’s shares yesterday as a buying opportunity. The group holds some of [...]
States now the top systemic threat June 20, 2011 SO no solution was found to the Greek crisis last night – we will have to wait a little longer before finding out what sort of fudge our leaders have in mind for the Eurozone, and how much taxpayer cash they are preparing to throw at the bottomless pit that is Greece. The markets, needless [...]
States now the top systemic threat June 19, 2011 SO no solution was found to the Greek crisis last night – we will have to wait a little longer before finding out what sort of fudge our leaders have in mind for the Eurozone, and how much taxpayer cash they are preparing to throw at the bottomless pit that is Greece. The markets, needless [...]
RAINMAKING WON’T STOP PLAY AT CITY’S CHELSEA POWER SHOW May 22, 2011 TONIGHT the worlds of high finance and horticulture will collide at the most popular fixture in the City year: the Chelsea Flower Show charity gala. BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch was spotted eyeing up garden sheds at last year’s Chelsea preview, while Topshop boss Sir Philip Green – known in the City as “PG” – [...]
News Corp ups ante on BSkyB March 8, 2011 NEWS Corp chief operating officer Chase Carey upped the ante yesterday in negotiations to buy BSkyB, claiming his company has already offered a “fair price” of 700p. The BSkyB board has previously hinted it will recommend a bid of over 800p a share but the broadcaster has continued to strengthen its position since then, hitting [...]
News Corp ups ante on BSkyB March 8, 2011 NEWS Corp chief operating officer Chase Carey upped the ante yesterday in negotiations to buy BSkyB, claiming his company has already offered a “fair price” of 700p. The BSkyB board has previously hinted it will recommend a bid of over 800p a share but the broadcaster has continued to strengthen its position since then, hitting [...]
BEST OF THE BROKERS May 3, 2011 BSKYB Credit Suisse rates the media group “neutral” and has raised its target price to 870p, based on the price it believes News Corp might have to pay to secure a takeover recommendation from the board. A News Corp offer for BSkyB could come within days, the broker thinks. Credit Suisse has calculated its new [...]
Pimm’s and trifle give Royal Wedding boost to Waitrose May 2, 2011 THE extra Royal Wedding bank holiday pushed Waitrose sales up 23.1 per cent compared to last year’s Easter break, the supermarket said yesterday. Total branch sales for the week to Saturday 30 April jumped as revellers stocked up for barbecues and street parties. Popular items included trifle, with sponge sales rising 370 per cent on [...]