Tag Heuer to ponder next Woods’ move December 14, 2009 SWISS watchmaker Tag Heuer last night insisted they are yet to decide on whether or not to turn their back on troubled Tiger Woods. Management consultants Accenture pulled the plug on their sponsorship deal with Woods on Sunday after the world No1 confessed he had been unfaithful to his wife Elin. The firm insisted the [...]
Accenture website drops Woods December 13, 2009 Consultants Accenture, the group which based its marketing around Tiger Woods, has pulled the golfer from its website, it said yesterday, while Gillette maker Procter & Gamble said it would phase him out of adverts. The two are the latest companies to reevaluate their contracts with Woods following revelations about his private life. Pepsi has [...]
Investors cheer as Britvic profits fizz November 25, 2009 SOFT drinks firm Britvic yesterday reported a better than expected 23 per cent rise in full-year profits, helped by market share gains and price rises, and said trade in its new fiscal year had started well. The producer and licensed bottler of drinks under brands including Robinsons, Tango, J2O, Pepsi and 7Up, posted a pre-tax [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 14, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES INVESTORS IN MADOFF SCHEME SUE SECTwo investors who lost more than $2.4m in the Bernard Madoff “Ponzi” scheme have filed suit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission, claiming that the government agency responsible for protecting investors was negligent in its oversight of Madoff’s operations. CHINA AND KENYA IN KEY INFRASTRUCTURE TALKSKenya’s government [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 14, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMES INVESTORS IN MADOFF SCHEME SUE SECTwo investors who lost more than $2.4m in the Bernard Madoff “Ponzi” scheme have filed suit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission, claiming that the government agency responsible for protecting investors was negligent in its oversight of Madoff’s operations. CHINA AND KENYA IN KEY INFRASTRUCTURE TALKSKenya’s government [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 8, 2009 FINANCIAL TIMESCME HEAD BACKS DERIVATIVES REFORMA powerful exchange chief has brushed aside concerns in the US and Europe over the regulation of over-the-counter derivatives, in comments likely to bolster support for the proposed reforms. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are insisting that most OTC derivatives be shifted onto formal exchanges and processed through [...]
Pepsi bottling profit fizzes October 6, 2009 Pepsi Bottling Group reported a slightly-better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday, but revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates, hurt by lower volume in the United States, Canada and Europe. Pepsi Bottling said net income rose to $254m (£160m), or $1.14 per share, in the third quarter, from $231m, or $1.06 per share, a year earlier. Net [...]
CITY CELEBRATES TOP 50 LADIES IN BUSINESS October 1, 2009 TO Borough Market last night for the launch of the FT Top Fifty Women in World Business, held in the sumptuous surroundings of Roast restaurant. Not many of the illustrious ladies made it to sample the corking canapés, mind, since most – including PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi, the top-ranked world businesswoman, and Kraft boss Irene Rosenfeld, [...]
CITY CELEBRATES TOP 50 LADIES IN BUSINESS October 1, 2009 TO Borough Market last night for the launch of the FT Top Fifty Women in World Business, held in the sumptuous surroundings of Roast restaurant. Not many of the illustrious ladies made it to sample the corking canapés, mind, since most – including PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi, the top-ranked world businesswoman, and Kraft boss Irene Rosenfeld, [...]
Northern Foods finance director in shock departure September 21, 2009 FOX biscuits maker Northern Foods yesterday stunned the City when it said its finance director Andrew Booker would stand down in December, just under a year after joining the company. The group, which also makes Goodfella’s pizzas, said Booker will be replaced by Simon Herrick, a former finance director from electricals firm Kesa. Herrick last [...]