O Canada – the LSE’s new ally brings a jolt of energy February 15, 2011 Even if you knew little about the Toronto Stock Exchange before last week, the announcement of a planned merger between the London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) and TMX Group, which runs the Toronto exchange, is almost certain to change that. If approved by shareholders and competition regulators, the all-share merger of the two exchanges will [...]
O Canada – the LSE’s new ally brings a jolt of energy February 15, 2011 Even if you knew little about the Toronto Stock Exchange before last week, the announcement of a planned merger between the London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) and TMX Group, which runs the Toronto exchange, is almost certain to change that. If approved by shareholders and competition regulators, the all-share merger of the two exchanges will [...]
An SUV with a conscience January 25, 2011 Here’s Kia’s new Sportage, an SUV crossover that confirms the massive changes that SUVs have undergone over the last five years. An ugly, boxy, polluting gas guzzler this ain’t. In fact it’s not even a 4×4 (though there is an All-Wheel-Drive version). This one is 2WD and has Kia’s all new 1.7 CRDi 114bhp diesel [...]
Don’t let your CFD provider take you for an expensive ride February 21, 2011 THE tail end of last week saw reports that the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) had upheld a barrage of complaints surrounding transaction charges on Contracts for Difference (CFD). With this in mind, what should you look out for and what should you do to keep your CFD earnings intact? Martyn Jones of the Financial Ombudsman [...]
ITV revenue surges as advertising returns November 16, 2010 ITV has seen revenues from advertisers surge by 16 per cent over the last three months. But the company, which has agreed a new three-year deal with The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, urged caution over the future. “The television advertising market has continued to recover strongly. However, this does not disguise the significant [...]
Dinner’s on Heston: Fat Duck chef makes a grand entrance to London February 28, 2011 Dinner by Heston Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LA Tel: 020 7201 3833 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: XXX LEARNING that Heston’s new restaurant was to be called Dinner, I grimaced and sneered. How pretentious! Plain old Dinner indeed – this from the man behind snail porridge and yam flakes [...]
Dinner’s on Heston: Fat Duck chef makes a grand entrance to London February 28, 2011 Dinner by Heston Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LA Tel: 020 7201 3833 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: XXX LEARNING that Heston’s new restaurant was to be called Dinner, I grimaced and sneered. How pretentious! Plain old Dinner indeed – this from the man behind snail porridge and yam flakes [...]
Crozier cool on restarting ITV dividend November 18, 2010 BROADCASTER ITV will keep considering the possibility of paying a dividend given its newly strong balance sheet, but investing in programmes is more urgent, its chief executive said yesterday. Adam Crozier, who took over in April, said ITV needed to make more of its own content and technology to profit from coming web distribution channels [...]
Crozier cool on restarting ITV dividend November 18, 2010 BROADCASTER ITV will keep considering the possibility of paying a dividend given its newly strong balance sheet, but investing in programmes is more urgent, its chief executive said yesterday. Adam Crozier, who took over in April, said ITV needed to make more of its own content and technology to profit from coming web distribution channels [...]
Amsterdam: 400 years on, and still rich in promise February 1, 2011 The Amsterdam Stock Exchange was established in 1602 by the Dutch East India Company to allow people to buy and sell its printed stocks and bonds. As such, it is considered the oldest stock exchange in the world. Things have changed a lot since then, though, and the Amsterdam exchange now forms part of NYSE [...]