A disappointing bonus should be a call to action December 1, 2010 HOW did you feel when Santa failed to come for the first time? Of course, you know that Father Christmas is a fiction; you are even warned that he isn’t coming this year. But the reality that he has gone forever only really hits home when you wake up on Christmas morning and find there’s [...]
A disappointing bonus should be a call to action December 1, 2010 HOW did you feel when Santa failed to come for the first time? Of course, you know that Father Christmas is a fiction; you are even warned that he isn’t coming this year. But the reality that he has gone forever only really hits home when you wake up on Christmas morning and find there’s [...]
Standard Life results aim to justify outlay April 25, 2011 STANDARD Life’s investment strategy will be under scrutiny on Thursday when it posts first quarter results, with analysts expecting long-term savings net flows to increase by 18 per cent. Shares in the Edinburgh-based life insurer fell more than 18 per cent at the end of March following full-year results that highlighted its higher investment spending. [...]
Cameron says Brown is not the right man to lead IMF April 19, 2011 DAVID Cameron effectively ended Gordon Brown’s hopes of leading the IMF yesterday after a scathing attack on his economic record. The Prime Minister said: “It does seem to me that if you have someone who didn’t think we had a debt problem in the UK, when we self-evidently do have a debt problem, then they [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS March 23, 2011 Mayer Brown The City law firm has boosted its asset finance team with the hire of former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe European managing partner Stuart McAlpine. McAlpine focuses on cross-border asset and project finance transactions in the shipping, offshore and energy sectors. At Orrick, he spent time in the firm’s Singapore, London and Paris offices. [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS March 23, 2011 Mayer Brown The City law firm has boosted its asset finance team with the hire of former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe European managing partner Stuart McAlpine. McAlpine focuses on cross-border asset and project finance transactions in the shipping, offshore and energy sectors. At Orrick, he spent time in the firm’s Singapore, London and Paris offices. [...]
Drinks offers give a boost to Luminar October 21, 2010 NIGHTCLUB operator Luminar said first half sales fell 21 per cent though recent trading had improved. Luminar, which runs the Oceana and Liquid nightclubs, said yesterday it made a pre-tax profit of £1.8m in the first half of the year, compared to a profit of £5.2m a year earlier. Sales were also down 16.9 per [...]
Cut business tax to 18pc, says CBI April 18, 2011 CORPORATION tax should be cut to 18 per cent in order to give a much-needed boost to the UK’s global competitiveness, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) will demand today. Britain’s attractiveness plummeted between 2000 and 2010, the CBI said. The clock is ticking on the government to halt the decline and prevent businesses from [...]
IMF boss charged with sex assault May 15, 2011 ■ Bailout meeting with Angela Merkel is cancelled ■ Greek officials worry arrest could postpone rescue ■ Deputy managing director John Lipsky takes reins at IMF THERE were fears last night that crunch Eurozone bailout talks could be derailed following the arrest of the IMF chief on sex charges. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was hauled off a [...]
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