TOP LAWYERS CALL FOR QUOTAS TO BOOST WOMEN IN THE BOARDROOM March 13, 2011 SOME of the UK’s most high-powered female lawyers convened at the Southbank Centre on Saturday afternoon to debate the “chronic inequality” at City law firms. The panel, chaired by Denise Jagger from legal practice Eversheds, which organised the event, contained some of the most high-powered women in the industry (pictured right), including Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, deputy [...]
The new front in the mobile phone wars August 15, 2011 THE future for companies like Nokia and Motorola, once the great pioneers of the mobile phone industry, has been bleak for some time. The likes of Apple and RIM have eaten away at their share of the high-end smartphone market for several years now, while cheaper Asian manufacturers will soon do the same in the [...]
Prepare for magic Murray to make history June 30, 2011 Today – From 1pm, BBC FOR the second consecutive Grand Slam tournament, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray meet at the penultimate stage. But, while the Spaniard had the upper hand on the clay courts of Roland Garros, winning their French Open meeting 3-0, we can expect a much closer contest on the grass of SW19’s [...]
TNK-BP moves to block $1.8bn share payout January 30, 2011 RUSSIAN shareholders in TNK-BP have called an extraordinary board meeting to discuss cancelling a $1.8bn (£1.1bn) dividend payment, half of which would have gone to British partner BP. The latest twist in the feud between BP and the Russian shareholders in the joint venture comes after BP said it had offered its partners in TNK-BP an [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS February 24, 2011 SRL Global The technology investment platform has made a new appointment by hiring Robin Ellison as a new member of its executive advisory board. In this role, he will primarily focus on strengthening SRL Global’s position in the pension fund market. Ellison previously served as chairman of The National Association of Pensions Funds (NAPF). In his [...]
City Airport wins battle for flights January 20, 2011 LONDON CITY Airport has won a High Court decision that will allow it to increase the number of flights it operates by up to 50 per cent. Local residents were fighting to overturn a 2008 decision by Newham Council to allow the expansion, citing noise and pollution levels in their bid to halt the new [...]
Rugby host is also property heaven September 8, 2011 WITH the seventh rugby world cup kicking off today (our time) in Auckland, millions of eyes are turned to Kiwi-land. Thousands of fans have physically landed in New Zealand, too, to soak up the experience first-hand, one that promises to be a jamboree of sun, sea and beer as the southern hemisphere’s spring rolls into [...]
LulzSec suspect is charged over corporate hacks June 22, 2011 POLICE yesterday charged 19-year-old Ryan Cleary with a string of computer related offences after a joint swoop by Scotland Yard and the FBI. He is suspected of having ties with the LulzSec hacking collective, which has targeted high-profile websites including Sony, Nintendo, the IMF, the CIA and, on the day Cleary was arrested, the London-based [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 28, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BHP BILLITON DIGS IN AGAINST STRIKING MINERS BHP Billiton has declared force majeure on exports from the world’s biggest copper mine, as a mineworkers’ strike entered its eighth day. The strike at BHP’s Escondida mine in Chile, which supplied 7 per cent of the world’s copper last year, comes in a month of [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 28, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BHP BILLITON DIGS IN AGAINST STRIKING MINERS BHP Billiton has declared force majeure on exports from the world’s biggest copper mine, as a mineworkers’ strike entered its eighth day. The strike at BHP’s Escondida mine in Chile, which supplied 7 per cent of the world’s copper last year, comes in a month of [...]