Bottom Line: A merger of egos could be difficult to seal February 24, 2014 AS THE world’s telecoms bigwigs gathered in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress yesterday, something was afoot much closer to home. Forced to reveal much earlier than planned that they were in “very preliminary” talks over a potential merger, Carphone Warehouse and Dixons quickly became the FTSE 250 darlings – climbing almost nine and seven per cent respectively. [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 09 April 2014 April 8, 2014 FINANCIAL TIMES Heartbleed bug threatens web A flaw has been discovered in a encryption method used on about two-thirds of all websites, including Google, Amazon, Yahoo and Dropbox, potentially exposing web traffic, user data and stored content to cyber criminals. The heartbleed bug was found in the OpenSSL software by a team of security engineers [...]
CNBC Comment: Alibaba float splits investor opinion March 24, 2014 FROM advisers to potential investors, many are salivating over the forthcoming Alibaba listing stateside. Investors who dabbled in Facebook and Twitter will now have access to the champion of Chinese internet players, where e-commerce is booming. According to China Internet Network Information Center, China ended 2013 with 618m internet users, 500m of which were mobile [...]
New interim CEO for Domino’s as Batchelor leaves early January 31, 2014 Domino's Pizza Group has announced that David Wild, currently the senior non-executive director of the Company, will be appointed as interim chief executive with immediate effect. He will act in an executive capacity for a temporary period until two months after a new chief executive is appointed. Stephen Hemsley, non-executive chairman, commented: I am delighted [...]
Toys for big kids December 3, 2013 For the man who is still a child at heart London Underground Monopoly £29.99 ltmuseumshop.co.uk Vespa 946: Ricordo Italiano £7,740 vespa.com Battroborg fighting robots From £26, arena set £54.99 amazon.co.uk Robot Nutcracker £28 sciencemuseumshop.co.uk Marvel Now! Omnibus £46.50 amazon.co.uk
Hope for drone-based delivery service in the UK where 143 UAV licenses have been issued December 2, 2013 While Amazon's drone-based Prime Air delivery service is held up by FAA rules in the US – 143 licenses for drones have been already been grantsd in the UK. With licenses granted for vehicles weighing below 7kg, 7-20kg, and over 20kg, drones could one day replace the traditional postie. As City A.M.'s managing editor Marc [...]
Hate meetings? There are solutions April 22, 2014 You can’t escape the corporate meeting boom, but you can stop wasting so much time OVER a third start late, we lose the equivalent of 31 hours a month each because they’re unproductive, and many people hate them anyway. Meetings are the bête noire of corporate life and, according to one survey, 39 per cent [...]
The super-duper Uber app April 30, 2014 Alex Dymoke on the minicab app that helped Londoners through the strikes THIS is my second day on Uber. I went for my test day and they said I was ready to start right away,” Omar my minicab driver tells me excitedly. He is polite and chatty, reminiscing about the days before sat-nav and waxing [...]
Dish of the Day: Sabrina Ghayour’s lamb biryani June 10, 2014 Picture: Liz & Max Haarala Hamilton PERSIAN food is much lighter than people expect and it’s the least spiced food in the Middle East. It uses an abundance of fresh herbs, lemons, tomatoes and molasses and we tend to eat a lot of lamb, chicken and fish. It’s a really good place to start if you [...]
Dish of the Day: Sabrina Ghayour’s lamb biryani June 10, 2014 Picture: Liz & Max Haarala Hamilton PERSIAN food is much lighter than people expect and it’s the least spiced food in the Middle East. It uses an abundance of fresh herbs, lemons, tomatoes and molasses and we tend to [...]