The Bank of England should follow Dr Seuss’ example and publish simpler reports October 4, 2016 The Bank of England (BoE) needs to simplify its speeches and reports, a researcher at the institution has said – and he pointed to beloved childrens' author Dr Seuss as the perfect example for the Bank to follow. People writing in the financial industry put too many long words in long sentences, according to Jonathan Fullwood, from [...]
Lindt wins sweet justice in trademark battle with Haribo September 23, 2015 Swiss chocolate-maker Lindt & Spruengli has defeated a legal challenge from gummy bear maker Haribo, which had wanted to stop it making the gold chocolate bears. Haribo said the Swiss chocolatier's gold foil-clad, red-bowed chocolate bears violated its "gold bear" logo, which can be found on the packets of the brightly coloured fruit gum sweets. But the German [...]
End of an era: Blackberry will no longer make its own phones September 28, 2016 The once high-flying Blackberry has come crashing to the end of production of its own phones, saying it will outsource making any hardware to other companies. The struggling phone maker will instead focus on its software and services after failing to keep up with the rise of Apple and touch screen smartphones. The Canadian firm which [...]
Lego sales growth slows in the first half – but everything is still, um, fine September 6, 2016 Lego has enjoyed stellar success in recent years – but this morning it reported lower growth for the first half of the year. The figures In a statement this morning, the company said revenues increased 11 per cent to 15.69bn Danish kroner (£1.76bn) in the first six months of the year, up from 14.14bn kroner during the same period last year. [...]
War Dogs review: This true story of a pair of Miami tweens turned international arms dealers lacks bite August 25, 2016 A bro-comedy based on the true story of a couple of stoners who sold guns to the US government, War Dogs casts Jonah Hill (from lots of things) and Miles Teller (from the film where he can hit a drum really quickly) as the two plucky young Miami dweeblings turned arms dealers to the Pentagon. [...]
Anthony Martial’s Manchester United squad number dispute demonstrates why footballers still need clearer social media guidance July 30, 2016 Athletes making headlines via social media has become something of a regular occurrence these days. Recently Anthony Martial found himself the subject of countless articles and Tweets after unfollowing the official Manchester United account on Twitter in apparent protest at being stripped of the No9 shirt — handed to new arrival Zlatan Ibrahimovic — and given [...]
Fast food giant McDonald’s shrugs off Brexit vote and pledges to create 5,000 new UK jobs by the end of next year July 27, 2016 McDonald's has announced plans to create more than 5,000 new jobs in the UK by the end of next year. The move marks a major investment by the global fast food chain in the wake of last month's Brexit vote. It will build on the 8,000 jobs the company announced in 2014, McDonald's said today as it opened [...]
Cronut craze: I queued for two hours for a £4 pastry and this is what I learned September 30, 2016 In 2013, Dominique Ansel’s New York bakery started selling a croissant-doughnut hybrid, which he called the Cronut. Nine days later, he’d registered the pastry’s name and crowds of people were queueing around the block to try the odd new delicacy. Now the super-baker has brought his brand, and his Cronuts, to London. The store opened [...]
Tinder sues threesome-app rival 3nder for stealing its thunder May 23, 2016 Dating app Tinder, which is in no mood of being tender with rivals, has launched a legal battle against threesome-app 3nder alleging trademark infringement. Tinder, which is owned by online dating behemoth Match, wants its smaller competitor to shut down over the similarity in name. 3nder hit back at Tinder through Tinder Sucks My Socks, [...]
Sales of McDonald’s all-day breakfast menu could be on the slide as US same-store sales slip July 26, 2016 Shares in global fast food giant McDonald's have slipped by more than three per cent in the pre-market today as investors fear the all-day breakfast boost may coming to an end. McDonald's posted earnings of $1.25 per share on sales down by four per cent to $6.26bn (£4.7bn), falling short of a Thomson Reuters analyst poll that expected earnings of [...]