HP poaching row shows limits of employment law September 14, 2010 THE business world continues to monitor with interest what appears to be a growing rift between technology giants Oracle and Hewlett Packard (HP), competitors who have until recently enjoyed a relationship of cooperation and collaboration. The apparent animosity arises out of Oracle’s decision to appoint to its board former HP CEO, Mark Hurd, only a [...]
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Rail worker strike talks resume April 12, 2010 Network Rail and the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union have resumed talks to resolve disputes between rail maintenance workers and management. Strikes were called off last week after an emergency High Court injunction was granted to Network Rail following a legal challenge to the union’s ballot. RMT’s officials will also meet this week to [...]
Vantis shares suspended as crisis deepens June 14, 2010 VANTIS, the troubled accountancy outfit, is preparing a fire sale of its assets unless it can find an investor with a “wad of cash” to help pay down its £54m debt pile. The Aim-listed firm tumbled deeper into crisis yesterday when its shares were suspended due to doubts over its ability to continue operating. In [...]
FTSE 100 hits six-month high on US and European results October 21, 2010 Britain’s leading shares surged to a six-month closing high yesterday, led by miners, as UK investors were buoyed by strong earnings in the US and Europe, but TUI Travel fell after reporting accounting errors. Europe’s largest travel firm TUI Travel slumped more than 11 per cent after it revealed its finance chief would quit and [...]
FTSE 100 hits six-month high on US and European results October 21, 2010 Britain’s leading shares surged to a six-month closing high yesterday, led by miners, as UK investors were buoyed by strong earnings in the US and Europe, but TUI Travel fell after reporting accounting errors. Europe’s largest travel firm TUI Travel slumped more than 11 per cent after it revealed its finance chief would quit and [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 23, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES NISSAN’S GHOSN TOPS JAPAN PAY LEAGUE Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn has taken top spot on a list of Japan’s best-paid executives after the carmaker revealed it paid its Brazil-born chief executive Y890m ($9.9m) last year. Nissan and other quoted Japanese companies are being forced to report the compensation of individual executives for the first [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 23, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES NISSAN’S GHOSN TOPS JAPAN PAY LEAGUE Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn has taken top spot on a list of Japan’s best-paid executives after the carmaker revealed it paid its Brazil-born chief executive Y890m ($9.9m) last year. Nissan and other quoted Japanese companies are being forced to report the compensation of individual executives for the first [...]
OUT OF OFFICE October 13, 2010 DATING COMEDY NERVE’S LONDON PREMIERE Nerve, a comedy about love and dating, has already earned plaudits in New York. In London it will hit a nerve, too, with the story of an online dating rookie whose date has had far too much experience. Together they explore their fears and expectations, their past and their vulnerabilities. [...]
NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS CELEBRATE VERY BEST OF BRITISH November 9, 2010 “CELEBRATING” the Best of British was how Prime Minister David Cameron described the National Business Awards last night, speaking via a video link recorded before his trip to China this week. And a fine celebration the ceremony was too, honouring companies of all sectors and sizes across the UK economy, from niche tiddlers such as [...]