Banks drag FTSE down as UniCredit prices at discount January 4, 2012 CONCERNS over the Eurozone sent Britain’s top shares into reverse yesterday after the previous session’s sharp gains, as Italian lender UniCredit priced a rights issue at a huge discount, and a German bond auction failed to excite. The FTSE 100 fell 31.46 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 5,668.45, albeit in light volume, at 79 [...]
Why global Olympic sponsorship is a sustainable investment for GE April 17, 2012 COUNTDOWN TO THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES Q What was your brand’s primary reason for being involved with the Games? A We became an Olympic sponsor before I became chief executive in the UK, and that was a decision made at head office level. The first Games where GE was a worldwide partner was the [...]
Why global Olympic sponsorship is a sustainable investment for GE April 17, 2012 COUNTDOWN TO THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES Q What was your brand’s primary reason for being involved with the Games? A We became an Olympic sponsor before I became chief executive in the UK, and that was a decision made at head office level. The first Games where GE was a worldwide partner was the [...]
Who’s bad? Tyson answers your questions April 19, 2012 IF you find the world of finance a little dog-eat-dog, who better to get some advice from than the one-time Baddest Man on the Planet, Mike Tyson? Iron Mike, the former undisputed world heavyweight champion turned Hollywood actor, will share his singular wisdom at the May Fair Hotel tomorrow night – and City A.M. has [...]
REACH for the SKIES February 16, 2012 THE meaning of value is hard to pin down. You’ve got perceived value versus actual value, for starters, and then the problem that one man’s tripe is another man’s caviar. One of the few things we can all agree on though, is that there is value in usefulness. Usefulness is reassuringly tangible. A car is [...]
FTSE falls on grim manufacturing data December 1, 2011 Investors’ sentiment dampened in London in early trading as negative factory figures from China put the brakes on yesterday’s market rises. The gains were fuelled by central banks moving to stimulate credit. China’s factory sector shrank in November for the first time in three years in the face of weakening demand both at home and [...]
THE TIPSTER November 27, 2011 MARKETS rarely go up or down in a straight line and why should the FTSE be an exception? Ten straight days of negative closes has left the FTSE 100 looking pretty oversold. Although sovereign debt concerns still hang over the market like a dark shadow, equities could experience a sharp pull back in coming days. [...]
Robertson joins the board of Hargreaves Lansdown October 3, 2011 INVESTMENT adviser Hargreaves Lansdown yesterday announced that British Retail Consortium (BRC) director general Stephen Robertson would be joining as a non-executive director. Robertson’s career has spanned 14 years on the boards of major UK retailers, including previous management roles with Mars, Unilever and Alberto-Culver. He also served for seven years as marketing director at B&Q [...]
CITY SNAPS UP FLATS IN DELAUNAY NEIGHBOUR December 6, 2011 NO PRIZES for guessing who was first through the doors of The Delaunay: restaurant reviewer AA Gill, who was yesterday spotted having breakfast with the new brasserie’s co-owner Jeremy King. Of course, Gill was followed closely by The Capitalist, who caught up with King as he studied the architects’ plans for his next opening Brasserie [...]
CITY SNAPS UP FLATS IN DELAUNAY NEIGHBOUR December 6, 2011 NO PRIZES for guessing who was first through the doors of The Delaunay: restaurant reviewer AA Gill, who was yesterday spotted having breakfast with the new brasserie’s co-owner Jeremy King. Of course, Gill was followed closely by The Capitalist, who caught up with King as he studied the architects’ plans for his next opening Brasserie [...]