Apple’s chip maker Arm’s share price has dropped, despite upping its dividend by 25 per cent July 22, 2015 Apple's chip maker Arm Holdings's share price dipped this morning, despite upping its interim dividend 25 per cent after being buoyed by yet another strong quarter. The figures: Group revenues for the second quarter were up 15 per cent year-on-year in dollar terms, or 22 per cent in sterling. Most of that came from [...]
Low commodity prices hit Edge Resources revenue September 2, 2015 REVENUE at Aim-listed Edge Resources more than halved in the three months to 30 June, compared to the same period of last year. The oil firm’s sales, net royalties, were down to CA$1.3m (£640,000) from $2.8m in the first three months of 2014. The company also recorded a loss of CA$800,000 for the period, against [...]
Top theatre picks this week: A Christmas Carol, Macbeth and You For Me For You December 11, 2015 A Christmas Carol, Noel Coward Theatre ★★★★☆ If pantomime’s a bit too shouty and daft for your tastes but you’re still in the market for something festive, this flamboyant production of A Christmas Carol ticks all the right boxes. Jim Broadbent plays miser Ebenezer Scrooge with a twinkle in his eye and a skip in [...]
Queen could have racked up £1bn rent during her 63-year reign September 8, 2015 The Queen would have forked out over £1bn had she had paid rent on Buckingham Palace and her other six properties during her 63 year and seven month reign. As Queen Elizabeth II becomes the UK’s longest serving monarch, lettings agent Rentify has crunched the figures to see how much she might have paid had [...]
Best of the Brokers for 17 July 2015 July 16, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com ARM HOLDINGS Numis reiterated its “buy” recommendation on the chip maker and said that despite some “significant market share swings” which are causing some supply chain data points to look weak, it believes the group’s royalty growth prospects are “strong in the near [...]
Skiing in Val d’Isere: How to look good on the slopes next to former Olympian Alain Baxter December 14, 2015 Everyone wants to look good when they’re skiing. From Armani-clad oligarchs lounging on the mountain restaurant terraces to the teenagers with GoPro cameras and a selfie stick, the goal is to look like you know what you’re doing. One way to achieve this appearance is to don a lycra ski-racing suit and a numbered racing [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015 will showcase sport’s booming licensing opportunities for brands September 18, 2015 The culmination of months of sporting excitement aside, there are plenty of business reasons we should be happy about the arrival of the Rugby World Cup in our back garden. One of them is the opportunity within the licensing industry. The licensing industry is booming –the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association’s recent Annual Global [...]
Taylor Swift confirms album 1989 will be on Apple Music June 25, 2015 Taylor Swift has announced that her album "1989" is going to be available on Apple's new Apple Music service. The popstar had a high-profile battle with the Silicon Valley giant to get it to pay artists during the product's three-month trial period, when the streaming service will be offered for free. She won – and Apple [...]
Spotify reveals user numbers after Apple Music launch as TeliaSonera funding pushes valuation to $8bn June 10, 2015 Spotify has revealed the number of users it has, just days after the launch of a rival music streaming service by Apple dubbed a "Spotify killer". The service which made music streaming popular now counts 75m active users – growth of 88 per cent since May last year – while the number of subscribers has [...]
Apple Music attracts 11m subscribers in first month, closing in on music-streaming rival Spotify August 6, 2015 Apple has attracted 11m users to Apple Music, its music-streaming service currently in free trial stage. The company revealed the first public figures in an interview with USA Today, as Eddy Cue, senior vice president of internet software and services, commented: We’re thrilled with the numbers so far. Apple Music launched on 30 June and [...]