WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 9, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES RBS TO PRESS ON WITH BONUSES Royal Bank of Scotland is determined to press ahead with plans to pay out promised bonuses to investment bank boss John Hourican and other top staff, despite growing rhetoric from the government about excessive pay. RBS, which is 83 per cent owned by taxpayers, has long been [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 9, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES RBS TO PRESS ON WITH BONUSES Royal Bank of Scotland is determined to press ahead with plans to pay out promised bonuses to investment bank boss John Hourican and other top staff, despite growing rhetoric from the government about excessive pay. RBS, which is 83 per cent owned by taxpayers, has long been [...]
Bovis maintains house sales but says market is still tough November 8, 2010 HOUSEBUILDER Bovis said yesterday its sales rate rose 14 per cent in the last four months compared to a year ago, and that it expects to see further growth at the start of 2011. The group has sold 1,900 homes in the year so far, around 1,600 of which were private homes and the rest [...]
Bovis maintains house sales but says market is still tough November 8, 2010 HOUSEBUILDER Bovis said yesterday its sales rate rose 14 per cent in the last four months compared to a year ago, and that it expects to see further growth at the start of 2011. The group has sold 1,900 homes in the year so far, around 1,600 of which were private homes and the rest [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 19, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES LOBBYISTS’ REGISTER UNVEILED Proposals to force all lobbyists to join a compulsory register will be set out on Friday as the government moves to toughen the regime for the industry. Launching a consultation on the sector’s governance, ministers will also take views on opening up the register to include other groups that seek [...]
House prices fall again in weak market December 6, 2011 HOUSE prices fell in November, reversing October’s gain as the market remained unpredictably choppy, Halifax announced yesterday. The bank’s monthly house price index showed a fall of 0.9 per cent in the month, taking the annual fall to one per cent and the quarterly decline to 0.6 per cent. The fall compares with a 1.2 [...]
Art, history and pampering in New England’s capital February 12, 2012 Boston: the genteel city of academia, tea parties, clam chowder, Matt Damon, and for me at least, electric eels. I had come to Boston on a long weekend – a bit of sales shopping, sight-seeing and relaxing in this history-steeped city. Yet also to confirm something that had been a bit of a mystery for [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 12, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES SFO TARGETS CRIMINAL COMPANY DIVIDENDS The UK’s fraud investigator intends to confiscate shareholder dividends paid by companies convicted of criminal offences, after it won approval for a landmark court action. The Serious Fraud Office won a civil recovery order yesterday against the principal shareholder of a company that had admitted corruption. GROUPAMA TO [...]
US house sales surge in September as prices fall October 25, 2010 HOUSE sales in the US soared 10 per cent in September as buyers capitalised on low prices and a rising number of foreclosures, figures released yesterday showed. Sales jumped by 4.53m from August to September the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said. Despite the recover, sales remained almost 20 per cent lower than a year [...]
Bidders eye up Deutsche’s arms for sale January 5, 2012 BIDDERS for much of the asset management arm of Deutsche Bank are set to make initial offers by the end of this week. They will make indicative bids – which are not binding – giving Germany’s flagship lender a chance to consider the level of interest and the cash on the table. The bank, which declined [...]