Big City Climb a good excuse to get super fit July 25, 2011 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT NEED a new fitness goal? Whether you’re trying to banish your summer barbecue belly, or getting in early for your Christmas LBD, we might have just the fitness event for you… The Lord Mayor’s Appeal is after “daredevil contenders” to take part in a unique climbing event this autumn when participants [...]
Microsoft Xbox Kinect proving Christmas hit December 7, 2010 THE Microsoft XBox Kinect is “flying off the shelves” according to Tesco. In its quarterly figures yesterday the retailer picked out the product as the one that is driving sales outside its more traditional groceries. The company said the gaming system, which responds to body movements to allow the player to play virtual games, is [...]
CHARLES STANLEY HIT FOR SIX IN HUMBLING CRICKETING DEFEAT August 21, 2011 BATTERED egos at Charles Stanley, which is still recovering from its painful cricketing defeat at the hands of Ignis Asset Management in the final of the Stockbrokers Cup. “Cricket can be a great leveller,” said Charles Stanley’s “gutted” captain Ed Clark, who brought his team to the match as the undefeated champions for the past [...]
Emerging markets can give us all Christmas cheer December 19, 2010 WITH temperatures dropping to -15C and snow making it impossible to get to shops to fill those all important stockings, it’s hard to partake in this year’s Christmas cheer. It’s even harder to be jolly after a year that promised the beginnings of great things, which never came. But hope is the mantra for the [...]
Emerging markets can give us all Christmas cheer December 19, 2010 WITH temperatures dropping to -15C and snow making it impossible to get to shops to fill those all important stockings, it’s hard to partake in this year’s Christmas cheer. It’s even harder to be jolly after a year that promised the beginnings of great things, which never came. But hope is the mantra for the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 11, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES JPMORGAN CHIEF SAYS BANK RULES ‘ANTI-US’ New international bank capital rules are “anti-American” and the US should consider pulling out of the Basel group of global regulators, Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, has said. In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Dimon said he was supportive of forcing banks to [...]
Matalan posts slump in growth after refinancing July 5, 2011 FASHION retailer Matalan saw profits slump 11 per cent in the year to February while revenues fell 0.7 per cent, its accounts showed yesterday. Privately-owned Matalan said gross profit fell to £186.3m from £209.8m over the past year despite it slashing its costs by 20 per cent to £65.8m, its full accounts filed at Companies [...]
Matalan posts slump in growth after refinancing July 5, 2011 FASHION retailer Matalan saw profits slump 11 per cent in the year to February while revenues fell 0.7 per cent, its accounts showed yesterday. Privately-owned Matalan said gross profit fell to £186.3m from £209.8m over the past year despite it slashing its costs by 20 per cent to £65.8m, its full accounts filed at Companies [...]
2010’s Christmas book round-up December 1, 2010 BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS CRISIS ECONOMICS BY NOURIEL ROUBINI WITH STEPEHN MIHM Pengiuin, £25 More than just another me-too account of the crisis, Nouriel Roubini – often called Dr Doom for his Cassandra-like prophecies – gives a compelling account of the 2008 meltdown. He provides the lay reader with succinct and clearly written explanations of the [...]
Retailers facing ill wind as weather threatens to scupper Christmas sales December 16, 2010 THE headache for retailers caused by the cold snap may get worse as a forecast return to freezing conditions threatens to keep shoppers away in the crucial run-up to Christmas. Weather experts predict a return of icy conditions this week following a brief thaw, which could force consumers to postpone festive purchases and retailers could [...]