Rio Tinto boss confident tax rule will be kept October 24, 2010 RIO Tinto boss Tom Albanese says he has the “utmost confidence” that Australia’s new government, led by Julia Gillard, will honour the spirit of the modified mining tax agreement it signed with Rio, BHP Billiton and Xstrata in July. The trio of big miners have become worried that under the new tax they will not [...]
Chrysalis is looking for merger deal November 1, 2010 Independent music firm Chrysalis yesterday made public its intention to find a buyer, pushing its shares up by more than 20 per cent. The company, which owns tracks by artists including Michael Jackson and David Bowie, is also considering merging its operations with a another firm. A company spokesman admitted the firm is “in early [...]
Chrysalis is looking for merger deal November 1, 2010 Independent music firm Chrysalis yesterday made public its intention to find a buyer, pushing its shares up by more than 20 per cent. The company, which owns tracks by artists including Michael Jackson and David Bowie, is also considering merging its operations with a another firm. A company spokesman admitted the firm is “in early [...]
RULE BRITANNIA… with more than a little help from the Swiss February 3, 2011 ONE of the most striking timepieces produced by a watch company in the past year hasn’t been a watch at all, but a mechanical ship’s clock. Nor was it just the advanced technology behind the clock or the £40,000 price-tag that grabbed the attention. It was the fact that every inch of it, down to [...]
Patents the smart option in mobile skirmishes October 12, 2010 IN the past few days Motorola has announced that it is suing Apple under several of its smartphone patents. Normally, a clash of such technology titans might raise eyebrows, but not in this market, and not now. In recent months there has been a spate of patent lawsuits between the big players, which was kicked [...]
Now is the perfect time to capture a castle November 25, 2010 WE may not all be able to bag our very own Prince William, but that doesn’t mean living like a king or queen need be out of the question. Knight Frank has reported a spate of castles on the market in Scotland, with six currently for sale. (Scotland is castle central because of the warring [...]
EuroDisney set to carry on investing October 10, 2010 EURODISNEY has defended its decision to keep pouring cash into expanding its theme park business despite a £1.7bn debt pile. Chief executive Philippe Gas said the group’s strategy of continuing to develop the parks near Paris was sensible despite rising losses. EuroDisney has in the past been criticised for pressing ahead with its Studios Park in [...]
Heritage hotel October 7, 2010 NOTHING speaks more of classic British glamour than the Savoy Hotel, which reopens this weekend after three years’ closure and a £220m refurbishment. Founded on the Strand by opera impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte in 1889, it was the country’s first truly luxury hotel, and attracted the glitz and style to match. In the first half [...]
True Class December 7, 2010 PROBABLY like most men, my first encounter with Aston Martin was through James Bond. That image of Sean Connery looking ineffably sharp in his Sixties suit, leaning casually on 007’s DB5 – hands in suit pockets, half-smiling expression of supreme assurance – remains the quintessential embodiment of the “women want him, men want to be [...]
True Class December 7, 2010 PROBABLY like most men, my first encounter with Aston Martin was through James Bond. That image of Sean Connery looking ineffably sharp in his Sixties suit, leaning casually on 007’s DB5 – hands in suit pockets, half-smiling expression of supreme assurance – remains the quintessential embodiment of the “women want him, men want to be [...]