Ford primed to make England bow February 18, 2014 ENGLAND coach Stuart Lancaster has backed George Ford to handle the step up to Test level after handing the young Bath fly-half his Test debut on Saturday against Ireland. Ford, 20, was last night retained in boss Stuart Lancaster’s training party for the Six Nations showdown, meaning he is set to come off the bench [...]
Liberty Global and Vodafone eyeing up Ono January 28, 2014 LIBERTY Global is thought to be considering a bid to buy Spain’s largest cable operator, Ono, from its private equity owners – while Vodafone is thought to be at a very early stage of weighing up a bid, City A.M. understands. Investment funds Providence Equity Partners, Thomas H Lee Partners, CCMP Capital Advisors, and Quadrangle [...]
Here’s how government policy fuelled a booming black market in tobacco April 23, 2014 The illegal tobacco market continues to thrive in a country with one of the strictest tobacco control regimes in Europe, according to a report released by Japan Tobacco International (JTI). Ireland's illegal tobacco trade has grown to a point where non Irish duty paid cigarettes make up 28 per cent of the market. JTI's research [...]
Glencore enjoys surge in copper production as zinc and lead disappoint February 11, 2014 Mining giant Glencore has reported a surge in copper production of 26 per cent to 1.5m tonnes, while coal output rose four per cent in the year to 31 December. The strong performance of copper and coal helped offset weaker results from zinc and lead. Zinc output fell by nine per cent while lead suffered [...]
Like-for-likes at H&M in October hit by weak European demand November 15, 2012 HENNES & Mauritz (H&M), the Swedish fashion giant, yesterday reported a surprise drop in October sales as it suffered from weak consumer demand in crisis-hit Europe. The world’s second largest fashion retailer said like-for-like sales fell by five per cent in October, sending shares down almost three per cent yesterday. Total sales, which include new [...]
Fast forward March 12, 2014 As BBC Three makes the transition to web-only, City A.M. presents the top ten online TV shows dragging television clicking and streaming into the future. 1. House of Cards On-demand service Netflix commissioned its first online-only series last year and it’s been a runaway success, with a third series in the pipeline and a Golden [...]
Victorious Hamilton: This is my best ever car March 30, 2014 BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton hailed this year’s Mercedes as the best Formula One car he has ever driven after leading the team to their first one-two finish since 1995 at the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday. Hamilton started on pole and soon pulled away, in the end crossing the finish line more than 17 seconds ahead of [...]
Don’t fear the quantified workplace April 24, 2014 While it has shades of Big Brother, personal analytics could make your job happier and easier SELF-KNOWLEDGE is the first step towards self-improvement for the personal analytics evangelists. If you can use wearable sensors to acquire data about yourself, and then analyse your performance over tasks, you can deploy this information to change your behaviour [...]
We take the Aston Martin Vanquish to Dartmoor June 23, 2014 It’s the tail-end of dusk in Devon and silence is broken. Thundering down the twisting A382 from Exeter to Chagford, an ancient tin-mining town set on the upper reaches of southern England’s most rugged terrain, Dartmoor, the Aston Martin darts into a private road. Its V12 echoes through a dark tunnel of trees, skimming the [...]
England put on red alert for must-win Scotland Test February 6, 2014 ENGLAND rugby coach Stuart Lancaster has warned his team to beware of a Scottish backlash as they attempt to salvage hopes of winning a first Six Nations title of his reign tomorrow at Murrayfield. Lancaster, who has kept faith with the same team that slipped to a narrow loss in France last week, expects the [...]