WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 1, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES Nationalising RBS on the table Senior government figures are discussing the possibility of fully nationalising Royal Bank of Scotland amid mounting frustration at banks’ failure to lend to British businesses. Cabinet ministers are having conversations about whether to spend around £5bn buying up the 18 per cent of the bank the government does [...]
McDonald’s profits rise October 21, 2011 McDonald’s third quarter profits have risen nine per cent as cheaper ranges have helped to boost sales. The US fast food giant made a net profit of $1.5bn (£942m) in the three months to 30 September, up from $1.4bn a year earlier. Its revenues for the quarter rose 13.8 per cent to $7.2bn, while sales [...]
McDonald’s profits rise October 21, 2011 McDonald’s third quarter profits have risen nine per cent as cheaper ranges have helped to boost sales. The US fast food giant made a net profit of $1.5bn (£942m) in the three months to 30 September, up from $1.4bn a year earlier. Its revenues for the quarter rose 13.8 per cent to $7.2bn, while sales [...]
OLYMPIC MEDIA BUZZ LONDON 2012 PARTNERS July 8, 2012 IN ASSOCIATION with Repskan.com, City A.M. is measuring the relative Olympic media buzz around the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games partners, week by week. The leaderboard, right, reflects their ranking over the past week, in this case from Wednesday 27 June to Wednesday 4 July. Coca-Cola has maintained its high position in the rankings, [...]
Wall St almost flat as volumes remain down August 8, 2012 THE Standard & Poor’s 500 just barely extended a streak of gains to a fourth day yesterday, ending above 1,400 in another thinly traded session. Expectations for stimulus from the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve triggered the recent gains, but investors found little reason to keep pushing stocks higher after driving the [...]
OLYMPIC MEDIA BUZZ LONDON 2012 PARTNERS July 1, 2012 IN ASSOCIATION with Repskan.com, City A.M. is measuring the relative Olympic media buzz around the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games partners, week by week. The leaderboard, right, reflects their ranking over the past week, in this case from Wednesday 20 June to Wednesday 27 June. The big media story of the week for sponsors [...]
MCDONALD’S REVENUES BOOSTED BY SALAD November 8, 2011 MCDONALD’S, the world’s largest restaurant chain, reported yesterday a 5.5 per cent rise worldwide as it continues to outperform its competitors. Revenue at stores open at least 13 months rose 4.8 per cent in Europe and 5.2 per cent in the US, beating analysts’ expectations. Sales in the US were helped by its Monopoly game [...]
Companies can weather the online impact of a Twitter storm May 8, 2012 HOW much do Twitter storms affect brands? Looking at data on two brands from YouGov SoMA, the first social media audience measurement tool, reveals some extremely interesting findings. SoMA measures how many and what sort of people are hearing messages about brands on social media. The first example is Goldman Sachs, which follows the pattern [...]
OLYMPIC MEDIA BUZZ LONDON 2012 PARTNERS April 15, 2012 IN ASSOCIATION with Repskan.com, City A.M. is measuring the relative Olympic media buzz around the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games partners, week by week. The leaderboard, right, reflects their ranking over the past week, in this case from Wednesday 4 March to Wednesday 11 April. McDonald’s has leapt up the rankings this week, with [...]
Burger King plans to go public again April 4, 2012 Hamburger chain Burger King said it plans go public through a deal with a London-listed investment firm, less than two years after it agreed to be taken private by private equity group 3G Capital Management. The quick sale highlights a profit improvement at Burger King’ Worldwide Holdings Inc, which operates more than 12,000 mainly franchise [...]