It’s time for a free speech revolution May 23, 2011 THERE is something beautiful about the First Amendment to the US Constitution. For those of you who need reminding, here it is: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 22, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BA CABIN CREW VOTE FOR PEACE DEAL British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly to accept a peace deal, ending 18 months of conflict in one of the most bitter recent industrial disputes. Unite said members voted 92 per cent in favour of what it described as an “honourable settlement’’, with eight per [...]
The big picture: London property July 10, 2011 Office Space IT’S a game of two halves for central London’s commercial property market: an early trip to the showers for the office sector, while the retail sector is playing into extra time. Across London’s core office pitches, from the financial zones of Canary Wharf and the City, to the media and head office blocks [...]
Traders analyse #Twitter to predict market movements May 22, 2011 LAST week, Derwent Capital Markets launched the world’s first social-media-based hedge fund. The $40m fund will use Twitter to guide its investments, monitoring a selection of tweets to gauge market sentiment before making trades. Spread betters hearing this news will be pricking up their ears and thinking about how this could be applied to their [...]
Traders analyse #Twitter to predict market movements May 22, 2011 LAST week, Derwent Capital Markets launched the world’s first social-media-based hedge fund. The $40m fund will use Twitter to guide its investments, monitoring a selection of tweets to gauge market sentiment before making trades. Spread betters hearing this news will be pricking up their ears and thinking about how this could be applied to their [...]
Jeremy Hunt defends role in clearing News Corp bid March 13, 2011 JEREMY Hunt, the culture secretary, was yesterday forced to defend his role in News Corp’s bid for BSkyB, after an alliance of media companies accused him of acting in an “unprecedented manner”. The alliance, which is made up of BSkyB and News Corp rivals like BT and the Telegraph Media Group, said the culture secretary was wrong [...]
Minerva gets £194m cash takeover bid May 26, 2011 TROUBLED property developer Minerva yesterday confirmed it has received a preliminary cash offer valuing it at £194m. The bid for the Walbrook developer is from a consortium of firms led by Jamie Ritblat’s Delancey Real Estate Asset Management. One Minerva investor told City A.M. the bid is “an interesting offer”, saying: “Something has to happen [...]
Rewarding deductions at Baker Street June 15, 2011 FROM their offices in Baker Street, Richard Hallett and his colleagues at Hargreave Hale are successfully detecting the right companies to bring in considerable returns. Alongside Giles Hargreave, Hallett manages the Marlborough Leading Companies fund. Although he is concerned about the macroeconomic outlook – particularly in Europe – he sees plenty of companies that offer [...]
Rewarding deductions at Baker Street June 15, 2011 FROM their offices in Baker Street, Richard Hallett and his colleagues at Hargreave Hale are successfully detecting the right companies to bring in considerable returns. Alongside Giles Hargreave, Hallett manages the Marlborough Leading Companies fund. Although he is concerned about the macroeconomic outlook – particularly in Europe – he sees plenty of companies that offer [...]
WPP buys Vietnamese agency March 22, 2011 WPP yesterday announced the acquisition of Vietnamese digital agency Who Digital. The world’s biggest advertising agency plans to form a joint venture in the country with OgilvyOne, in which it will take a majority stake. Who Digital, which has assets of around £400,000, has clients including Unilever, Megastar, HSBC, Baoviet and Sony Ericsson. The acquisition [...]