BEHIND THE SCENES FOR OSCAR HIT’S LEGAL FIXER February 7, 2012 PAUL RENNEY, a lawyer at Keystone Law, almost collected the Bafta for The King’s Speech – except the film’s producers were faster out of their seats than he was. Renney, as the hit’s legal adviser, was a stand-in at the event for screenwriter David Seidler, who was “annoyed” at not being flown over from the [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS January 3, 2012 Avanti Communications Group Paul Walsh, chief executive of Diageo, has joined the board of satellite data company Avanti Communications as a non-executive director. He is also a non-executive director of FedEx Corporation and Unilever. Prior to joining Diageo, Walsh held financial and commercial positions with InterContinental Hotels and in the GrandMet food business, becoming CEO [...]
FTSE rally ends as investors eye Eurozone bond auctions January 11, 2012 The rally on the FTSE 100 yesterday stalled in early trading today as concerns over upcoming Eurozone bond auctions and slightly weaker commodity stocks took their toll. Heavyweight miners failed to keep up the gains made yesterday which were fuelled by positive data from China showing the country’s demand for metals had risen. Wall Street [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 7, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES DUBLIN IS URGED TO SELL NAMA AS A SINGLE ENTITY A secret report into the operations of Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency, the state agency set up to purge Irish banks of their toxic property loans, has recommended that the government should consider selling it off as a single entity. FINANCING PROBLEMS WEIGH [...]
Unilever fined for EU price fix April 13, 2011 CONSUMER goods giants Unilever and Procter & Gamble were yesterday fined €315.2m (£281m) by EU regulators for fixing washing powder prices in eight EU countries. Germany’s Henkel, which alerted the European Commission to the cartel in laundry detergents, was not fined. The penalty for Unilever was €104m while P&G was fined €211.2m. As part of [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING November 28, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES LLOYDS SET TO EASE PRESSURE ON CHIEF Lloyds Banking Group is exploring ways to reduce the workload on António Horta-Osório, its chief executive, as it attempts to convince investors he will be able to make a successful comeback from a period of medical leave. The state-backed bank is considering fortifying the support around [...]
Unilever and P&G fined for price fixing April 13, 2011 Consumer goods giants Unilever and Procter & Gamble were fined 315.2 million euros (£281m) by EU regulators for fixing washing powder prices in eight EU countries. Germany’s Henkel, which alerted the European Commission to the cartel in laundry detergents, was not fined. The penalty for Unilever was 104m euros while P&G was fined 211.2m euros. [...]
Intertek sees revenues rise 26 per cent November 16, 2011 BRITISH testing firm Intertek said its organic revenue in the year to date grew by eight per cent and it expected the diversity of its business would help it continue to achieve single digit growth against a backdrop of challenging economic conditions. Intertek, which tests products from toys and clothes to oil and renewable technology, [...]
Intertek sees revenues rise 26 per cent November 16, 2011 BRITISH testing firm Intertek said its organic revenue in the year to date grew by eight per cent and it expected the diversity of its business would help it continue to achieve single digit growth against a backdrop of challenging economic conditions. Intertek, which tests products from toys and clothes to oil and renewable technology, [...]
Unilever washes hands of Sanex March 23, 2011 Unilever has sold its shower gel and deodorant business Sanex to US consumer goods group Colgate-Palmolive for €672m (£584m), the firm said. The sale is part of Unilever’s deal with the EU to sell the brand for anti-trust reasons.