CITY: KEN CLARKE FOR CHANCELLOR
Thursday, 11th March 2010
POLITICS
DAVID CROW
KEN Clarke would make a better chancellor than George Osborne, according to our panel of City A.M. readers. Clarke, who held the job between 1993 and 1997 and is now shadow business secretary, topped...
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Morrisons raises dividend after profits surge
Thursday, 11th March 2010
CONSUMER
JOHN DUNNE
SUPERMARKET chain Morrisons saw a 21 per cent surge in profits last year to £767m. The company, Britain’s fourth largest grocer, raised its full year dividend 41 per cent to 8.2 pence a share on the...
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John Lewis to give staff 15 per cent bonus
Thursday, 11th March 2010
RETAIL
JOHN DUNNE
JOHN Lewis will hand its staff a 15 per cent bonus after reporting a surge in annual profits. The retailer made a profit before the staff bonus and tax of £306.6m in the year to the end of January –...
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HSBC admits that data theft hit up to 24,000 accounts
Thursday, 11th March 2010
BANKING
JOHN DUNNE
HSBC has confirmed that a theft of data by a former employee affected up to 24,000 Swiss client accounts. The bank had previously said "less than 10 clients" were compromised after a former HSBC...
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    Unstoppable Rooney rips into Milan
    Thursday, 11th March 2010
    CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
    FRANK DALLERES
    MANCHESTER UTD (4) vs AC MILAN (0) Man Utd win 7-2 on aggregate WAYNE Rooney ensured David Beckham’s long-awaited return to Old Trafford was far more bitter than sweet as Manchester United’s latest... [Read more]

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