Filtrona to name new chief exec January 12, 2011 Speciality plastic and fibre products supplier Filtrona is set to unveil high profile accountant Colin Day as its new chief executive today. The FTSE 250-listed company will announce the appointment of Day, currently finance director at Reckitt Benckiser, alongside its trading update, according to Sky News. Reckitt announced last October that Day would be leaving [...]
Sky Deutschland rises on subs growth January 12, 2011 LOSS-MAKING pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland reported a big jump in subscriber growth in Germany, sending its shares to a one-year high. The company, in which News Corporation owns a 49.9 per cent stake, has suffered from sluggish growth because of Germans’ reluctance to pay for premium TV content. During the last three months of 2010, [...]
What the other papers say this morning January 11, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES LAWYERS URGE HUNT TO BE CAREFUL OVER SKY BID Jeremy Hunt must act carefully to avoid legal challenge to his role in regulating News Corp’s proposed bid for British Sky Broadcasting, after his department sent Rupert Murdoch’s company a key document, lawyers said. Three competition experts yesterday said the culture secretary’s move could [...]
$1bn Facebook backer eyes Twitter stake January 9, 2011 DIGITAL Sky Technologies, the Russian firm with a $1bn (£644bn) stake in Facebook, is considering buying shares in micro-blogging site Twitter. In its recent financing round, Twitter was valued at $3.7bn, despite advertising revenues said to be around $100m last year. If DST went ahead with the move, it would mean that that the company [...]
Sailing on the high seas with pirates, yachts and brokers galore January 9, 2011 WHAT do you do when you’ve done the rounds at a clutch of investment banks and stockbroking firms? Well, write a novel about the thrilling world of super-yachts, pirates and international finance, of course. And that’s exactly how Adam Wilson, non-exec chairman of Atlantic Coal, former managing director of Hichens Harrison and founder of Teather [...]
Breakthrough series sets up England hero for bumper windfall January 9, 2011 ENGLAND hero Alastair Cook’s record-breaking Ashes displays have hugely boosted his earning potential, with sports marketing experts predicting “the sky is the limit” for a man dubbed the “sponsor’s dream”. The Essex opener arrived in Australia desperately struggling for form and fighting to keep his place in the team, but plundered three centuries and a [...]
LinkedIn eyes public listing plan for 2011 January 6, 2011 LINKEDIN, the social networking site for professionals, plans to go public in 2011 and has selected its financial underwriters, according to sources familiar with the situation. Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and JPMorgan are among the book runners. Bankers made their pitches to the privately-held company in November. “An IPO is just one of many [...]
ENRC advised by PwC on UK tax move January 6, 2011 ENRC, the mining group partly-owned by the Kazakh government and listed on the FTSE, has been advised that by relocating to Switzerland it could save itself £20m a year in tax. According to SkyNews, the group was given the advice by its auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers several months ago but the matter has not been considered at [...]
Dallaglio pride at Abu Dhabi switch January 5, 2011 WASPS legend Lawrence Dallaglio has hailed “history in the making” after the club confirmed a groundbreaking move to play this month’s LV= Cup match with Harlequins in Abu Dhabi. The fixture on Sunday 30 January is the first competitive domestic game between English sides to be played overseas, and will be staged at a purpose-built [...]
What the other papers say this morning January 5, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES HEDGE FUNDS BET ON REVIVAL OF FORTUNES After one of their most disappointing years, hedge fund managers are hoping for a better 2011 with less macro economic volatility and more corporate events to bet on, such as takeovers. As of the end of November, the average hedge fund had returned just over 7 [...]