By: Joe Hall

I'm a sports and sports business journalist with City A.M. Follow me for coverage of the industry behind sports and the money made by top athletes. I've provided expert commentary on sports business for both TV and radio, including the BBC World Service. My email is always open to tips and story ideas: joe.hall@cityam.com

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Whitbread chief executive Andy Harrison announces retirement plans as company profits soar

April 28, 2015

The figures Whitbread chief executive Andy Harrison has announced his intention to retire from the role at the end of the next financial year, after the company reported a rise in sales, earnings and profit for the year ended 26 February 2015. Harrison, who previously occupied the same role at easyJet and RAC, said "it is [...]
Mayweather v Pacquiao: Boxing’s richest fight seals record sponsorship deal

April 27, 2015

The money-spinning machine that is the Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao boxing match added yet more millions to its revenue streams after agreeing five sponsorship deals worth $13.2m (£8.72m). Saturday's hotly-anticipated meeting between two of the best pound-for-pound pugilists in history is already set to smash a number of revenue records with the two fighters [...]
Avengers: Age of Ultron box office tops $200m with biggest UK opening weekend for a superhero film

April 27, 2015

Marvel Studios' superheroes continued to conjure super-size box office revenues as Avengers: Age of Ultron raked in $201.1m (£132.5m) around the world, almost eating up its entire $205m production budget. The sequel to The Avengers – the third-highest grossing film of all time – smashed its way to the top of the box office charts in all [...]
RBS sells $5.6bn North American loan portfolio to Mizuho Bank

April 27, 2015

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will sell a $5.6bn (£3.7bn) portfolio of loan commitments to Mizuho Bank, it said today – its second deal with the Japanese lender in three months. Around two-thirds of RBS' North American corporate loan portfolio has now been disposed of as the shrinking bank looks to exit many of [...]
Starbucks share price jumps as sales beat expectations

April 23, 2015

The figures Starbucks announced profit of $495m in its fiscal second quarter, a 16 per cent rise bringing earnings per share up to $0.33 compared to $0.28 per share a year earlier. The results triggered a share price of 4.4 per cent in after-hours trading in the US as the company's revenue and profit report [...]
Microsoft trump expectations thanks to sky-high cloud revenue

April 23, 2015

The figures Microsoft's profit and revenue came in above analysts' expectations for the third quarter of 2015, causing the company's stock to rise in after-hours trading. The software and technology giant posted earnings of $0.61 per share – trumping the forecast $0.51 per share – but also significantly falling from the $0.68 per share posted [...]
Google misses earnings and revenue estimates in first quarter results

April 23, 2015

The figures Google once again disappointed investors after earnings in the first quarter missed analysts' expectations – the sixth quarter in a row it has fallen short. Earnings per share came in at $6.57 per share – short of the expected $6.61 per share – on revenue of $17.3bn. That marked a 12 per cent rise [...]
Google chairman Eric Scmidt buys stake in New York hedge fund from Lehman Brothers

April 23, 2015

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has snapped up a 20 per cent stake in a New York hedge fund from the estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings. Hillspire LLC, the family office of multi-billionaire Schmidt, signed the deal for a passive stake in the $36bn firm. The price of the minority stake, which will not [...]
How much do tickets for Mayweather v Pacquiao cost? What you need to know about getting to the mega-fight

April 23, 2015

Tickets for the hotly-anticipated "fight of the century" between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will finally go on sale today – just nine days ahead of the historic May 2 bout. Yet don't get too excited boxing fans. Unsurprisingly, tickets for the richest fight of all time aren't going to come cheap and are in [...]
EBay share price jumps as profit beat expectations

April 22, 2015

The figures EBay will complete its spinoff of PayPal into a separate company in the third quarter of 2015, the company announced in its first earnings results of the year. Revenue, sales and profits at the online marketplace came in above analysts' estimates – triggering a five per cent rise in its share price in [...]

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