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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Nintendo will bring Super Mario to smartphones in deal with DeNA

March 17, 2015

Power up your smartphone, because Super Mario is coming. Nintendo is teaming up with Tokyo-based mobile gaming and e-commerce company DeNA to develop new game apps for smart devices featuring the brand’s iconic characters. The agreement marks the first time that Nintendo – notoriously protective of its intellectual property – has allowed [...]
Is Ellis Short the problem? Sunderland’s massive transfer spend since takeover suggests Paulo Di Canio may be right

March 16, 2015

Gus Poyet has been sacked as manager of Sunderland, a development that will surprise no one who has paid the slightest attention to the team’s fortunes this season. The club sit just one place above the Premier League relegation zone, have won just once in their last 12 league games, and have been [...]
Hull City name change back on following arbitration case

March 16, 2015

Hull City could still become known as "Hull Tigers" after an independent panel cleared the way for the football club to reapply for a name change. Chairman Assem Allam's plans to change the suffix to Hull's name appeared to be thwarted when the Football Association (FA) Council blocked the move last April. However, an independent [...]
BBC loses 5m viewers from Top Gear cancellation

March 16, 2015

BBC 2’s ratings crashed on Sunday night after a scheduled episode of Top Gear was cancelled following Jeremy Clarkson’s suspension. Clarkson and co are responsible for one of BBC 2’s most-watched programmes and had averaged around 6.2m viewers for its first seven episodes this year. This Sunday’s replacement, a repeat of Royal [...]
Banks trusted more with personal data than government, charities and supermarkets

March 16, 2015

The UK public trusts banks more than the government, charities, schools and supermarkets when it comes to holding our personal data, new research has revealed. The Market Research Society (MRS), the self-proclaimed “world’s leading research association”, has produced a 59-page report on consumer privacy revealing banks to be one of the most trusted [...]
Facebook community guidelines: Here’s what you can and can’t post

March 16, 2015

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Willis Tower: Blackstone makes iconic Chicago skyscraper most expensive US office building outside of New York

March 16, 2015

Private equity group Blackstone will buy Chicago’s iconic Willis Tower for $1.3bn, the most ever paid for a US office building outside New York. The tower, which at 1,450ft is the 12th-tallest building in the world, is a lucrative tourist attraction thanks to its Skydeck observation floor. Blackstone, normally known for buying distressed [...]
Rangers director Chris Graham resigns over Prophet Muhammad tweet

March 13, 2015

Rangers director Chris Graham resigned from his position following an investigation into an offensive image posted on his Twitter account. Graham reportedly posted an explicit image of the Prophet Muhammad engaged in a sex act with Star Wars character Jar-Jar Binks to the public forum, prompting calls for action from Muslim leaders in Scotland. Dr Asid [...]
Barcelona to face trial over Neymar signing tax evasion

March 13, 2015

Barcelona will stand trial for tax fraud and administrative irregularities following an investigation into their signing of Brazilian forward Neymar. The four-time European champions, who describe themselves as “more than a club”, are alleged to have evaded around €9m (£6.4m) of tax in the 2013 signing of Neymar from Santos. The Catalan’s [...]
HSBC: French prosecutor requests criminal trial over tax dodging allegations

March 13, 2015

A French prosecutor has requested HSBC’s Swiss private bank be sent to a criminal trial to face charges over a suspected tax avoidance scheme. HSBC had been the subject of an investigation from French magistrates into alleged tax fraud involving 3,000 French taxpayers which ended last month. The under-fire bank now has [...]

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