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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Thomas Cook share price plummets as chief exec Harriet Green steps down in the wake of rising profits

November 26, 2014

With Thomas Cook revealing further growth for a second consecutive year, chief executive Harriet Green is satisfied with a job well done and has stepped down from the role. Chief operating officer Peter Fankhauser will take over with immediate effect to pilot the company which enjoyed narrowing losses and a rise in underlying profit in [...]
Arsene Wenger

November 26, 2014

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Santander share price rises as Ana Botin replaces chief exec with José Antonio Álvarez

November 25, 2014

Banco Santander’s new executive chairman Ana Botin has wasted no time in restructuring the bank, replacing its chief executive within her first two months in the role. José Antonio Álvarez is the new chief executive of Europe’s biggest bank, taking the place of Javier Marin, who had held the role for less than two [...]
Sony to end $277m Fifa sponsorship

November 25, 2014

Fifa’s $35m annual income from Sony’s sponsorship could be about to come to an end, as the Japanese tech giant opts not to renew its contract with football’s governing body. According to leading Japanese business paper Nikkei Asian Review, Sony will shift sponsorship funds towards completing structural reforms after deciding not to extend its [...]
Forex rigging scandal: London traders could be visited by US prosecutors

November 25, 2014

US prosecutors are coming to London, and they’ve got their sights set on the City. Sources cited by Reuters suggest US Department of Justice (DoJ) officials will speak with current or former employees at HSBC and other banks based in the City in the coming weeks, as part of an investigation into foreign exchange [...]
B&Q owner Kingfisher reports falls in revenue and profit

November 25, 2014

Kingfisher’s new French chief executive, Veronique Laury, faces a tough task to arrest the tumbling sales in her home country which are taking their toll on the FTSE 100 company. In its third quarter results the B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher recorded a 3.6 per cent drop in sales to £2.8bn, while retail profit [...]
Sausage maker Cranswick heats up its dividend

November 24, 2014

Sausage maker Cranswick yesterday announced it would be raising its interim dividend, prompting shares to climb more than five per cent. The Yorkshire-based food producer boosted its interim dividend by six per cent to 10.6p per share, from the 10p previously announced despite a slip in pre-tax profit and revenues in its interim results. Cranswick [...]
Wenger Out calls drown out Rodgers protest

November 24, 2014

ONE HAS overseen his club’s worst start to a league campaign for 32 years, the other has seen his team slip to 12th in the Premier League having finished second last season. Both have just suffered damaging defeats they’d rather forget. Only by scrolling through Twitter could it have got any more miserable for Arsenal’s [...]
Brendan Rodgers or Arsene Wenger out: Are Arsenal or Liverpool Twitter users more angry with their manager?

November 24, 2014

One has overseen his club’s worst start to a league campaign for 32 years, the other has seen his team slip to 12th after finishing second last season. Both have just suffered damaging defeats they’d rather forget. Only by scrolling through Twitter could it have got any more miserable for Arsenal's Arsene Wenger or [...]
TfL does something ahead of schedule for once: Bond Street tube station re-opens for Jubilee line London Underground travellers

November 24, 2014

Christmas shoppers can enjoy the relief of easy access to the heart of London’s shopping district, as Bond Street station partially re-opens for business today. However beleaguered secret santas weighed down with stocking-fillers will have to wait until mid-December to use the tube station as an escape route from the busy retail hub. [...]

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