An absolutely wizard send off July 14, 2011 Film HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART II Cert:12A THE closing episode in the decade-long Harry Potter saga is pretty much as epic, as entertaining and as impressive as you’d hope it could be. After the flabby slowness of Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows Part One, this rips us along on a tumultuous tide [...]
Five brilliant ways to keep kids thrilled this summer July 14, 2011 1 THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA Judith Kerr’s perennially loved children’s book is about a tiger with a giant appetite who turns up at a little girl’s house for tea one day. Adapted for the stage at the Vaudeville theatre, it follows similar hits there such as the Gruffalo and We’re Going on a [...]
Reach for the skies: Breitling’s airborn daredevils pushing jets to the limit July 14, 2011 THE engineer strapping me to the ejector seat can tell I’m nervous. His advice is to keep my eyes outside the cockpit at all times. Watch the leader and our wingmen. This will help occupy the brain and should avoid any sensations of airsickness. I’m going up with the Breitling Jet Team, the aerobatic display [...]
JPMorgan profit beats forecasts July 14, 2011 JPMorgan Chase & Co posted a higher-than-expected jump in second-quarter profit as it wrote off fewer bad mortgages and credit card loans. The bank managed to make more loans during the quarter than in the first quarter and added staff, signs that bright spots are emerging in a sector long plagued by credit losses and [...]
Rebekah Brooks to be quizzed by MPs over hacking scandal July 14, 2011 Rebekah Brooks will attend the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee next week and answer questions from MPs on the phone hacking scandal. Rupert and James Murdoch have said they are unavailable to attend. The committee are to issue a summons for both to attend the hearing. Brooks, chief executive of news International’s newspapers, has [...]
Indian firms top global sales growth table July 14, 2011 Indian companies’ sales growth has soared past the rest of the world in the past five years, posting annual average rises of 27 per cent compared to just five per cent for firms in developed countries, an Ernst and Young survey found. Indian sales growth was also far higher than the average of 16 per [...]
UBS and Credit Suisse to axe thousands of jobs July 14, 2011 UBS is set to cut around 5,000 jobs to save 1 billion Swiss francs (£761m) while rival Credit Suisse is planning to axe about 1,000 staff, Swiss newspapers reported. Citing an unnamed UBS insider, the Tages-Anzeiger daily said the precise details of the cost-cutting programme still had to be agreed and approved by the board, [...]
Daily Mail hikes cover price as ad revenue falls July 14, 2011 The publisher of the Daily Mail will hike the cover price of the newspaper to 55 pence from 50 pence as it grapples with falling advertising revenues and rising costs. “The continuing high cost of newsprint means it is necessary to increase the cover price of the newspaper,” Daily Mail & General Trust said in [...]
Primark shores up ABF earnings July 14, 2011 Associated British Foods remains on track to deliver flat earnings this financial year as rising sales at its Primark discount clothing chain offset pressure on profit margins from higher cotton prices. The food and retail group, which markets Silver Spoon sugar, Mazola vegetable oil, Ovaltine drinks and Twining tea, said on Thursday sales from continuing [...]
Asos in sales jump July 14, 2011 Online fashion firm ASOS posted a leap in first quarter sales and said it was confident about the outlook, showing there are still winners in the retail sector, even in straitened times. ASOS, which targets internet-savvy 16 to 34-year-old women looking to emulate the designer looks of celebrities such as Kate Moss, Sienna Miller and [...]
