No punishment for diners in this corner July 11, 2011 The Corner Room Town Hall Hotel, Patriot Square, E2 9NF viajante.co.uk; tel: 020 7871 0461 FOOD **** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE **** Cost per person without wine: £30 IF nothing else, the Corner Room, which is the second restaurant to open in Bethnal Green’s Town Hall hotel, gives you a worthwhile opportunity to nose around more [...]
Why I might ditch my iPhone for Windows. No, really. I’m serious. July 11, 2011 This could be the year I swap my iPhone for a Windows Phone. Really. No, really. Seriously. Wait, hear me out. Fine. What? Just get out. Go. Last week I got my hands on the latest version of WP7, codenamed Mango. And it’s good. It’s very good. Its predecessor was nice – it avoided the [...]
Economy growing but recovery fragile, says BCC July 11, 2011 Britain’s economy grew very slightly in the second quarter and a slowdown in export demand suggests the recovery is fragile, a survey showed. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) – which represents companies employing around one in six workers – said the rebalancing of the economy was not yet strong enough, and that firms faced [...]
Phone hacking scandal widens to other Murdoch papers July 11, 2011 Former prime minister Gordon Brown is the latest alleged victim of phone hacking by newspapers – but it is believed to be the Sunday Times that used his personal details in press reports. The allegations mark an explosive turning point in the phone hacking scandal that has to date focused solely on the paper’s stablemate [...]
Michael Page profit rise fuelled by full-time jobs July 11, 2011 British recruitment company Michael Page International posted a 32 per cent jump in second-quarter gross profit, driven largely by a rise in permanent placements in the period. Michael Page, which finds jobs for people in the financial, accounting and legal services sectors, said it expected 2011 profit to be broadly in line with current market [...]
Southern Cross to close as landlords jump ship July 11, 2011 Embattled British care homes operator Southern Cross Healthcare said it would close down after all of its landlords deserted the embattled group. Southern Cross said in a statement that it would ensure that its 31,000 residents would continue to be cared for, and the interests of the employees of its 752 care homes safeguarded, as [...]
Renault boosted by sales outside Europe July 11, 2011 French carmaker Renault edged its full-year forecast for the global market lower on Monday as growth outside Europe helped its own first-half sales of cars and light commercial vehicles rise 1.9 per cent. Renault, whose partner is Japan’s Nissan Motor, forecast diverging trends between Europe and the rest of the world in the second half, [...]
Murdoch: She is my top priority July 10, 2011 THE News of the World may have printed the final edition in its 168-year-old history but the political maelstrom raging around the phone hacking scandal continues to gather pace. Rupert Murdoch flew into the UK yesterday for emergency talks with Rebekah Brooks, head of his UK newspaper business News International, amid growing concerns the scandal [...]
Italy cracks down on short-sellers July 10, 2011 ITALY’S stock market regulator Consob yesterday rushed through tough new rules on short-selling after Friday’s wave of panic selling of bank shares unsettled markets and sparked fears of contagion. In a desperate bid to prevent the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis from engulfing Italy, Consob ruled that from today until 9 September market operators will have [...]
US debt talks hit a setback July 10, 2011 US PRESIDENT Barack Obama was forced back to the drawing board yesterday after Republicans pulled out of a bipartisan plan to cut $4 trillion (£2.5 trillion) from the government deficit over the coming decade. House of Representatives speaker John Boehner told the Democratic president he would only pursue a smaller, $2 trillion package, similar to [...]
