THE NEW SONY RANGE AT A GLANCE August 31, 2011 1. 6” EREADER WITH ENHANCED TOUCHSCREEN E-readers from Sony have always looked the part; the problem is nobody buys them. This version is the lightest reader in the world, again using E-ink paper. It will offer connectivity to public libraries in the US but the decider will be price. 2. SONY TABLET P MULTITOUCH FLIP-SCREEN [...]
FUND MANAGEMENT NEWS May 18, 2011 JP MORGAN EXTENDS ITS OFFERING Yesterday, JP Morgan announced the extension of its offerings direct to the consumer, to include funds from Smith & Williamson. JP Morgan Asset Management has added 10 funds from Smith & Williamson, bringing the total number of third party funds available to investors to just over 600. The funds are: [...]
CHILL OUT FOR PRINCE ON POLAR MISSION March 30, 2011 COLD comfort for Prince Harry, who has arrived at Base Camp at Svalbard in Norway to join the Walking for Wounded team before they set off for the North Pole tomorrow on April Fool’s Day. But Harry’s training regime under expedition leader Inge Solheim is no joke – on Wednesday he spent the day cross-country [...]
Use mobile tech to make the most of la vie amoureuse February 9, 2011 NICK BOOTH TECH TALK ANYONE whose romantic agenda is set by the retail industry deserves all the disappointment that should be coming to them. On the other hand, anyone half-clever will realise they can use their smart phones to organise their love lives efficiently. There are scores of romantic mobile match makers: Gaydar, Flirtomatic, Crush [...]
PINNACLE APPEALS TO KEEP ICONIC TOWER ALIVE November 25, 2010 Developer could be forced to halt work next year unless it can secure extra funding THE DEVELOPER of the Pinnacle skyscraper is scrambling to secure extra funding to avoid being forced to halt construction on the 945-foot tower. Arab Investments (AI) has made a plea to some of the Pinnacle’s 60 original investors for extra [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 12, 2010 Virgin Atlantic The airline has appointed its chief financial officer Julie Southern as chief commercial officer, a newly-created board position. Southern will now take responsibility for all aspects of growing the airline. She originally joined Virgin Atlantic a decade ago from Porsche Cars Great Britain, where she was group finance director. Current finance director Tim [...]
HSBC in talks with Pinnacle consortium July 25, 2010 THE GROUP hoping to build the Pinnacle skyscraper on Bishopsgate is close to securing financing from HSBC, it emerged at the weekend. Arab Investments (AI) plans to raise £600m from the financing deal, to add to £130m secured from a 60-strong consortium of backers. AI boss Khalid Affara has been courting banks for months in [...]
Director pay in focus at AI November 15, 2009 ADMINISTRATORS to Aero Inventory (AI), the AIM-listed aero parts group that collapsed last week, are looking at ways to claw back money from the company’s directors amid concern over the level of pay and bonuses taken by key executives. KPMG, which last week took control of AI on behalf of banks, owed more than £300m, [...]
CITY MOVES WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 11, 2009 Augusta & CoThe independent merchant banking group has appointed Rachael Luxton to strengthen its debt advisory and restructuring capabilities. Luxton joins as a director from the international corporate finance team at Citigroup. She is a specialist in restructuring and managing distressed debt situations, having previously advised firms including MyTravel, Fiat, Yukos and Alstom. Mercer Jerry [...]