All Black Hore escapes with five-game ban November 28, 2012 NEW Zealand hooker Andrew Hore has escaped a lengthy ban for striking Wales lock Bradley Davies off the ball last Friday at the Millenium Stadium, but will still miss Saturday’s clash against England. Hore has been widely condemned for the incident, which occurred barely 30 seconds into the All Blacks’ 33-10 victory, but was yesterday [...]
Bookies raise a glass to the surprise new Bank governor November 26, 2012 FOLLOWING the announcement yesterday that Canadian candidate Mark Carney is the new chosen one at the Bank of England, bookies have wasted no time in setting odds on his reign as governor. Ladbrokes has set odds of 8/1 that Carney will authorise a greater volume of quantitative easing than his predecessor. They also make interest [...]
Black Friday hangover dogs Wall St stocks November 26, 2012 WALL Street slipped yesterday, pulling back from last week’s gains, as retailers fell on concerns about heavy discounts at the start of the US holiday shopping season and the overhang of the “fiscal cliff” kept investors wary of making big bets. The Nasdaq outperformed to close higher, led by gains in eBay and as Apple [...]
Black Friday sales top $1bn November 25, 2012 Black Friday retail sales online this year topped $1bn for the first time ever as more consumers used the internet for their early holiday shopping, comScore Inc said yesterday. Online sales jumped 26 per cent on Black Friday to $1.04bn from sales of $816m on the same day last year, according to comScore data.
Smartphones take centre stage in the Christmas shopping rush November 25, 2012 CONSUMERS will not be far from their smartphones when stocking up on gifts this Christmas, with some £3.5bn sales expected to be purchased on or influenced by smartphones, according to business advisory firm Deloitte. The accountancy firm predicts 10 per cent of in-store Christmas sales (£3.2bn) will be influenced by smartphones, with another £330m of [...]
Black Friday kicks off holiday shopping season November 23, 2012 Black Friday got off to an early start last night, as shoppers in the US hit the high street. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that is synonymous with shopping, could see 147m people shopping over the weekend, according to the National Retail Federation. Many stores opened late on Thursday, continuing a trend that began [...]
What the other papers say this morning November 22, 2012 FINANCIAL TIMES State Street in pension fee probe UK regulators are investigating allegations that State Street overcharged Ireland’s state pension fund and several big UK corporate pension funds, including those of the Royal Mail and J Sainsbury, billing them for fees not included in their contracts, according to people familiar with the matter. Ireland’s national [...]
White collar boxing dens November 19, 2012 Boxing, in some form, or other has been around for at least 5,000 years. It has been practiced by everyone from Roman slaves to Victorian gentlemen; from army majors to backstreet brawlers. Today it is still most strongly associated with working class fighters slugging it out in East End gyms. But there is a growing [...]
The most eligible people in the City: Tatler’s Little Black Book for 2012 November 7, 2012 ANNABEL’S private members’ club in Mayfair was where the most eligible people in the land gathered yesterday evening, in order to celebrate the publication of Tatler’s Little Black Book. The Capitalist was pleased to spot some City names on the inaugural most wanted list, and indeed just as many business bachelorettes as bachelors gracing the [...]
Black cab firm on brink as it seeks bail out October 14, 2012 LONDON black cab maker Manganese Bronze will seek an emergency cash bail out from its Chinese partners this week as it battles to stay alive. The Aim-listed firm was forced to suspend its shares on Friday after recalling 400 of its cabs due a fault with the steering box on its new black cab model. [...]