HOW JAMES MURDOCH CAN TRUMP BROOKS’S August 31, 2011 GOOD NEWS for anyone looking forward to joining James Murdoch at the bar of the prestigious gentlemen’s club Brooks’s, as its secretary Graham Snell has confirmed all is not yet lost for the News Corp heir’s membership application. As those of you who read The Capitalist’s original story on 9 August will recall, things were [...]
America’s very own slice of the Caribbean, plus plenty of rum August 29, 2011 WELCOME to the United States of America,” says a groundsman as I land on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, introducing me to the first of many contradictions here. The island is, I find, a cocktail of the tropical Caribbean, American high rise (it is a commonwealth of the USA) all mixed with a huge [...]
John Lewis continues to win market share August 26, 2011 John Lewis bucked the general gloom in the retail sector with another rise in weekly sales as it continued to win market share from rivals. The employee-owned business, which has been outperforming competitors for over a year, said on Friday sales at its department stores increased 2.6 per cent to £53.4m in the week to [...]
City confident despite rude awakening to European big time August 25, 2011 MANCHESTER CITY believe they have nothing to fear from their Champions League debut, despite being drawn in the hardest group of all English sides. City must negotiate Bundesliga titans Bayern Munich, Spanish dark horses Villarreal and Napoli, who finished third in the Italian top flight last year, as they bid for a place in the [...]
Wilkinson earnings drop as shoppers rein in spending August 25, 2011 VALUE retailer Wilkinson admitted its profit figures were “disappointing” as shoppers saw their disposable income cut over the last year. However, the chain, one of Britain’s largest family-run firms, said yesterday it had experienced the best Christmas week in its history. Turnover hit £1.559bn for the 12 months to January this year, up slightly from [...]
PROPERTY NEWS August 25, 2011 NEW HOMES COMING TO CLAPHAM A new residential development on St. John’s Hill, Clapham, opens its showrooms on 3 September. Developed by Loncor Homes, the Lismore comprises 14 two and three bedroom apartments and a high-specification three-bedroom townhouse. Contact: Hamptons International on 020 7758 8488 or go to www.hamptons.co.uk RENT TO RISE AGAIN BY CHRISTMAS [...]
Investors chance their ARM August 23, 2011 SHARES in chip designer ARM Holdings continued to creep up yesterday as investors eyed further consolidation in the technology sector. It has been buoyed by HP’s shock $10.2bn (£6.2bn) deal to buy UK software firm Autonomy. Intel, which has been out-manoeuvred by ARM in the mobile chip market, has been persistently linked to the firm. [...]
John Lewis: We will buck Xmas gloom August 22, 2011 John Lewis said it would outperform a falling retail market this Christmas, benefiting from the strength of its presence in the capital and investment, particularly in Internet shopping. Andrew Murphy, retail director at the department store chain, said UK consumers were feeling cautious and vulnerable amid government cutbacks, rising prices and fears the economy could [...]
CHARLES STANLEY HIT FOR SIX IN HUMBLING CRICKETING DEFEAT August 21, 2011 BATTERED egos at Charles Stanley, which is still recovering from its painful cricketing defeat at the hands of Ignis Asset Management in the final of the Stockbrokers Cup. “Cricket can be a great leveller,” said Charles Stanley’s “gutted” captain Ed Clark, who brought his team to the match as the undefeated champions for the past [...]
Twitter and Facebook don’t start riots, people do August 8, 2011 IT’S happening. The robots have made their first move. It’s only a matter of time until we’re demoted to the role of giant human udders, the very marrow being milked from our bones to feed the ceaseless hunger of the machines. Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) have turned on us like virtual Frankenstein’s monsters, [...]