Musk’s Tesla tweet ‘makes a mockery’ of trading rules | City A.M. August 8, 2018 Elon Musk’s tweets suggesting he would take Tesla private “makes a mockery of public markets disclosure”, a director of Fidelity Investments has said. Musk last night said he was considering delisting the electric car firm, offering shareholders $420 per share – around a fifth higher than the price at the time. His comments – made [...]
Working Lunch at Zoilo: This Marylebone restaurant celebrates the diversity of Argentinian cuisine July 25, 2018 Zoilo 9 Duke St, W1U 3EG What? Argentinian food is dominated by the cow. In an interview with City A.M Magazine, chef and steak connoisseur Mike Reid ascribed the popularity of the country’s top beef to the mountainous terrain on which the cattle roam, giving the cows an intense workout that imbues them with [...]
Chef’s Table: M Restaurant Chef Mike Reid interviews former England and Manchester United star Andrew Cole July 5, 2018 This month, M Restaurant chef Mike Reid cooks lunch for former Manchester United and England striker Andrew Cole, as they discuss the pressure on footballers, recovering from a kidney transplant, and why Australia is terrifying. STARTER: Cured Sicilian red prawns with potato sauce, peas and almonds; Burrata with baby tomatoes, spiced bread and red pepper; [...]
Intelligence agency National Cyber Security Centre is working with Dixons Carphone on huge data breach June 13, 2018 The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, said today it is working with Dixons Carphone on mitigation measures, after the retailer said it was investigating a data breach involving 5.9m payment cards and 1.2m personal data records. The company announced earlier on that there was an attempt to compromise 5.9m cards in one [...]
Dixons Carphone announces investigation into data breach with millions of records accessed June 13, 2018 Shares in Dixons Carphone fell more than three per cent this morning after it announced the launch of an investigation finding there had been "unauthorised access to certain data" held by the company. The company said the probe was continuing, but it had found that there was an attempt to compromise 5.9m cards in one [...]
Mark Carney has bigger things to worry about than meaningless Brexit forecasts May 30, 2018 The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, is up to his usual tricks. Last week, he claimed in front of the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons that British households are now more than £900 worse off after the vote to leave the EU. The figure was obtained by comparing a forecast [...]
Mark Hix heads to Norway to fish for cod and cook up a storm May 8, 2018 I’ve just been on a whistle-stop trip to Norway with fellow chef Valentine Warner, staying in a village called Holmen on the ridiculously beautiful Lofoten fishing islands to the north west of the country. Holmen and the surrounding villages – like much of Norway – are all about cod. Lining the roadsides are big wooden [...]
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe apologises for singing “we’re in the money” as concerns grow over Asda merger April 30, 2018 Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe was left embarrassed this evening as he was caught on camera singing “We’re in the Money”, on the day the supermarket announced details of a merger with Walmart-owned Asda. Coupe’s little ditty came as unions and MPs raised concerns that the deal could result in job losses and a squeeze on [...]
Healthy habits of Isa millionaires March 21, 2018 For many of us, becoming a millionaire might seem like a farfetched dream. But it might not be as difficult as you first thought, provided you adopt the right behaviours. While the government has regularly ramped up the annual tax-free threshold over the years, in 2017 the allowance saw a massive jump up to [...]
Inflation stays at three per cent despite expectations of a dip February 13, 2018 Consumer price inflation (CPI) remained at three per cent in January, unchanged from the month before, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). CPI is the rate at which the prices of goods and services bought by households rise or fall. CPI including owner occupiers’ housing costs was 2.7 per cent, also unchanged month-on-month. [...]