QUICKIE DIVORCES GET QUICKER WITH HELP OF NEW IPHONE APP June 21, 2010 FIRST we had divorce “gift vouchers”, with a company charging £125 for half an hour with a lawyer; now, it’s divorce apps for your iPhone. Dallas-based company Brainwash already offers one divorce application in its range – a “Cost & Prep” product for just under ten dollars, explaining to would-be divorcees how much it costs [...]
…as bank holiday gives shops in the West End a huge boost June 13, 2010 TWO strong bank holidays helped push up West End retail sales 5.8 per cent year-on-year in May, according to the New West End Company, which represents vendors in the area. Despite a rainy Saturday, shoppers spent £38m on Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street on Monday 31 May alone. The number of people visiting [...]
Centrica looks hard at its nuclear option June 13, 2010 CENTRICA’S finance director Nick Luff is busy trying to work out if the new coalition energy secretary Chris Huhne is a man the country’s largest gas and electricity supplier can do business with. Huhne – a Liberal Democrat – had previously described nuclear power as a “failed technology.” But that was before he scented the [...]
I’m a fan of Cole, admits Wenger June 10, 2010 ARSENE WENGER has thrown his hat in to ring to sign Joe Cole, admitting he is a huge admirer of the England midfielder. Cole has sparked a mass transfer scramble after it was confirmed on Wednesday that he is to be released by Chelsea at the end of the month. Tottenham, Manchester United and Manchester [...]
Santander reclaims Mexican operation June 9, 2010 SANTANDER could look to expand further in the US after buying back Bank of America’s quarter share in its Mexican division, an analyst said yesterday. The Spanish juggernaut paid $2.5bn (£1.7bn) in cash for the 24.9 per cent stake it sold to its North Caroline-headquartered counterpart for $1.6bn in 2003. The confident move brings Santander’s [...]
Ousted Cole keeps his focus June 9, 2010 JOE COLE refused to be drawn on his future last night after it was confirmed he is to leave Chelsea this summer. The England playmaker will depart Stamford Bridge after seven years on 1 July after the Premier League champions refused to agree terms to a new deal. He joins 30-pluses Michael Ballack and Brazilian [...]
BP TOP DOGS SPOTTED OUT ON A TOP-SECRET MAYFAIR MISSION June 7, 2010 A STERLING spot by one of The Capitalist’s army of spies yesterday, on the way to a meeting at an office building on Old Burlington Street. Stepping out of the lift in the building were none other than beleaguered BP chief executive Tony Hayward and his finance director Byron Grote – taking some time out [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 6, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES CROP SQUEEZE TO LIFT ORANGE JUICE PRICE The price of orange juice will rise in coming months as Brazil’s citrus crop, the world’s largest, sees its worst harvest in seven years because of bad weather and diseases, according to Cutrale of Brazil, the leading orange juice producer. Orange juice is a $20bn industry [...]
Carrie and the girls lose it in Arabia May 27, 2010 Film SEX AND THE CITY 2 Cert: 15 by Leo Bear SORRY ladies, you’re going to be disappointed. It’s two years on from where the first film left off and Carrie and co are older (it shows) but not wiser. Charlotte is tearing her hair out with two under-fives, Samantha is wrestling the menopause, Miranda [...]
Why M Vuitton, you’ve grown… May 27, 2010 SPORTING blazingly obvious brand logos is outlawed in the discerning fashionista’s rulebook. And yet the power of the iconic LV monogram has always managed to prove an exception to this rule, and today reaches it a crescendo as the flagship Louis Vuitton “maison” opens on New Bond Street, following a week of glorious publicity and [...]