Fitness-based Christmas gifts have never looked so good December 3, 2012 FITNESS & DIET EXPERT GONE ARE the days where presents for your fitness-loving friends meant a toss-up between a pedometer and the latest fitness DVD. Now there are gifts galore for the active, gadget-happy exec. Here are this year’s pick of the bunch. 1 Perfect for the fitness fanatic who also happens to be fan [...]
Delta sizing up a stake in rival Virgin Atlantic December 2, 2012 US airline Delta Air Lines is eyeing up a 49 per cent stake in Virgin Atlantic, according to reports. Delta is said to have offered to buy Singapore Airlines’ holding in the London-based carrier. Singapore has been open to bids for its stake in Virgin Atlantic for the last two years, having bought into the [...]
Payday loan charges to be capped by law November 28, 2012 PAYDAY loan firms face a cap on the amount they can charge consumers, the government announced last night. In a blow to the booming industry, ministers said that legislation will be introduced to give the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) power to intervene in the industry if it sees evidence of bad practice. The government [...]
Series win would equal Ashes in Australia November 27, 2012 CRICKET fans who got up early enough to catch England’s fantastic second Test demolition of India over the last few days got a treat, and the good news is that the best may be yet to come. So emphatic was the victory in Mumbai that all momentum has swung behind England, and there is no [...]
BT makes plans to appeal Sky’s controversial sports pricing win November 27, 2012 BT has announced plans to appeal a controversial competition ruling over the price Sky is able to charge other broadcasters for its sports channels. The telecoms company said it had asked permission to challenge August’s decision from the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), which stopped Ofcom from forcing Sky to lower the prices it can charge [...]
Superfast network keeps Hull internet provider KCOM in line November 27, 2012 YORKSHIRE-BASED telecoms company KCOM said “strong demand” for its superfast “fibre” broadband service had enabled profits to remain steady despite a fall in revenues. The company, which announced plans to treble its fibre network, posted a 4.7 per cent reduction in revenues to £188.7m in the half-year to October, which it blamed on “challenging conditions”. [...]
Highest number of first time buyers in London since 2009 November 26, 2012 TEN thousand first-time buyers took out a mortgage in London during the third quarter of the year, according to Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) data out yesterday. The figure was the highest on the CML’s records since the fourth quarter of 2009, yet its research also revealed significant barriers to getting on the property ladder [...]
Find sanctuary from the Indian bustle November 25, 2012 ENSCONCED in a luxury yoga hotel in the Himalayas, or in a resort matrix like Goa, you might just be able to avoid the clanging, overwhelming reality of India as you go about your daily business. Not in the cities. No matter how luxurious your hotel, enclave, or colony (as certain leafy districts are known), [...]
UK tech boss: My side of the story November 21, 2012 MIKE Lynch, the founder of British software giant Autonomy, yesterday hit out at the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard (HP) over claims the US company had been lied to during its $11bn (£6.9bn) acquisition of Lynch’s firm last year. The former Autonomy boss, who was forced out of HP in May, denied any wrongdoing, rejected claims [...]
Desmond the cosy neighbour November 18, 2012 YOUVIEW chief executive Richard Halton may not have anticipated that moving into the Northern & Shell building would involve such frequent visits from the man who heads up one of the firm’s partners, and landlord of the building. The Capitalist hears that Desmond, who owns Channel 5, has taken advantage of the proximity, and often [...]