DO YOU AGREE WITH THE ECJ RULING? October 4, 2011 ALAN GYERTSON | ALPHA BANK “I don’t think it is right, but I am hoping that this will shake a few things up and maybe get rid of Sky’s choke hold.” CHRIS WEBBER | FAEGRE & BENSON “Yes, it is brilliant. Sky has always been in control; it has opened a new market for people [...]
Traders need to insure against the downside October 2, 2011 EXCUSES, excuses followed by more excuses. When is the broader asset management industry going to put its hands up and say; “We were wrong,” or “I’m going to fall on my sword, sell my five houses on the Wentworth Estate and distribute the proceeds amongst those foolhardy enough to believe I could make them money?” [...]
Businesses can help transform our communities September 28, 2011 AS LONDON and the world gears up for London 2012, there has never been a greater opportunity for the business world to create a lasting social and economic legacy. As politicians search for answers to stimulate growth, enterprise comes up time and time again as a solution. Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy [...]
Life in your hands: smartphone apps September 28, 2011 RIGHT, you’ve got the latest kit, the iPhone 4, iPad 2, BlackBerry Bold Touch perhaps, but your smartphone’s home screen is looking ever-so bare. Remedying this involves a trawl through app stores and user reviews without even knowing what you’re looking for. Fear not. We look beyond the social necessities of Facebook and Foursquare, and [...]
Team Sky’s the limit for world champion Cavendish, insists GB colleague Thomas September 26, 2011 SPRINT sensation Mark Cavendish may well have secured an anticipated move to Team Sky after his World Championship heroics in Copenhagen, according to his Great Britain team-mate Geraint Thomas. The Isle of Man speedster has yet to announce which colours he will ride in next season, with his current team HTC-Highroad set to disband. Thomas [...]
A whirlwind weekend in Hong Kong September 25, 2011 Hong Kong is epic. Everything about the city is exaggerated. The skyline. The escalators. The humidity. Once a busy trading port, it still thrives on exchange, be it financial bonds or dried fish. Being an island, Hong Kong has to work harder than other cities because it can’t reach out into the suburbs for a [...]
AXA ‘selling private equity unit’ September 23, 2011 French insurer AXA is putting its private equity unit up for sale, Sky News reported. The unit could be worth around £1bn, according to the broadcaster. AXA declined to comment.
TalkTalk tops complaints league table September 22, 2011 TALKTALK once again topped the table of most complained about phone and broadband providers, according to new research by Ofcom. The X-Factor sponsor received more than three times as many complaints per 1,000 customers as its closest rival for its phone services and twice as many regarding its broadband packages. However, the number of complaints [...]
United could be forced to delay its IPO September 20, 2011 MANCHESTER United may be flying on the pitch but its IPO in Singapore appears to have stalled. Sources close to the transaction told City A.M. the club is struggling to convince cornerstone investors to invest at its target price against a backdrop of volatile markets. The club is hoping to raise in the region of £640m [...]
ARM bosses net fortune in share sale September 20, 2011 ARM Holdings president Tudor Brown has sold shares worth £600,000, cashing in on the technology firm’s sky-high valuation. He offloaded 100,000 shares at 600p each. The transaction marks the second windfall in a month for the firm’s former chief operating officer, after he recently trousered £1m for cashing in 182,000 shares at 550p each. He [...]