Tesco in further turmoil after profits tumble December 9, 2014 Investors fled for cover yesterday as Tesco warned on profits for the fourth time in five months, raising fears in the City that the ailing supermarket could become a takeover target. Analysts at investment bank Espirito Santo compared Tesco’s demise to that of Sears in 2004, when the US retailer – once the [...]
Mothercare poaches Rexam’s finance chief Richard Smothers December 9, 2014 MOTHERCARE yesterday announced it had secured a new chief financial officer after poaching Richard Smothers from the same role at packaging group Rexam. The baby goods retailer said that Smothers would join the firm on 23 March after stepping down at Rexam. He will replace Matt Smith, who is leaving next month to become chief [...]
FTSE tumbles on Tesco share price turmoil as banks take a hit – London Report December 9, 2014 Britain’s main equity index yesterday fell to one-month lows, hit by supermarket retailer Tesco’s fourth profit warning this year. Shares in Tesco at one stage fell as much as 17 per cent to their lowest in around 14 years, wiping some £2.6bn off the firm’s market capitalisation. It later regained some ground to close 6.6 [...]
Tesco’s share price has plummeted 50 per cent and it’s now the year’s second biggest FTSE 100 faller December 9, 2014 This morning, Tesco issued its fourth profit warning of 2014, saying profit for the financial year ending February 2015 would not be greater than £1.4bn. This is much lower than its estimate of £2.4bn- £2.5bn in August. But in September, the supermarket chain revealed that it had overstated its profits for the year by £263m, [...]
Tesco share price hits 11-year low as supermarket chain issues yet another profit warning December 9, 2014 The figures The year just keeps getting worse for Tesco, with the beleaguered supermarket chain issuing yet another profit warning this morning. It said trading profit for the financial year ending 2015 would not exceed £1.4bn – a significantly lower figure than market expectations of between £1.8bn and £2.2bn. Shares plummeted by 16.2 [...]
Tesco share price timeline: One chart showing the dramatic decline of the supermarket giant December 9, 2014 Since 1919, the rise of Tesco as the dominant supermarket chain has seemed unstoppable. It enjoyed rapid expansion in the 80s and 90s which resulted in a huge market share over the last ten years. This is all now under threat after a series of profit warnings and scandals has cast a bleak shadow over [...]
What will happen to Tesco and its investors after yet another profit warning? Here’s what the analysts think December 9, 2014 What will happen to Tesco and its investors? Here's what the analysts think after the latest concerning news from the retail giant. Tesco's terrible year became a little bit worse this morning, after the beleaguered supermarket chain revealed that its profits for the financial year ending in 2015 would not exceed £1.4bn. This [...]
Blackstone mulls £1.5bn takeover of drinks bottler December 7, 2014 US PRIVATE equity giant Blackstone Group is considering a £1.5bn takeover bid for Refresco Gerber, Europe’s largest soft drinks bottler, it emerged yesterday. The US investment specialist is among several interested parties weighing up bids for the Anglo-Dutch company. Blackstone’s private equity rival KKR and CVC Partners are also rumoured to be circling, with bids [...]
Andrew Tyrie’s claim about banks’ back-door lobbying is holed December 4, 2014 There are few things bankers dread more than being summoned for hours of intellectual flagellation by Andrew Tyrie, the relentless chairman of the Treasury Select Committee. He has scored several notable victories, including a blueprint for regulators to hold reserve powers to break up major UK banks. On his latest target – [...]
Business ethics: Does your firm cut it? December 3, 2014 The right incentives and senior management taking the lead will make all the difference. In recent months, six of the world’s biggest banks have been accused of rigging foreign exchange rates, while the UK’s dominant retailer has admitted misstating profits by a quarter of a billion pounds. It’s easy to be cynical about [...]