Tablet market hots up September 5, 2012 A resurgent Microsoft hopes a new range of devices running Windows 8 will succeed where Google has failed and shake up a tablet industry dominated by Apple. Here are some of the players hoping to steal the iPad’s limelight. Sony Vaio Duo 11 The Vaio Duo 11 is a flippy, foldy, deckchair-like device with a [...]
Introducing the Awards’ sponsors August 7, 2012 Lexus Lexus enjoys a global reputation for innovation, performance and the highest standards of quality, reflected in its multiple awards for customer service and satisfaction. Within the highly competitive luxury car market it has led the world in developing refined and efficient hybrid power models and has pioneered advanced technologies for exceptional safety, handling and [...]
Lexus makes automotive alchemy June 19, 2012 Believe it or not, this is the fourth generation Lexus GS model, a car that has been in production since 1993, quietly going about the business of offering buyers a unique alternative to the more familiar premium saloons like the Audi A6, BMW 5 Series and Jaguar XF. Unique? Really? Well Lexus does things a [...]
Mazda’s immensely likeable SUV June 12, 2012 Usually when a motoring hack is invited up to Scotland to drive a new car it is to test a sportscar or an SUV. The Scottish Highlands are the perfect combination of twisting roads and dramatic backdrops for sporting road cars, and provide off-road high jinks for rugged off-roaders on some private estate or other. [...]
Nintendo’s Wii U is an E3 hit June 6, 2012 The world’s biggest gaming event, E3, is well underway in LA – and it is Nintendo that has everyone talking. It showed off, for the first time, a working version of its new Wii U, a baffling tablet/console hybrid that promises to put a new spin on gaming. And it needs to: the Japanese company [...]
advisers vodafone and Cable & Wireless worldwide April 23, 2012 UBS Vodafone has put its long-standing team at UBS, headed by global co-head of investment banking Simon Warshaw, on the case to guide it through its acquisition of CWW. Oxford-educated Warshaw joined the Swiss bank in 1986 and has under his belt the former positions of head of EMEA investment banking, joint head of UK [...]
Struggling to choose a luxury car? Then ask the dealer for a holiday March 29, 2012 BUYERS of luxury cars are faced with more choice than ever before. To differentiate themselves, the car companies have started offering something extra to entice would-be customers. Most of the big luxury car marques offer driving trips to their customers, giving them the chance to tour a variety of stunning locations in their new car. [...]
Tullett plots a new FX platform ahead of fresh regulation March 12, 2012 TULLETT Prebon is set to launch an electronic platform for interbank currency trading in the run up to expected changes in the system of global regulation. The interdealer broker, led by City veteran Terry Smith (pictured), wants to use technology it already owns to build a foreign exchange trading platform, focused on currency derivatives at [...]
CAR TALK March 6, 2012 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR J Lamborghini has just revealed the monstrously powerful 700hp Aventador J convertible at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The one-off two-seater has no windscreen and no roof to reduce weight, so the driver and passenger have to gear up like race drivers before heading off. The car is so low the rear view [...]
City slams high speed rail plans January 15, 2012 THE CITY has rejected the government’s controversial plan to build a £32.7bn high-speed railway linking London to the north. Fifty-one per cent of the City A.M./PoliticsHome.com Voice of the City panel, which represents a cross-section of London’s business and financial community, said they opposed the controversial railway known as High-Speed 2 (HS2). An overwhelming majority [...]