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 [...]
Toyota teams up with BMW to go green December 1, 2011 AUTOMOBILE giants BMW and Toyota announced a deal yesterday that will see the companies work together on developing environmental technologies, and said they intend to form a broader partnership in the mid to long term. The car-makers have signed a memorandum of understanding, under which BMW will supply diesel engines to Toyota for the European [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 5, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES LIBYA’S NEW OIL CHIEF WARNS THAT OUTPUT WILL NOT RECOVER UNTIL LATE NEXT YEAR Libyan oil production will not return to pre-war levels until late next eyar at the earliest, with many of the county’s oil facilities having suffered heavy damage and looting during the conflict, according to the newly appointed charman of [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING August 23, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES SHIPOWNER THREATENS TO SEIZE CHINA VESSELS One of Greece’s most high-profile shipowners has threatened to seize ships belonging to China’s biggest shipping company, after it halted payments on high-priced charter contracts. George Economou said that Cosco’s stance over contracts struck during the 2008 shipping boom might reflect a failure to understand the importance [...]
Eco-warrior pipe dream gets real August 16, 2011 LEONARDO DiCaprio has one. In fact, diCaprio has the first production Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sports car ever built. And he paid for it. That one of the world’s biggest film stars is driving the world’s most eco-friendly sports car is perhaps not so surprising. But the man that built it is car designer Henrik [...]
Beauty’s in the i of the beholder August 2, 2011 LAST week BMW flew hundreds of journalists from around the world into Frankfurt to show them the future of motoring, as illustrated by its new sub-brand ‘i’. And the future looks pretty impressive if the near-production cars BMW revealed are anything to go by. The German manufacturer showed the first two of its ‘i’ branded [...]
Bromantic comedy for the office July 21, 2011 Film HORRIBLE BOSSES Cert: 15 HORRIBLE Bosses is a hybrid: part bromance, part adventure, part moral exploration. Ok, it’s mostly bromance. After all, despite a vague attempt to divide the promotional posters between the film’s three evil bosses, it’s Jennifer Aniston’s stripping, nympho dentist that’s the film’s true draw. Three decent guys: Dale (Charlie Day), [...]
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR | The Shortlist day six June 26, 2011 THOUGH pipeline deals that spurred record law firm profits last decade are yet to return, an influx of regulation and demand for innovative ways to raise capital means law firms are more in demand than ever. Whether running multi-billion pound IPOs or reforming how their businesses are run, our shortlisted firms are at the top [...]
A motoring show for Londoners June 7, 2011 As a car hack I have spent an awful lot of time at international motor shows over the years. Sure they can be hard work, they’re often very busy and can get too big to afford you a really good overview on what’s going on. Ideally, it’s good to see rival cars close together to [...]
Exclusive offer for readers June 1, 2011 THERE are portable speakers, and there are portable speakers – and then there’s the Wowee One, an incredibly dinky, fit-in-the-palm-of-your-hand gizmo that just happens to pump out the most remarkably powerful sounds. In fact it works with pretty much any fixed or portable sound device – iPods, iPads, laptops, desktops, CD players, you name it [...]