All who have done business overseas are most surprised
Rolls-Royce plc, Britain’s leading manufacturing multinational, hired a network of agents to help it land lucrative contracts in at least 12 different countries around the world, sometimes allegedly...
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The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) last night [TUE] confirmed it had parted company with its fat cat boss Stuart Earley, who has been slammed by charity experts and...
View ArticleThis is going to be fascinating about Sir Philip and BHS
Sir Philip Green and his wife face a demand for hundreds of millions of pounds to fill the BHS pensions hole after the regulator took unprecedented action. The fascinating bit is going to be how much...
View ArticleDemand brings forth supply
Some householders in Greater Manchester are paying a private firm to empty their bins. Many are angry because some councils have reduced rubbish collections in an attempt to cut costs, and to motivate...
View ArticleHmm, this means someone I know is looking for a job then
When bills for a corporate credit card used by Karhoo Inc. Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ishag arrived, employees in the London office of the car-hailing startup often spotted unusual purchases. There...
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Motorists should become black cab drivers without having to learn the Knowledge, says Thatcherite Institute of Economic Affairs When did the Telegraph start using “Thatcherite” as a swear word? And...
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GB Energy Supply, which only months ago boasted the cheapest fixed-rate deal on the market, has ceased trading. The low-cost energy supplier, which is believed to have had around 160,000 customers,...
View ArticleSometimes, just sometimes, I rather like human beings
Yes, this is all rather trivial and it’s on Twatter and in the Mail and all that. Ben Carter, from Devon, will only drink from a blue Tommee Tippee cup, prompting father Marc to put out an appeal on...
View ArticleIt is of course bankers with their pursuit of profit to blame
The financial regulator has been seeking a rescuer for Manchester Building Society but has been turned down by Nationwide, Britain’s largest society. The Prudential Regulation Authority has been trying...
View ArticleAstonishing, just astonishing
Rolls-Royce winning contracts legitimately key to growth, says CEO Gaining more customers is the secret to growing a business. Well I never, what will they think of next?
View ArticlePeople around here know the darndest things – so, virtual banks?
Anyone know about this? By virtual bank I mean that Third Bank of Breqhou does not run its own debit card operation. But if TBB can attract a few thousand people who want a TBB debit card then pretty...
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Going to the DMV to pay his bill, he wheeled in five wheelbarrows of coins, weighing in at 1,600 pounds. It took staff at least seven hours to count the coins, working until early on Thursday morning....
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Fiat Chrysler has been drawn into the “dieselgate” emissions scandal, sending its shares plunging by almost a fifth. America’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accused the car maker of fitting...
View ArticleWilly’s a card, isn’t he?
The starting point has to be getting the language and argument right. What prompts anger with executive pay is the belief that it has risen far too fast for far too long with too little justification...
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This is rather good
Yes, it’s in The Guardian and it’s on economics. But it’s also rather good. The one addition I would have made is to point out that Hayes was unimportant but bad. Sure, he fiddled Libor. But so were...
View ArticleThis is desperately sad but…..
What actually is the solution? Amandeep Kaur, 29, a Hermes courier from Leicester, was in the back of an ambulance rushing her seriously ill son to hospital when she first felt the pressure to get back...
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My word this is a big story
USA TODAY Starbucks will hire 0,0100 refugees, starting in US Take That You TrumpyMcHitlerFascistRefugeeHater!
View ArticleAstonishing, punishment comes after proof of guilt
The decision on whether Sir Philip Green is stripped of his knighthood could be delayed for years after the forfeiture committee chairman said they will wait for BHS probes to end. But how can we do...
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It’s a sales pitch that has yielded big profits. The North Face reported annual revenue of $2.3bn last year, with 200 stores around the world. Patagonia is smaller, but growing more rapidly. The...
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