17 Dec 2007
| by Stephen Foster
expensive next year, economic growth will slow and the central banks (as they re doing already) will have ...
12 Dec 2007
| by Stephen Foster
grocery giants Tesco is arguably the best at expanding overseas, with strong businesses in Central Europe ...
? China probably. Absolut invites $5bn bids The Swedish government is auctioning Vin Spirit ...
12 Dec 2007
| by Lucy Barrett, editor
of the government's increasing effort to curb
advertising of less healthy products, particularly to children ...
and the rest of
government must tread carefully, as several drinks firms say they have
already made great strides in their efforts to stop children being
targeted by their brands. If the government does ...
05 Dec 2007
| by Stephen Foster
barrel inflation isn t quite the ogre people thought it was a week ago. The government isn t supposed ...
03 Dec 2007
| by Claire Billings
by the government. In its last review, conducted in 2003, all its agencies were reappointed. ...
03 Dec 2007
| by Stephen Foster
off on Thursday. King s remit from the government is to keep inflation at or below 2% (if it falls ...
or Olivant and can afford to pay off more of the 25bn or so owed to the government. Because of this, the government apparently deems its bid approved , so much for the Northern Rock board then. Don ...
28 Nov 2007
| by Alex Donohue
LONDON - Consumer Direct, the government's OFT funded public information service, has warned of a...The government body has advised customers who think they may have given out personal information to cold callers pretending to be from Consumer Direct to contact their bank immediately and review their credit and financial statements for unauthorised transactions. Consumer Direct, which offers information ...
28 Nov 2007
| by Stephen Foster
at the moment. Everyone knows they need lots of money and lower interest rates from central bankers (the US ...
of funny off-balance-sheet investments) so the central banks have to provide the liquidity missing in the markets. But the central banks are all fixated on inflation. Their remit from the politicians ...
28 Nov 2007
SPONSORSHIP MasterCard v FIFA The case In a colourful case that did nothing to boost FIFA's
reputation, MasterCard challenged the football governing body's entry
into a sponsorship agreement with Visa. Under the terms of the 2002
sponsorship deal between FIFA and MasterCard, the latter claimed it had
a ...
27 Nov 2007
| by Nick Johnson
Sponsorship MasterCard v FIFA The case In a colourful case that did nothing to boost FIFA s reputation, MasterCard challenged the football governing body s entry into a sponsorship agreement with Visa. Under the terms of the 2002 sponsorship deal between FIFA and MasterCard, the latter claimed it had a ...