20 Dec 2001
no comment to make on the situation.
Some more up-to-date children's characters were also in the news ...
recently. Whether she will be doing her royal text speech from this is unclear.
Also seeking to get ...
20 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
The approval finally came through yesterday -- a year after the Seagram sale was agreed. As Diageo will acquire the Captain Morgan rum brand in the 5.6bn deal, the FTC has ordered it to dispose of Malibu within six months, to avoid creating a rum duopoly.
The sale of Malibu is predicted to raise some ...
19 Dec 2001
| by Gordon MacMillan,
than 98% since their peak in early 2000.
The company's recent plan to get itself out of debt ...
would have allowed it to get out of 163.5m in unrealised tax losses.
Under the plan ...
to get out of trouble.
In October, it announced that it was to cut another 70 staff from its ...
19 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
The contract, which begins on January 7, realises a long-held aim of BSkyB-owner Rupert Murdoch to get Sky content aired on terrestrial TV. The deal will see Sky News's morning news programme Sunrise simultaneously broadcast on the UK's fifth terrestrial broadcaster.
The show will be broadcast between 6.30am ...
19 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
.com, and hope that we will be back in full swing some day soon."
If you have an opinion on this or any ...
18 Dec 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
to reduce the debt, but this sale has been delayed after the business was undervalued by some 1bn to around ...
18 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
former head, Edgar Bronfman, sold to USA Networks for 2.8bn in 1997.
Some are saying that Messier ...
17 Dec 2001
| by Gordon MacMillan,
Excite UK's financial performance."
Given the climate, Miskin signalled some weeks ago that she ...
17 Dec 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
's deals with some digital services prevented ITV Digital getting access to channels.
The OFT has ...
17 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
The radio group will come with a price tag, which some are putting as high as 30m. Alongside Chrysalis, which owns Heart 106 FM and Galaxy, Capital Radio is also said to be interested.
News of the sale comes as LNR's shareholders seek to retrench their businesses in the face of a tough climate ...