Companies [43]

LVMH seizes spotlight with Philo appointment

ft.com     11 hrs ago   6 related          

By Vanessa Friedman in New York As the women’s ready-to-wear season began on Thursday in New York, LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury-goods group, ensured all attention was on Paris by announcing the appointment of Phoebe...                    

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Lord Levene: Tax havens will kill UK insurance

telegraph.co.uk     9 hrs ago   5 related          

By Yvette Essen, Insurance Correspondent Lord Levene, the chairman of Lloyd's of London, has urged the Treasury to change the tax treatment of the world's largest insurance market as it faces threats from overseas tax...                    

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The shape of legs to come

guardian.co.uk     10 hrs ago   1 related          

Peg-leg trousers have hit the high street. Imogen Fox explains why you should take up this fashion challenge There is a simple way to distinguish between fashion trends that are going to happen in the real world and those...                    

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BG Group is energised by talk of takeover approach

timesonline.co.uk     10 hrs ago   3 related          

Amid another day of market turmoil, which saw the FTSE 100 fall by 2.5 per cent, investors in BG Group found some comfort as the petrochemicals company rose on bid talk. Speculation in the Square Mile suggested that the...                    

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Lehman eyes real-estate spin-off

ft.com     4 hrs ago          

Lehman Brothers may shift about $32bn – or 80% - of its commercial mortgages and real estate to a new company that will be spun off in a move similar to the “good-bank/bad-bank” model used in the 1980s banking crisis,...                    

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Behind the lens: How fashion's glossiest images come to life

independent.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

September is the month when fashion houses go for the hard sell. Penny Martin reveals the industry's secrets Friday, 5 September 2008 Many people read fashion magazines for the editorial shoots, but the industry itself is...                    

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City reacts coldly to rate freezes across Europe

scotsman.com     9 hrs ago          

Published Date: 05 September 2008 THE London market slumped in late trade yesterday as both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank kept interest rates on hold and increased economic fears weighed on banks. On a...                    

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shropshirestar.co.uk: The Bank of England has announced interest rates would remain at five per cent, despite calls for a cut to help Britain’s ailing economy. shropshirestar.co.uk

Interest rates to remain on hold

shropshirestar.co.uk     5 hrs ago   58 related          

The decision came as mortgage giant Abbey slashed its mortgage rates in a bid to kick start the property market, with new figures showing that house prices slumped by 10.9 per cent during the last year. The cost of a home...                    

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Cost of drug licensing on the wane, says Lehman Bros

pharmiweb.co.uk     8 hrs ago          

Growth in licensing deals between large drugmakers companies and their smaller, research-based counterparts continued apace in 2007, but the average total value of each deal has started to fall. That is the conclusion...                    

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Passwords, privacy and pants

libdemblogs.co.uk     1 hr ago          

How private is your online banking password? Not private enough for one customer at Lloyds TSB it seems. Steve Jetley chose the password 'Lloyds is pants' only to find a bank worker unilaterally changed it to 'No we are...                    

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