Mr & Mrs Smith retail bond launched
What’s the deal? Mr & Mrs Smith, the boutique hotel guide and booking service, has launched a four-year bond offering a fixed return of 7.5 per cent, paid…
Barnier needs to choose his battleground
Like a general without an army, Michel Barnier is hoping shareholders will join the EU’s top financial services regulator in his battle against the excesses of Anglo-Saxon capitalism.…
US natural gas prices to soar, says Shell
Royal Dutch Shell said it expects US natural gas prices, which have been pushed to 10-year lows by the shale gas boom, to double by 2015 on the…
Proxy fight averted with Yahoo reshuffle
Another week, another new chief executive for Yahoo. The résumé scandal that led to the…
Boy wonder comes of age on Wall Street
In six-foot posters plastered on bus stops in San Francisco, a Jesuit university borrows from…
Best Buy founder Schulze to quit
While Best Buy watchers expected an internal probe to lift the lid on what turned…
PepsiCo chief faces activist pressure
©Reuters Indra Nooyi’s “Power of One” strategy is under pressure again. After months of insisting…
Barnier needs to choose his battleground
Like a general without an army, Michel Barnier is hoping shareholders will join the EU’s…
Network confusion links Facebook and Nasdaq
A series of technical issues delayed the opening trades in Facebook’s stock and caused confusion…
Murdoch quashes talk of UK paper spin-off
Rupert Murdoch has moved to quash discussions within his own company about selling its tainted…
