Domino's CFO says analysts to lift forecasts Reuters (UK) - 18 ore fa Ginsberg said he expected analysts to lift 2008 pretax profit forecasts to between 23.1 million pounds and 23.2 million compared with the current consensus of 22.6 million. For 2009, he expects analysts to raise pretax profit forecasts to just under 26 million pounds from around 25 million ... |
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M&S plans to close 27 small stores The Independent (UK) - 19 ore fa September 1999 - despite heavy price-cutting in the run-up to Christmas. The company - which employs around around 70,000 staff in the UK - plans to close 27 stores with the loss of up to 780 jobs. Up to 450 more will go from its head office. Of the stores to close, 25 are under-performing Simply ... |
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Losses are too much to bear for high fliers in the financial crisis The Independent (UK) - 23 ore fa He was CEO of Olivant, a private equity firm that a year earlier was among the potential bidders for Northern Rock. An inquest heard that Mr Stephenson faced "considerable financial loss" and had become more tense. He left a wife and child. In the US, some of the investors with the self-confessed ... |
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Rose determined to steer 'lean and mean' M&S through crunch The Independent (UK) - 16 ore fa The potential annual saving of up to £200m lowers the chances of a dividend cut - and further riling the investors with which Sir Stuart clashed last year. Nearly a quarter of shareholders who voted failed to back him last July over his controversial dual role as executive chairman at the helm of ... Loans firm Cattles planning to axe 1,000 staff- The Independent (UK) Sales of new cars slump- The Independent (UK) Reuters (UK) - e altri 35 articoli simili |
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Chancellor's letter to G20 members Reuters (UK) - 8 ore fa Leaders agreed that urgent action was needed to make significant progress on the macroeconomic, regulatory and institutional reform agendas. As we head towards the next Summit on 2 April work is already underway by our officials who are working closely with experts and representatives of the ... G20 finance ministers to meet on March 14 - Darling- Reuters (UK) |
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Apple Rival Creative Technology Slashes Jobs BusinessWeek (USA) - 8 ore fa Singapore's Creative Technology has joined the ranks of large corporations laying off staff as it cuts almost half its global workforce . The figure comprises almost half of its global workforce from the year before. The company had 3,100 full-time employees at the end of June last year—47 ... |
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Paulson: Congress Must Revamp Freddie, Fannie cbs2chicago.com - 8 ore fa The government in September took control of Fannie and Freddie, placing them in conservatorship. Paulson offered thoughts on a variety of possible solutions on what should follow the conservatorship but did not endorse any particular approach ... |
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Electronic Unemployment Claims Crash Systems cbs2chicago.com - 10 ore fa Even those that are holding up under the strain are in many cases leaving filers on the line for hours, or kissing them off with an "all circuits are busy" message. Agencies have been scrambling to hire hundreds more workers to handle the calls. Systems in New York, North Carolina and Ohio were ... |
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Now Viyella calls in the administrators The Independent (UK) - 11 ore fa The firm has 120 stores and concessions in the UK as well as an online sales operation. Unions said they hoped there would be a strong interest in buying the chain. Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB union, said: "The City fat cats and their hangers-on who brought us the credit crunch have ... Viyella goes into administration- BBC (UK) |
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U.S. private sector shed 693,000 jobs in Dec Reuters (UK) - 14 ore fa The median of estimates from 20 economists surveyed by Reuters for the ADP Employer Services report was for 473,000 private-sector jobs lost in December. The report for December was the first month the data was issued using a new methodology, which ADP said was designed to more closely predict the ... |
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