Do sweat the small stuff

RSS icon12:08am 11 October 2013

Experts say paying attention to small details is a crucial part of a firm's success, particularly customer-facing ones.

Juventus executive Agnelli oversees club's revival

RSS icon11:51pm 10 October 2013

Seeking to revive Italian football's Old Lady

Juventus executive Agnelli oversees club's revival

RSS icon11:51pm 10 October 2013

Seeking to revive Italian football's Old Lady

Huge demand for World Cup tickets

RSS icon11:49pm 10 October 2013

Fifa will hold a random draw to allocate 2014 World Cup tickets after six million applications were made.

Huge demand for World Cup tickets

RSS icon11:49pm 10 October 2013

Fifa will hold a random draw to allocate 2014 World Cup tickets after six million applications were made.

Big banks plan for missed US payment

RSS icon11:49pm 10 October 2013

Amid the deadlock on the US debt ceiling, money market lenders are asking banks to exclude the more vulnerable shorter-term T-bills from repo deals

Housebuilders jump on sector upside hopes

RSS icon11:45pm 10 October 2013

Deutsche suggested ignoring house prices, which remain 15 per cent below peak levels nationwide, in preference to a land market that is 44 per cent below peak

Debt impasse exposes market Achilles heel

RSS icon11:44pm 10 October 2013

Investors, voters and politicians need to grasp is that this fight is not simply creating concern about Treasury bills that expire in late October, or even six weeks later

Alitalia to get aid from post office

RSS icon11:43pm 10 October 2013

The debt-ridden Italian airline Alitalia is to receive a capital injection from Italy's state-owned post office, as it tries to avoid bankruptcy.

Alitalia to get aid from post office

RSS icon11:43pm 10 October 2013

The debt-ridden Italian airline Alitalia is to receive a capital injection from Italy's state-owned post office, as it tries to avoid bankruptcy.

New York Fed sued over Goldman oversight

RSS icon11:08pm 10 October 2013

Carmen Segarra says her superiors interfered with her work examining the bank and expressed concern it would be harmed by her criticism

Costs surge for chocolate makers

RSS icon10:56pm 10 October 2013

Cost of making a bar of milk chocolate rises 31% because cocoa butter price jumped almost 70% in the year to August while milk powder rose 50%

US markets cheer debt thaw

RSS icon09:35pm 10 October 2013

US markets have their best day since January 2013, buoyed by a House Republican proposal to raise the nation's borrowing limit for six weeks.

Stocks rally on hopes for US debt deal

RSS icon09:20pm 10 October 2013

Optimism that a temporary extension to the US debt limit can be agreed drives equities and commodities sharply higher while gold and Treasury prices retreat

Fed's Bullard - fiscal problems make October QE cut less likely

RSS icon09:15pm 10 October 2013

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is less likely to reduce its bond-buying program this month given the U.S. government shutdown and resulting lack of economic data, as well as the ongoing...

Boeing restructures commercial airplane strategy, marketing

RSS icon09:08pm 10 October 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Thursday that it will restructure its commercial airplane strategy and marketing functions, just days after the company lost a $9.5 billion (5.9 billion pounds...

BlackBerry co-founder considers bid to buy company - filing

RSS icon09:06pm 10 October 2013

TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd co-founder Mike Lazaridis has increased his stake in the struggling smartphone maker and is considering buying the entire company, according to a securities filing...

Ofcom proposes fee hike for mobile network operators

RSS icon08:38pm 10 October 2013

LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile network operators may face a four-fold hike in licence fees to rent the radio spectrum in Britain, under plans unveiled by telecoms industry regulator Ofcom on Thursday....

BOJ's Kuroda says Japan on way to beating deflation

RSS icon08:36pm 10 October 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's unprecedented monetary easing is working to defeat deflation and policymakers will press on for as long as it takes to reach a 2 percent inflation target,...

Pentagon to focus on Rockwell-Elbit helmet for F-35

RSS icon08:33pm 10 October 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Thursday it would halt work on a second pilot helmet being developed for the F-35 fighter jet by Britain's BAE Systems Plc , and focus exclusively on the...

Italy to participate in Alitalia rescue - statement

RSS icon08:04pm 10 October 2013

ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Thursday it will join a rescue plan for Alitalia through an investment by the state-owned postal service as long as the company adopts a new strategy and the other...

Royal Mail shares priced at 330 pence in oversubscribed sale

RSS icon08:01pm 10 October 2013

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain sold a majority stake in Royal Mail at 330 pence a share on Thursday following massive investor interest that values the postal service company, known worldwide for its...

NYSE CEO ready to put everything on the table in market review

RSS icon07:55pm 10 October 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - NYSE Euronext , which is about to close its more than $10 billion (6.2 billion pounds) sale to IntercontinentalExchange , is prepared to put the self-regulatory status of...

UK workers are 'least satisfied'

RSS icon07:53pm 10 October 2013

Workers in the UK are less happy than their peers in France, Germany, the US, Canada and Australia, says a report by recruitment agency Randstad.

UK workers are 'least satisfied'

RSS icon07:53pm 10 October 2013

Workers in the UK are less happy than their peers in France, Germany, the US, Canada and Australia, says a report by recruitment agency Randstad.

South African miners end strike as Amplats concedes on job cuts

RSS icon07:49pm 10 October 2013

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Anglo American Platinum said on Thursday it had clinched a deal with a South African union to end a nearly two-week strike over job cuts that hit production at the world's...

U.S. debt standoff could 'damage' world economy - ECB head

RSS icon07:45pm 10 October 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A prolonged U.S. debt standoff could hurt the global economy, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Thursday.
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Feelgood factor returns to the City

RSS icon07:44pm 10 October 2013

Britain has overtaken Germany as Ferrari’s largest European market; big banks are hiring again; deal pipelines are filling up; house prices are rising

Feelgood factor returns to the City

RSS icon07:44pm 10 October 2013

Britain has overtaken Germany as Ferrari’s largest European market; big banks are hiring again; deal pipelines are filling up; house prices are rising

No driving licence until 19?

RSS icon07:33pm 10 October 2013

New research for the government suggests that young drivers shouldn't be able to qualify for a full licence until they are 19 years old.