Chris Blackhurst

08.02.10

Fed up at criticism of the pay package of Marc Bolland, his successor at Marks & Spencer, Sir Stuart Rose said: “If you pay peanuts, you get a...
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04.02.10

Having paid £4.2 billion for EMI in 2007, investors must find more cash or say “enough” to throwing good money after bad

04.02.10

Should the new CEOs of M&S and ITV fail to perform, they stand to lose nothing more than their reputations

03.02.10

Interview: Jean-Yves Charlier gets his sums right over a revolution in the classroom, leaving Chris Blackhurst wondering why he didn't think of...
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01.02.10

Comment: Angry football fans are not noted for their politeness, and if the Glazer family could sell Manchester United for £1 billion right now they...
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28.01.10

What was New Labour for? In May 1997, even many Conservatives would surely admit, the country was desperate for change. Thirteen years on, and things...
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27.01.10

City Interview: Francis Salway is unlike any other property developer, investing £655 million in three London projects. But is now really the right...
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26.01.10

We’re out of recession, hey, hey, hey! Pop the fizz and get out the Twiglets. Yes, but steady on — we’re only there by the thinnest of margins

25.01.10

City Comment: On the day that President Obama delivered his knockout blow to the banks, I was meeting a senior City figure. We both admitted to being...
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22.01.10

The City is in shock. Today, senior managers are trying to grapple with the implications of the Obama onslaught — and failing

21.01.10

Goldman Sachs' decision to curb the bonuses of its senior staff in London is a signal the watching politicians have been waiting for

21.01.10

There were some tired but happy heads in the City on Tuesday morning. They’d been up all night negotiating the sale of Cadbury to Kraft. They’d earned...
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20.01.10

Profile: So, what’s she like, the new first lady of Cadbury, the chocolate-maker’s new boss, Irene Rosenfeld? Charming, for sure, but also reserved...
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19.01.10

In the end, Roger Carr, the Cadbury chairman, had no choice. He may feel satisfied that he persuaded Kraft to raise its offer from 745p to today's...
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18.01.10

Cadbury takeover: Let no one say FTSE 100 chairmen don’t earn their money. For the last few months, Roger Carr has been working flat out, defending...
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18.01.10

Comment: It's no use singling out any of the banks for criticism over bonuses - none of them will break ranks and stop paying them. All we can do is...
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15.01.10

Barack Obama has declared war on bank bonuses and wants his money back. But, it seems, this is not something many bankers are going to lose sleep over

14.01.10

Tomorrow the gloves come off for another round of banker bonus bashing. JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs have had stellar years: once again, estimates will...
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13.01.10

Forever associated with the share disaster that was Regal Petroleum, former boss Frank Timis is aiming to tap the stock market again

11.01.10

City comment: One of the stock phrases of the Labour years has been the "enterprise society". But if it had ever actually existed we’d have no need to...
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