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Norman is the surprise choice for ITV chair

18.11.09
ITV named Archie Norman, the former Tory shadow cabinet member and chief executive of Asda, as its new chairman ... more

Ex-Asda boss faces daunting trial in ITV jungle

18.11.09
So Archie Norman is going to sumbit himself to the Bushtucker Trial that is chairing ITV. Formerly an MP, Tory chief executive and Asda chairman, he says the challenge of overseeing the I’m A Celebrity and X-Factor broadcaster is “irresistible” ... more

HMV expands with boutique cinema chain

21.10.09
Music retailer HMV is branching into the movie business by opening a chain of boutique cinemas... more

ITV lacks talent… but it could be saved by nationalisation

01.10.09
It was back in May I admitted I was so fed up with the corporate shennanigans at ITV that I had resorted to watching Britain's Got Talent... more

Osborne plays politics when City is in no mood for games

22.09.09
It’s a back-handed compliment for George Osborne. Both the Lib-Dems and Labour have identified the chancellor-in-waiting as a target for attack ... more

ITV execs urge new search for CEO

10.09.09
Senior executives at ITV have launched a desperate last-minute attempt to prevent former BSkyB boss Tony Ball being appointed chief executive of the commercial broadcaster ... more

Burnside is onside for Rangers bid

03.09.09
The resignation of Sir David Murray as chairman and director of Glasgow Rangers has sparked speculation as to who may take over the current Scottish Premier League champions should he go the whole distance and offload his majority shareholding ... more

Christmas cheer hope at HMV

03.09.09
HMV is looking forward to a bumper Christmas as games console prices have been slashed, new top video game releases hit the shelves and its Waterstone’s book chain stocks up on new publications from the likes of Jamie Oliver and Dan Brown ... more

Rats! KPMG grabs account from PwC

11.08.09
It's war. KPMG has just nabbed Rentokil’s lucrative contract for internal auditing from arch rival PricewaterhouseCoopers — by offering a 30% discount to the PwC price... more

'Slaughter’ in advertising drives ITV into the red

06.08.09
A dramatic slump in advertising revenues plunged ITV into the red as the search for a chief executive to succeed Michael Grade continued... more

Spyware woes for BlackBerry in UAE

30.07.09
Mobile phone users are accustomed to rogue emails and text messages, claiming to be from their phone company, but actually containing nasty software from a nefarious third party. What they’re not so used to is getting nasty stuff from the phone company itself.. ... more

Michael Jackson factor hits right note to boost HMV turnaround

30.06.09
HMV sold more than 40,000 Michael Jackson albums in the three days after his death - far outstripping the sales leap it experienced after the deaths of Elvis Presley and John Lennon... more

HMV bucking trend with a leap in sales

29.04.09
HMV will hit the top end of City forecasts for the year which ended last weekend, it told the stock market ... more

As CD sales fall, HMV is turning to live music

23.01.09
Analysis: New Kids on the Block will become the first band to take to the stage at the newly christened HMV Apollo, formerly the Hammersmith Apollo... more

HMV looks to a boost from Woolies collapse

11.12.08
Retail: The demise of Woolworths and the knock-on effects for the likes of Zavvi leave HMV boss Simon Fox sad but confident his group can capture much of the market share that is up for grabs... more

Yes, this could be a real page-turner for HMV

09.09.08
Waterstone's had something of a coup last week, gaining the exclusive rights to launch the Sony eReader — the first true electronic book reader to make it to these shores... more

HMV banks on strong Xmas to cheer sales

05.09.08
Retail: HMV is relying on a strong Christmas as the consumer crunch has started to hit its High Street entertainment and Waterstone's book stores... more

HMV sees surprise 25% leap in earnings

01.07.08
HMV racked up a 25% surge in profits last year as its new boss Simon Fox began his three-year turnaround plan for the once-ailing music chain... more

HMV wipes out debt and stars on high street

09.05.08
HMV and its Waterstone's bookshops have yet to see any signs of the much-touted consumer downturn hitting other High Street stores.... more

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