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City Spy: Naked truth is that TV may just be to Jamie's taste

10.07.09
Chef Jamie Oliver may turn out to be a savvier businessman than Gordon Ramsay by focusing on his TV projects rather than restaurants... more

Footsie grandees aim for more women on the board

05.05.09
Sir Philip Hampton of Sainsbury’s, Sir John Bond of Vodafone and Roger Carr of Centrica are just three of the high-profile chairmen gathering at an event in the City to put wannabe female board directors through their paces ... more

Vodka hangover for Waterford Wedgewood

06.01.09
The demise of Waterford Wedgwood is a sorry tale. There is red ink everywhere, the Stoke pottery operation is pointing fingers at the Irish glassmaking side, while there's much brouhaha about moving the whole manufacturing process to Indonesia... more

HSBC did well – by ignoring City’s rules

15.12.08
Which of our High Street banks has for the most part ridden out the financial crisis? Yep, HSBC, the bank that rode roughshod all over corporate governance rules by successively appointing their chief executives to be chairman... more

Time to go big on downsizing

19.11.08
City comment It is time to speak up for smallness bring scale back to banks ... more

The bankers' banker who put safety first and came out ahead

22.10.08
Profile: Mike Geoghegan’s HSBC used to be seen as a plodder. But he didn’t get his knuckles rapped by ministers and it doesn’t need our money. Its rivals are still smarting... more

Still Rolling for EMI - but all in the past

29.07.08
Crumbs of comfort for EMI, owned by private-equity firm Terra Firma.... more

Call finally comes for heir apparent

27.05.08
There has been little doubt Vittorio Colao was heir apparent at Vodafone since he was poached back from running media giant RCS Media... more

Surprise as Vodafone chief Sarin steps down

27.05.08
Arun Sarin, one of Europe's highest paid chief executives, is suddenly stepping down at Vodafone after five years at the top... more

Two sides to the coin as activists clash with HSBC

04.04.08
Today's activists invest far more time and money in developing their criticisms than ever before... more

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