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New way through for bonds

20.11.09
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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

We need to support home-grown talent

12.11.09
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Christmas ads rise has ITV celebrating early

05.11.09
ITV today cheered the City with forecasts of a strong upturn in advertising in the run up to Christmas as it emerged that corporate finance heavy hitter Bob Wigley is front runner to become the broadcaster’s next chairman ... more

Perfect choice of chairman to end the sorry saga at ITV

15.10.09
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New crisis at ITV as Bishop turns down the top job

12.10.09
ITV was thrown into turmoil once again as Sir Michael Bishop became the second candidate to rule himself out as its new chairman, and chief operating officer John Cresswell said he will quit in the near future... more

ITV must move fast to make Bishop its mate

09.10.09
After Sir Crispin Davis saw sense (or was made to) and withdrew his candidature for ITV chairman, there should be no excuse for the beleaguered broadcaster’s board to push on and appoint Sir Michael Bishop... more

George is too bookish

07.10.09
Doubts remain over George Osborne and his ability to step up to the job of Chancellor, should the Tories win the next election ... 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

City Spy: Virgin faces a battle in Great North rail race

28.09.09
RAIL veteran Ian Yeowart is rattling the couplings of Virgin Trains by launching an all-new Great North Western Railways company on Virgin routes into Euston... more

Sorry, Lord Myners, but it’s a bit late to talk of flying the flag

28.09.09
No sooner does Kraft say it wants to take over Cadbury than the Union Jack starts to be waved... more

Tony Ball rejected for ITV top job after £42m pay demand

25.09.09
ITV leadership crisis as the former Sky boss lined up to take over was rejected after he demanded a £42 million pay deal... more

ITV is a big turn-off as talks over new boss hit the rocks

25.09.09
Investors switched off ITV today after the broadcaster abandoned talks with Tony Ball about taking the helm... more

Simple solution to the reward problem

24.09.09
If something good can be salvaged from the Tony Ball saga, in which he is demanding a potential £20 million reward over five years for running ITV, it ought to take the form of a rethink on the use of long-term incentive plans ... more

Lib-Dem mansion tax is such a mess

24.09.09
Have the Lib Dems thought through their plan to tax houses over £1 million? They “might find the definition of a house less than clear-cut”... ... 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

Don’t bet on Darling in pay battle with bankers

22.09.09
SO, Alistair Darling wants bankers not to pay themselves big bonuses this side of the election, does he? ... more

ITV comes under pressure over new chief exec

17.09.09
ITV comes under renewed pressure to appoint a chief executive, amid reports of a boardroom split over a bumper multi-million pound incentive scheme for the leading candidate ... more

City Spy: Au revoir Andy, as he leaves C4 house

17.09.09
SO farewell to Andy Duncan, who has bowed to the inevitable and stepped down as chief executive of Channel 4 before having to face the elite of the British TV industry at the Cambridge Media Convention... more

City Spy: No fun at ITV in this Ball game

11.09.09
Just how wide is the opposition to Tony Ball being made ITV's next chief executive within the higher reaches of the broadcaster? Very, is the answer.... 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

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

City Spy: Bailed-out RBS is flying with Yanks

22.06.09
Royal Bank of Scotland has said a big “thank you” to the British taxpayer with the bailed-out bank’s latest cost-cutting exercise: it has scrapped its deal with British Airways, and has now instructed staff to fly American Airlines... more

Great companies should train their own for the top

22.06.09
In what was a typical weekend, the three main stories in one Sunday newspaper were about the succession in some of our best-known companies... more

Troubled Rio boss faces bonus woe

08.06.09
IT will be interesting to see whether Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese is still in his job next year to claim the annual bonus that is de rigueur for top company bosses. ... more

Place your bets in bookies’ bonanza

04.06.09
Bookmakers, always keen to attract the punters, are hyping this weekend as a £400 million betting bonanza — with the Derby at Epsom, England against Kazakhstan football, the Lions Tour, the Turkish Grand Prix, Twenty20 World Cup Cricket and the opening weekend of Big Brother ... more

Our banks need to change -and the feeling's mutual

28.05.09
On the face of it a 69% fall in annual pre-tax profits or even the slightly more modest 50% drop in underlying profits by Nationwide does not immediately present itself as the strongest argument for mutuality... more

Branson dreams... of owning Google

21.05.09
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson was Google’s special guest at the internet giant’s “Zeitgeist” meeting in Hertfordshire this week ... more

Things will get worse before they get better, ITV boss warns

14.05.09
ITV warned that the spiralling fall in its advertising revenues is set to get worse before it gets better ... more

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