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Big Box to open next spring

08.10.09
Charles Dunstone, chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, today revealed that the first two “Big Box” stores run jointly with the massive US electronics retailer Best Buy will open in the South-East next spring ... more

My London: Zac Goldsmith wants to bring in yellow school buses

11.09.09
Prospective parliamentary candidate Zac Goldsmith answers Sadie Whitelocks' questions... more

Peter Mandelson doesn't 'get' the internet - and it shows

08.09.09
In the midst of Gordon Brown’s latest travails, you might have thought that ministers would at least avoid going out of their way to annoy people... more

Carphone in good shape thanks to iPhone

23.07.09
The iPhone and the avalanche of competing touch-screen mobile phones with a dizzying array of applications have saved Carphone Warehouse from a fall in sales ... more

Carphone Warehouse has patched up its differences with Vodafone following the mobile operator’s decision to stop selling its contracts through Charles Dunstone’s retail chain

02.07.09
Carphone Warehouse has patched up its differences with Vodafone following the mobile operator’s decision to stop selling its contracts through Charles Dunstone’s retail chain ... more

Carphone back in touch with Voda

02.07.09
Carphone Warehouse has patched up its differences with Vodafone after the mobile operator’s decision to stop selling its contracts through Charles Dunstone’s retail chain ... more

Broker note round-up

08.06.09
The shares that brokers are today tipping investors to buy, sell or hold ... more

Upbeat Carphone connects with City’s profit forecasts

05.06.09
Carphone Warehouse chief executive Charles Dunstone today said things are not as bad as was feared as the company’s profits hit expectations in the City. ... more

Cosalt warns on its profits after shortfall

26.05.09
Cosalt, the shipping safety supplier where Carphone Warehouse co-founder David Ross was forced to stand down as chairman last year, warned its profits won't hit market expectations this year ... more

Business leaders speak out against Heathrow runway

05.05.09
Some of the country's leading businessmen are protesting against plans for a third runway at Heathrow... more

Carphone's profits growth hits the wall

22.04.09
Carphone Warehouse's 20-year history of staggering growth has come to an end, founder and chief executive Charles Dunstone admitted... more

Sony Ericsson plunges into red and axes another 2000

17.04.09
The crisis in the mobile phone industry deepened further as handset maker Sony Ericsson announced a crashing dive into the red and the sacking of another 2000 workers - more than a quarter of its staff... more

Devaney to lead National Express board

02.04.09
National Express has appointed veteran industrialist John Devaney, 62 to head its board... more

Carphone rings up a decent Christmas as rivals suffer

15.01.09
Consumer: It was the worst-ever Christmas for the mobile phone industry, but market leader Carphone Warehouse claimed victory in the battle to get consumers to part with their cash... more

FSA clears Ross in Carphone shares row but stresses rules

09.01.09
Regulation: David Ross, the founder and former deputy chairman of Carphone Warehouse, who was forced to resign last month after he failed to disclose that he had used £130 million of his shares as security against personal loans, is off the hook... more

Why all the fuss about Ross deal?

11.12.08
If you consider all the things going on in the stock market that you don't know about, the undisclosed use of shares in Carphone Warehouse by founder David Ross as collateral for a loan seems to be of very little consequence... more

Governance fears in plan to demerge Carphone Warehouse

18.11.08
Telecoms: The boss of Carphone Warehouse admitted he could be walking into a corporate governance row as he announced plans to demerge ... more

Market report: Worries over bailouts put bank trio on slide

17.11.08
The three High Street banks taking refuge in the Government's lifeboat were the biggest fallers among blue-chip stocks today as City investors became increasingly disillusioned with the terms of their proposed fund-raisers.... more

Ed Byrne is a class apart

12.09.08
Earlier this year Ed Byrne, best known as the voice of the Carphone Warehouse ads, tied the knot and it seems to have helped his career.... more

Market report: Caz says dig into miners in the wake of sell-off

11.09.08
A drop in the price of raw materials has meant mining companies have suffered their biggest monthly fall in 11 years during September and the third- biggest monthly fall on record... more

Market report: Spending chill relegates Carphone, pubs and ITV

10.09.08
The dramatic drop-off in consumer spending, brought about by soaring inflation and economic slowdown, is clearly apparent in the latest Footsie 100 index quarterly review, which will be finalised at the close of business tonight... more

WH Ireland slashes the dividend as profits take 50% plunge

18.08.08
Stockbroking firm WH Ireland blames the fallout from the credit crunch for a near-50% slump in profits... more

More stores join rent revolt

25.07.08
Retailers are queuing up to join the campaign to demand the right to pay rent monthly rather than quarterly... more

Record 3.9% decline in high street spending fuels recession worries

24.07.08
The biggest monthly fall in consumer spending has heightened fears of a high-street meltdown... more

Tough year ahead for Carphone, says boss

12.06.08
The CEO of the carphone warehouse is predicting a hard year ahead for the company... more

Comment: top team

21.05.08
The Mayor, Boris Johnson, has delivered on his manifesto promise to be open about the roles and pay of his top advisers... more

Carphone signals mobiles slowdown as TalkTalk booms

15.04.08
Even the fast-growing world of mobile phones is likely to be hit by the consumer slowdown... more

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