They joined HP as part of the acquisition but left acrimoniously around six months later in May 2012. That November, a year after the deal was completed, HP announced it would wipe out $8.8bn of the value originally placed on […]

Google has launched an April Fool’s Day version of Google Maps that allows users to play the classic arcade game Pacman on real streets. Google Map users can access the Pacman version by clicking on the icon in the bottom […]

The holdings duplicated are Amec, Close Brothers, Connect Group, easyJet, GlaxoSmithKline, Hilton Food Group, HSBC, Sainsbury’s and SSE. Remaining non-Isa holdings are BAE Systems, BAT, Carillon, Cineworld, GKN, Legal & General, WH Smith, National Grid and XP Power. Our poor […]

The Greek government hopes to hit an ambitious budget surplus of 1.2pc of GDP by the end of 2015, a forecast which is contingent on the economy growing by 1.4pc this year. This was a “generous-sounding” calculation particularly if creditors […]

Shore Capital, the stockbroker and investment manager, has grown its profits by 54pc after a flurry of activity in new share sales last year. Shore helped to raise £2.4bn for its clients through stock market sales, including seven initial public […]

“And clearly every airline in the world, given what’s happened, will be looking at what they do and how they do it to see if they can do anything that would improve the visibility you might have about the mental […]

Total Fitness, a Cheshire-based gym chain, is gearing up for new owners after the latest deal by a private equity firm to bulk up in the gym sector. North Edge, which focuses on deals in Northern England, is backing a […]

Why do we click on them when we know we hate them so much, wonders Shane McGinley? “Infamy! Infamy! They’ve all got it in for me!” Kenneth Williams’ famous gag from 1964’s Carry On Cleo was voted the funniest comedy […]

Political tensions in Europe’s largest creditor nation were laid bare after a senior ally of Angela Merkel’s ruling party stepped down over his opposition to Greek bail-out support. Peter Gauweiler, deputy chairman of the Christian Social Union – the sister […]

Hermes, which is owned by the BT pension scheme, and its Canadian partner are buying the 30pc stake from Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners and InfraCapital, a Prudential subsidiary. Hermes and CPPIB saw off competition from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Dutch […]