Alys Fowler: let’s hear it for hippeastrum
‘Ihave ordered some amaryllis bulbs,” I say. This doesn’t go down so well at home. Hippeastrum (often wrongly known as…
Rabobank to cut 9,000 jobs and shed assets to boost profit
Dutch cooperative bank Rabobank plans to lay off nearly a fifth of its workforce to boost profit and prepare for…
I’m going to have a rubbish Christmas – and nothing makes me happier
We’ve been stripping out our old kitchen units to make way for the new ones my partner, Chris, is making…
Citigroup to take $300 million ‘repositioning charge’ in fourth quarter
Citigroup Inc (C.N) will take a $300 million “repositioning charge” in the fourth quarter to “resize infrastructure and capacity” throughout…
Goldman reigns supreme in record M&A year
As iconic brands are snapped up and corporations merged and swallowed in a record-breaking whirl of deals, there has been…