Britain’s retail world drew a collective gasp when John Browett jumped from Tesco to Dixons in 2007. He was swapping a retail star for one that looked destined for the knackers’ yard.
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John Browett: the Brit who will be running retail at Apple
Corporation tax should be halved to boost business and revive Britain’s economic growth, according to a think tank.
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George Osborne told to halve corporation tax
House prices have failed to rise in any given month since the summer of 2010.
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House prices to fall further as buyers stay away
Sir Philip Hampton, the chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, offered to cede a potential £1.4m ‘golden hello’ before Stephen Hester was awarded a near £1m bonus.
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RBS chairman Sir Philip Hampton turned down £1.4m bonus before Stephen Hester was awarded £1m
The richest college at the University of Cambridge, Trinity, has invested in the UK’s largest retailer by acquiring a 50pc stake in a portfolio of Tesco stores worth £440m.
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Cambridge’s Trinity College buys 50pc stake in Tesco stores
The Chancellor will have the power to force the Bank of England to pump cash into failing lenders in a future financial crisis under radical new laws published on Friday.
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Osborne gets power over Bank of England in a crisis
Facebook is reportedly preparing to file next week for a flotation that could value the world’s largest social network site at $75bn to $100bn.
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Facebook prepares to file for $100bn IPO next week
The Prime Minister’s attack on EU red tape was welcomed at Davos but his comments on the need for European leaders to stop tinkering and take bold action, and the implication that Germany needed to do more, did not go down as well.
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Davos 2012: David Cameron’s ‘stop tinkering’ call wins Britain few friends in Europe
David Cameron tells the World Economic Forum that the “madness” of European red tape must be stopped, while the EU’s top economic official says more public money will be needed to plug Greece’s funding shortfall.
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Davos 2012: live
If you’re a hard pressed chief executive amid all this alpine beauty in Davos at the World Economic Forum it’s hard to find the inspiration which this event promises to deliver.
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Davos 2012: Inspiration is there if you know where to look
