Category: Money

Ray of sunshine lifts the spirits

Figures from Premier Farnell are always hideously complicated and present as a blizzard of statistics. This is because the company, as the second-biggest distributor of electrical and electronic goods, is highly sensitive to global economic trends, reacting immediately to any improvement or downturn, and so short-term trends are closely monitored. Premier signalled the start of
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Critics of Google back News Corp’s attack

naccountable bureaucracy” that stifles competition and promotes piracy? Google brushed off a blistering attack from News Corp yesterday, while critics in Europe welcomed the newspaper group’s surprise intervention. “Hip hip hooray,” one lobbyist in Brussels said. Rupert Murdoch, News Corp’s executive chairman, has been publicly critical of Google before — accusing it on Twitter of
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Chinese demand puts Pashley back in the saddle

Britain’s oldest bicycle maker is enjoying a renaissance thanks to booming sales in China. Pashley Cycles is finding that its commitment to domestic manufacturing is being rewarded by growing demand from China, which boasts an estimated 500 million bikes. The company, founded in 1928 and based in Stratford-upon-Avon, is expanding into a second base in
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