Can it be that US customers really just want a bargain?
What is it with British retailers and the American market? With the news that Tesco faces a £1 billion writedown on its six-year-old American venture Fresh & Easy, they join other giants,...
View ArticleHow Obama lit a fire under the Boston fightback
It was a horrific Monday in Boston, with the Marathon bombing compared - despite the obvious difference in scale - with 9/11 in New York. Yet now on this emotionally- charged fifth day , there is a...
View ArticleLeakgate! Scorn pours on Obama over swoop on AP: 'Ability of the press...
Fury is growing in the US over the Obama Justice Department's sweeping seizure of Associated Press phone records in a so-called war on leaks, with commentators harking back to Richard Nixon, that most...
View ArticleAs Tribune becomes America's No1 TV station owner, will Murdoch pounce...
Things are really jumping in the American media business this week. Hard on the heels of Rupert Murdoch launching his new all- print News Corp, with $2.6 billion of cash as a parting gift,(acquisitions...
View ArticleHow 'Stop the presses' saved Britain from a newspaper tycoon...
Tycoons go hand in hand with newspapers. And it's no surprise that the American newspaper industry has - after the initial shock - welcomed the two new billionaires on the block: Jeff Bezos of Amazon...
View ArticleSo just who is going to watch Al Jazeera with its 800 journalists?
America has seen a lot of money splashed about recently on big media buys - $70 million for the Boston Globe; $250 million for the Washington Post.But no buy is bigger and more quixotic than Al Jazeera...
View ArticleFury as mischief-making pols make the US a laughing stock
So does America have a red face today over the ludicrous Government shutdown? Yes it does - but not out of embarrassment - out of rage! Ordinary Americans , proud of their country's achievements, are...
View ArticleScottish Independence: A view from America
With the Scottish independence referendum quickly approaching, and campaigns for both sides well underway, the Commonwealth Games has brought brand Scotland to the world stage.David Speedie, a senior...
View ArticleUSA Today writer: Blame Blair for 'preposterous' Scottish referendum
There is huge interest in the US over the Scottish independence debate. I was much impressed when C-Span here, broadcasting the second Salmond-Darling debate, asked viewers for their view on...
View ArticleBreakfast with Boris? For me, the printed word can still beat online
I am a long-time reader of the Wall Street Journal online. Sharp well-researched business news, excellently judged international reports, I have seldom felt the need to get an actual paper copy of...
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