http://www.thepmsprinciples.com Business Talk Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:35:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The newly announced application from Google to take on turn by turn navigation created a quick response from the market. Gps nav companies have seen their share prices in average of 18%. The new app targeted at mobile users is certainly a good improvement to Google Map, and like a lot ... http://www.thepmsprinciples.com/google-navigation-cutting-gps-marker-shares-55 While everything seems to tell us the worst of the recession is over we are still not seeing any major improvement of consumer spending and unemployment. The situation could well set a bleak Christmas period of the likes of last year, when 14 major retailers went into administration. The Christmas period is ... http://www.thepmsprinciples.com/second-slow-christmas-in-a-row-for-uk-retailers-53 M & S, Marks and Spencers, the cloth and food retailer has found itself still with falling sales due to a struggling economy and general business errors however the decline is the smallest the company has seen in 2 years. M & S has rebranded itself numerous times to try ... http://www.thepmsprinciples.com/m-s-sales-see-smallest-decline-in-years-51 It seems another France Telecom worker has commited suicide this week meaning that 24 employees have recently taken their lives. In notes to their families and friends, the problem seems to lie with France Telecoms working environment with pressures involved that are intolerable and ultimately all too much for some. In a ... http://www.thepmsprinciples.com/france-telecom-employee-pressures-49 It has emerged today that the ONS, Office of National Statistics, has announced that the predicted shrink in economy for the second quarter was actually a lot less than expected. The ONS predicted a 2.2% contraction but the actual results tell a story of a 0.6% contraction. This is good news ... http://www.thepmsprinciples.com/hopes-for-an-early-end-of-recession-thanks-to-new-figures-38 World leaders have agreed to toughen up regulations this week as situations such as bankers bonuses continue to bother the nation. Bonuses should be capped and not promised for number of years to help ease the problems faced by banks. Other talks of the IMF and bias towards Western nations were hinted ... http://www.thepmsprinciples.com/g20-summit-brings-tough-regulations-33 Virgin Media are currently listed on the NASDAQ stock market in the United States. Virgin soon intends to increase this by going for a secondary lsiting in the London Stock exchange. The plans are to attract new investors to the company to allow them to grow and provide their media services ... http://www.thepmsprinciples.com/virgin-media-rumoured-to-be-going-for-a-secondary-listing-in-london-40 To help further the countries broadband, Britain will face a broadband tax before the next election which will help fund money into providing more house holds with quality high speed broadband. Currently many towns and areas don't have the infrastructure or are too far away from exchanges to be provided with ... http://www.thepmsprinciples.com/britain-gets-a-broadband-tax-44 The scrappage scheme, a scheme in the United Kingdom to allow car customers to trade in their car for scrap for a brand new car has been extended for an extra year. The scheme entices people to buy new cars by offering them a decent price for the scrappage of their ... http://www.thepmsprinciples.com/car-market-still-trying-to-recover-42 Orange have broken O2's iphone exclusivity with news that they will now ship iphones to customers. Plans and prices are still to be announced by rumours are that they will be competitively priced compared to the o2 plans. After Orange and T-Mobiles major deal, future news will most likely be that the ... http://www.thepmsprinciples.com/orange-to-sell-iphones-36