Companies news and analysis - FT.com

Highlights

TECHNOLOGY 11:40pm

Yahoo buys start-up Tumblr for $1bn

The splash page for Yahoo and Tumbler on an iPhone

Move is first big bet by new CEO Marissa Mayer

RETAIL & CONSUMER 5:59pm

H&M rethinks sourcing policy

Move follows factory deaths in Bangladesh

The Monday Interview Karl-Johan Persson, H&M chief
H&M calls for increases in Bangladesh pay

From PERSONAL FINANCE 6:59pm

Apple faces grilling over US tax rate

Accounting boosted tech group’s payment from 15% to 25%

Ex-employee set to reveal Google’s tax plans
Aswath Damodaran Apple is perfectly rational

FINANCIALS 7:37pm

Low rates fail to spur M&A boom

Companies look to yield markets to refinance and pay dividends

FINANCIALS 10:05pm

US fund Monarch to open office in London

Chief sees ‘attractive’ opportunity to invest

More news

The Monday Interview: Karl-Johan Persson

Karl-Johan Persson, CEO H&M, in Stockholm Sweden.

©Johan Jeppsson

Grandson of the founder of Sweden’s H&M says price is not the only way to judge a company

©Bloomberg FINANCIALS 10:05pm

Heron Tower offered £250m Sternlicht loan

US property investor in talks to refinance London skyscraper

FINANCIALS 9:10pm

Asian groups stump up for European assets

Rush for companies more than doubles price multiples

The 2012 Audi AG A6 sedan, right, and Audi A6 Hybrid sit on display at the North American International Auto Show

©Bloomberg INDUSTRIALS 5:21pm

Building blocks to cut output costs

Modular strategy used to create brands from common components

Ricardo Salgado, chief executive officer of Banco Espirito Santo SA, speaks during a news conference in Lisbon, Portugal

©Bloomberg FINANCIALS 8:50pm

Portuguese banks seek cures for capital woes

Weak local economy is threatening lenders’ chances of survival

The Top Line Short-term pain, long-term gain
Carmakers help drive European stocks up

Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni

©AFP ENERGY 7:16pm

Tough oil pricing ahead, says Eni chief

Group identifies Asia as main target in future plans

Multimedia

beyondbrics

Laborers work on a construction site in Beijing, China

©Bloomberg China’s property market is suddenly looking a whole lot hotter, says Simon Rabinovitch

Video

Ocado shares leapt 29% on news of its deal to take Morrisons into online groceries

Interactive

Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg

©AP Explore the key events as Facebook’s first year as a public company draws to a close

More stories

Energy

Financials

Health

Industrials

Luxury 360

Media

Retail & Consumer

Technology

Telecoms

Transport

Offers

FINANCIAL TIMES JOBSGlobal executive jobs

Register today for free job alerts

JOIN THE BUSINESS ELITEMore people at the top read the FT*

BE Europe Survey

*FT has grown in every major readership survey

FT SubscriptionSubscribe to the FT today

FT Newspaper

Subscribe now for complete and unrestricted access

Advertisement

COMPANIES VIDEOS

Advertisement

COMPANIES NEWS ON TWITTER

Follow @ftcompanies

More FT Twitter accounts

EDITOR’S CHOICE

on monday

John Authers

John Authers: Market optimism hard to explain

analysis

Weird computer

©Alamy Chinese cyber crime: More crooks than patriots

LATEST HEADLINES FROM CNBC

FINANCIAL TIMES JOBS

Commercial Analyst
Vitol
Director - Prudential Regulation
AFME - Prudential Regulation Division
Director of Finance
Raven Housing

Register for free to receive the latest executive jobs by email

TOOLS & SERVICES