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Kobo parent Redgroup Retail in dire financial straights

August 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · redgroup

Crikey, an Australian news blog, has the tale: Redgroup Retail, parent of the Borders and Angus & Robertson chains, has been forced to jack up prices, increase returns and extend trading terms with its suppliers, according to industry sources. The company told the New Zealand Stock Exchange in July it was likely to breach two of [...]

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Financial Times have a paywall that works

July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion

Pearson (they own the Financial Times) recently released their financial statements and an interesting detail popped up. The Financial Times now have 149k digital subscribers with a registered user base of 2.5m. They also reported that they had doubled their operting profit for the first half of 2010. The reason I’m bringing this up is [...]

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