11:02am

Ahold offloads ICA stake for €2.5bn

Dutch retail group quits Scandinavian joint venture

From LEX 4:30pm

Ahold’s dilemma

Dutch retailer faces tough spending choices after Scandinavian disposal

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My Little Brand Crisis

Findus meat scandal could bite deeper into Lion Capital’s investment

From WORLD 12:03pm

Horsemeat scandal spreads across Europe

Paris to hold emergency meeting with food industry

British Secretary of State for the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Owen Paterson arrives to addresses the media outside his department on February 9, 2013, following a meeting with food retailers and the Food Standards Authority (FSA) after horsemeat was found in beef ready meals. Britain held emergency talks about horsemeat found in beef ready meals amid confusion over the origin of the meat in a food scandal that has spread to several other European countries ©AFP From WORLD 11:31am

Ministers hint at EU meat import ban

Action will be taken if human health is at risk

From WORLD 11:46pm

Blizzard leaves US northeast reeling

Obama declares state of emergency in Connecticut

From PERSONAL & HOUSEHOLD GOODS 8:17pm

Lion Capital acquires GHD

Buyout group snaps up hair products company

Jewellery shop in Hong Kong ©Getty Feb 10, 2013

Hong Kong jewellers hit by graft clampdown

Anti-corruption moves in China blamed for sell-off in retailers

Feb 10, 2013

Cold comfort for Valentine’s gift retailers

Snow disrupts peak shopping period for stores

Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Inc. ©Bloomberg Week in Review from INDUSTRIALS Feb 8, 2013

Week in Review, February 9

The private man behind Dell seeks greater control

From WORLD Feb 8, 2013

Downing St calls ‘horsemeat’ summit

Fears of ‘criminal conspiracy’ as European scandal spreads

Feb 8, 2013

Ex-chairman of JJB charged with forgery

Sir David Jones accused by SFO along with son

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 8, 2013

America’s malls seek a life beyond retail

US landlords need to get creative in their hunt for tenants

From WORLD Feb 8, 2013

Horsemeat probe widens after new scare

Food Standards Agency kicks off two-month sampling survey

Feb 7, 2013

‘Viking Raider’ gets suspended jail term

Court also orders Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson to pay $488,882

From LEX Feb 7, 2013

JC Penney: sharks sense blood

Chief must find way to halt sales slide or risk being thrown overboard

Feb 7, 2013

Online clothes sales reach ‘critical mass’

Americans buy more than 10% of their wardrobe on the web

Feb 7, 2013

Bond default claims add to JC Penney woes

US department store faces further loss of market confidence

Feb 7, 2013

Ocado rallies after customer base grows

Online grocer nears profitability as aggressive pricing pays off

The Last Word from MANAGEMENT Feb 7, 2013

Valentine’s day is no bed of roses

The flower sector has changed but prices have not

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