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'FT's paywall helps us understand users'

The Financial Times has enjoyed another profitable six months, with total content revenues from print and online up 14% year on year. Online sales showed record growth, meaning that FT.com subscription revenue in the first six months of this year was 48% ahead of the first half of 2009. It comes in the light of yesterday's news that the FT's owner, Pearson , had recorded a 79% increase in its ...

CITIC Pacific to raise 4 billion Hong Kong dollars

Basis Point, a Hong Kong-based magazine, said CITIC Pacific intends to raise 4 billion Hong Kong dollars in a five-year syndicated loan and the indicative interest rate for the loan will be a 140-basis-point premium to the Hong Kong inter-bank offered rate after taking into account related fees.

Metro Bank might be on to something

Will the first new high street bank for more than a century give the old ones a run for their money? Is the opening of Metro Bank this morning the start of a revolution in British banking, as claimed by its intriguing founder, Vernon Hill? Metro is making some bold claims, but the high street citadels of finance will not be toppled overnight. True, Metro is the first new high street bank in this ...

Mitchellville woman helps others bring order

Sharon Jarrett, shown here in her Mitchellville home July 16, mentors other women as a life coach.