Pratt & Whitney has said on it will spend $1.5 billion to buy Rolls-Royce share of the International Aero Engines consortium that produces the engine that powers the Airbus A320 plane family... more
Australia's flagship carrier Qantas has reached a 95 million Australian dollar ($100 million) settlement with engine maker Rolls-Royce over last year's mid-air disintegration of a superjumbo engine... more
There is dismay at Westminster that Twinings, the quintessentially English tea brand that is a subsidiary of Associated British Foods, is relocating much of its production to Poland... more
City Comment: As Rolls grapples with engine problems that forced a jet into an emergency landing, its US competitors will line up to inflict more damage... more
Strife at Rolls-Royce shows little sign of easing after Qantas says it has found oil leaks in engines made by the British company for its Airbus A380 superjumbos... more
Tests uncover oil leaks in three Rolls-Royce engines on Qantas’s grounded Airbus A380s, as engineers try to find the cause of an engine failure on board one of the carrier’s jets... more
Motoring pioneer Charles Rolls, known as the Lewis Hamilton of his time, was this week remembered with a Blue Plaque. David Williams finds what earned him the tribute... more
Rolls-Royce said its link up with EDF to build four new nuclear power stations in the UK will safeguard up to 15,000 jobs - nearly half of them engineers... more
Rolls-Royce, the aircraft engines maker, warned it has seen no sign of an economic recovery despite posting a 9% rise in half-year profits before tax to £445 million ... more
It is a basic rule of capitalism that when a company stumbles, nimble new competitors come into the market to kick it when it is down and to try to grab its business. It is a rule that holds true for most sectors, provided the barriers to entry are not too daunting.
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Transport: British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce predicted 15,000 helicopters would be delivered by worldwide manufacturers over the 10 years to 2018, slightly ahead of a forecast made this time last year... more
Rolls-Royce and US aircraft components-maker Goodrich are planning a 50-50 joint venture which would develop and supply engine controls for Rolls' jet engines... more
When Yell was floated by its private-equity backers not all that long ago, it was fashionable for companies to have as much debt on their balance sheet as they could possibly support because that was the way to maximise the returns to shareholders. ... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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