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Qataris are billed £100m for Candys

18.11.09
The already high stakes in the battle between the former partners in the £3 billion redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site are set to get even higher ... more

Finance is bumped off new BA board...

17.11.09
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Commodities in demand as battered dollar keeps on diving

16.11.09
A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar and news of better-than-expected GDP in Japan signalled another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold ... more

Commodities in demand as battered dollar keeps on diving

16.11.09
A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar was the signal for another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold ... more

BA’s pension black hole could shoot down merger

12.11.09
A cloud was hanging over the £4 billion merger of British Airways and Iberia as City analysts warned the UK flag carrier's £2.6 billion pensions black hole could yet be a “show-stopper”... more

BA passes the 200p mark on hopes Iberia tie-up is nearing completion

12.11.09
Shares of British Airways were flying high today, as they climbed back above the 200p level with a rise of 6p to 206p amid hopes that a merger with the Spanish carrier Iberia will be completed within the next few days ... more

British Airways is tumbling despite Iberia deal hopes

05.11.09
Is the board of British Airways about to buy a one-way ticket to Madrid? That was the story doing the rounds in the Square Mile this morning amid claims that the proposed merger with Spanish carrier Iberia could be completed by the second quarter of next year ... more

British Airways is tumbling despite hopes for Iberia deal

05.11.09
Is the board of British Airways about to buy a one-way ticket to Madrid? That was the story doing the rounds in the Square Mile this morning amid claims that the proposed merger with Spanish carrier Iberia could be completed by the second quarter of next year ... more

Airline deal stalls over competition concerns

28.10.09
The three-way alliance between British Airways, American Airlines and Spain’s Iberia is facing the kind of delay that passengers may find familiar ... more

BA is worst plunger on Footsie after Deutsche drops rating to hold

26.10.09
Shares in British Airways ran into a spot of turbulence this morning, plunging more than 2% which made it the biggest faller among blue chips ... more

BA three-way tie thrown in doubt by EU objections

02.10.09
Hopes for a three-way British Airways, American Airlines, Iberia joint venture were up in the air after European Commission officials said they believe the deal could be anti-competitive ... more

BA challenged over transatlantic alliance plan

02.10.09
British Airways faces a battle to go ahead with its planned alliance on transatlantic routes with giant US carrier American Airlines... more

British Airways climbs steeply as Goldman Sachs says get aboard

17.09.09
Stand by for take off at British Airways was the advice Goldman Sachs gave to clients as it added the shares to its influential Conviction Buy list... more

Are the clouds about to lift for beleaguered BA boss Willie Walsh?

16.09.09
Interview: After a bumpy recent ride, Willie Walsh reckons recovery is waiting in the wings — and his new London City-New York service will prove it... more

Woman dies in front of relatives on plane

25.08.09
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Only certainty is there's more turbulence ahead

17.07.09
These are the four key questions facing British Airways:... more

Time bandits have hijacked my fridge

30.01.09
There should be a word — do the Germans have one? I bet the Germans have one — to describe the emotion of just having missed delivery of a fridge... more

Lloyds-HBOS merger faces pension hurdle

30.12.08
Banking: The Lloyds TSB-HBOS merger, due to be formally approved in two weeks, faces a fresh legal challenge from the trustees of the HBOS pension fund... more

Pressure grows on BA as tie-up talks with Qantas ditched

18.12.08
Aviation: British Airways' dreams of a three-way merger with Australian airline Qantas and Spanish carrier Iberia were in tatters after talks with the Aussies collapsed... more

BA's Walsh is under fire as he stacks up merger moves

04.12.08
British Airways boss Willie Walsh is under growing pressure as it emerged that his brinkmanship in trying to pull off three mergers at once could backfire, leaving the flag carrier partnerless and isolated... more

BA in a bid to merge with Qantas as air crisis grows

02.12.08
Aviation: British Airways reveals audacious plans for a merger with the Australian airline Qantas... more

Now British Airways is in merger talks with Qantas

02.12.08
British Airways today announced audacious plans to merge with Qantas, the Australian airline.... more

Airline boss comes out fighting in the battle for third runway

19.11.08
Interview: BA’sWillie Walsh is set on bringing Heathrow’s capacity problems in for a smooth landing... more

EC probe is launched into BA's 3-way tie-up

29.08.08
European anti-monopoly authorities today launched a probe into British Airways' planned tie-up with American Airlines and Spanish carrier Iberia... more

Airlines facing the prospect of going bust in coming year

01.08.08
BA boss warns that dozens of airlines could go out of business in next 12 months as European carriers face worst ever crisis... more

How the credit crunch saved Sarah from herself

31.07.08
As Sarah Skelding's situation demonstrates, the problem of the housing crisis is not the difficulty in getting mortgage finance, but the fact that houses are grossly over-priced... more

Aviation faces brutal choices

30.07.08
Rising fuel bills are transforming airline economics and pushing the industry towards mergers, but the proposed deal between British Airways and Iberia might not be all plain sailing... more

Comment: Marriage that's been in the air for a decade

29.07.08
Today's news about British Airways and Iberia has been a long time coming. Ten years in fact... more

BA and Iberia in merger talks as fuel costs soar

29.07.08
British Airways is in talks over a £4.5billion merger with the Spanish flag carrier Iberia... more

Musical quarrels in Franco's Spain

04.04.07
A Brechtian musical from Howard Goodall where very little happens, Days of Hope is a slow two hours' entertainment.... more

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