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Ryanair may chart divi course after 80% leap

02.11.09
Michael O’Leary, the colourful boss of Ryanair, could be in line to pick up more than £5 million a year if the budget airline ends its rapid growth strategy and starts paying dividends for the first time ... more

Goldman’s top of the bonus heap

03.08.09
The “heads I win, tails you lose” report into the bank bonus culture by New York attorney-general Andrew Cuomo set tongues wagging ... more

Ryanair in a profits surge but it warns on high taxes

27.07.09
Low-cost airline Ryanair announced a sixfold rise in first-quarter profits but warned that crippling tourist taxes and lower ticket prices mean its full-year profits will be at the bottom end of City forecasts ... more

City Spy: Shockwaves due from Bear Stearns

27.07.09
Eyebrows were raised when Prince Andrew's one-time friend, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, was released six months early from his 18-month prison sentence in Florida for procuring underage girls ... more

The sky-high terror of a flight without life jackets

14.07.09
The terror finally took hold of my companion when the air hostess started demonstrating how to wrap your hands around your seat cushion in the event of crashing into the sea... more

Ryanair halts growth in UK over tourist tax

23.06.09
The collapse in UK air travel has seen Ryanair announce it is to scrap any plans for new services in and out of Britain... more

Ryanair boss in £16m sale

08.06.09
Michael O'Leary, if no one else, will now be able to afford to go to the loo on his own Ryanair planes - millions of times over, in fact - after today announcing five million shares in his airline ... more

Place your bets in bookies’ bonanza

04.06.09
Bookmakers, always keen to attract the punters, are hyping this weekend as a £400 million betting bonanza — with the Derby at Epsom, England against Kazakhstan football, the Lions Tour, the Turkish Grand Prix, Twenty20 World Cup Cricket and the opening weekend of Big Brother ... more

Ryanair triumphant as it eyes profits of 'up to £260m'

02.06.09
Ryanair declared itself the undisputed champion of the European airline industry today, saying it will deliver profits of up to £260 million this year while the likes of British Airways will lose hundreds of millions of pounds... more

Intrigue and cash in broker poaching wars

03.04.09
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Myners goes for broker in clash with MP

19.03.09
Lord Myners' appearance before the Treasury Select Committee this week saw harsh words directed at the City minister by Tory MP Michael Fallon... more

After costly day, there's a banker you can trust

13.03.09
Even at the Cheltenham Festival, that tiny Irish enclave in the rolling hills of Gloucestershire, you cannot evade reality these days... more

Ryanair boss lashes Aer Lingus over 'lies'

11.03.09
A huge airline row broke out as Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary accused the board of Irish rival Aer Lingus of lying to its investors... more

Pay a pound to spend a penny if you fly Ryanair

27.02.09
Passengers flying with Ryanair may be forced to pay £1 to use the lavatory... more

Pay consultants deserve blame for banks' woes

16.02.09
MORE on the blame game for the mess we're in. Bankers get the rap and credit-rating agencies, institutional shareholders, analysts, lawyers, accountants, PRs, media, regulators and government go free. Reader Michael Davies from Oxfordshire writes: "It is also apparent that there is one other group that has contributed substantially to the problem of bankers' pay which has escaped attention. This is the group of remuneration consultants who have advised the various boards on senior executive pay. Their habit of collecting data on industry pay levels and then suggesting similar percentage levels for their clients has not only created a upward spiral in pay levels, as everybody measures everbody else, but has ignored the need for a reality check as to what absolute amount is really needed to provide incentives in the business line concerned."... more

Ryanair boss keeps losing by hedging his bets on oil price

05.02.09
Energy analysis: Hedge will be one of those words forever linked to the great financial crisis of 2008... more

Ryanair cuts fares as hopes rise for profit

02.02.09
Aviation: Fares are being slashed at Ryanair as Europe’s biggest budget airline said its ticket prices are tumbling 20% this winter and will be cut by a further 10% over the next year... more

Ryanair bid fightback by Aer Lingus

22.12.08
Aer Lingus accuses Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary of "threats, contradictions and insinuations" as the war of words in the Irish airline takeover battle takes to the air... more

Join up to stave off the recession

03.12.08
It seems an age ago that Tony Blair promised us joined-up government, and while it was obviously a rash thing to promise it is nevertheless disappointing to see that every year seems to take us further away from, not nearer, the goal. ... more

Mathewson, Burt and Scots political mafia

11.11.08
Sir George Mathewson, 68, and Sir Peter Burt, 64, who are trying to wrest control of HBOS from Lloyds TSB, should not try to kid anyone — their motives are as much political as fiscal... more

Ryanair to cut fares after dive to £169m

03.11.08
Aviation: Ryanair will slash fares by up to a fifth this winter in a bid to keep people flying during the recession... more

Clearing a flightpath to European domination

03.11.08
IF Ryanair made €215 million in the half-year to the end of September, and its boss Michael O'Leary is predicting the company will only break even for the full financial year, the maths is quite simple: from 1 October to 30 March, Ryanair is going to lose €215 million.... more

Ryanair plan for cheap flights to US

08.10.08
Aviation: Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary aims to launch a transatlantic cut-price airline within three years... more

Why Sorrell should stay put and show gratitude

06.10.08
If there is one lesson among the many to be gleaned from the past few weeks, it is surely that big business cannot behave as though there is one law for itself and another for the little folk. ... more

BP could be in for a rough ride with Todd

04.09.08
Initial excitement at BP’s St James’s headquarters over the Republican Party’s choice of Presidential running mate has quickly subsided... more

Ryanair's O'Leary eyes Stansted buy

08.08.08
O'Leary yesterday boldly declared that he would table a £2 billion bid for Stansted if the airport became available to buy... more

Ryanair's gamble may be not so crazy after all

29.07.08
Has Michael O'Leary finally lost it, confirming his status as the craziest man in the crazy world of aviation? More than one analyst was asking this yesterday after the Ryanair boss greeted an 85% slump in profits with a cunning plan to cut prices.... more

Fares fall in airlines war

28.07.08
Ryanair has announced a five per cent cut in its fares as it pledged to keep providing "plenty of bargains" for passengers... more

Ryanair grounds quarter of its planes at Stansted

17.07.08
Ryanair is to stand down a quarter of its fleet at Stansted and close seven continental European bases before Christmas... more

Ryanair may dive into red despite 5% fare increase

03.06.08
Ryanair fares rising by 5 per cent this year could still fail to prevent the airline crashing into the red, chief executive Michael O'Leary has warned... more

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