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Your guide to Copenhagen and the global climate change summit

2009-11-19T08:18:45Z

Energy analysis: Here's what those over-informed environmentalists/spotty greeno-commies/clean-tech hedge fund managers are talking about

Ryanair may chart divi course after 80% leap

2009-11-02T07:05:31Z

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

Goldman�s top of the bonus heap

2009-08-03T06:35:10Z

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

Ryanair in a profits surge but it warns on high taxes

2009-07-27T07:15:03Z

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

City Spy: Shockwaves due from Bear Stearns

2009-07-27T06:23:52Z

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

The sky-high terror of a flight without life jackets

2009-07-14T07:07:12Z

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

Ryanair halts growth in UK over tourist tax

2009-06-23T13:42:51Z

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

Ryanair boss in �16m sale

2009-06-08T08:08:05Z

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

Place your bets in bookies� bonanza

2009-06-04T07:30:43Z

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

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

2009-06-02T07:59:08Z

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

Intrigue and cash in broker poaching wars

2009-04-03T09:12:23Z

Myners goes for broker in clash with MP

2009-03-19T08:44:46Z

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

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

2009-03-13T11:57:54Z

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

Pay a pound to spend a penny if you fly Ryanair

2009-02-27T14:28:05Z

Passengers flying with Ryanair may be forced to pay �1 to use the lavatory

Pay consultants deserve blame for banks' woes

2009-02-16T08:52:58Z

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."

Ryanair boss keeps losing by hedging his bets on oil price

2009-02-05T09:06:06Z

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

Ryanair cuts fares as hopes rise for profit

2009-02-02T09:22:21Z

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

Ryanair bid fightback by Aer Lingus

2008-12-22T14:27:56Z

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

Join up to stave off the recession

2008-12-03T11:54:44Z

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.

Mathewson, Burt and Scots political mafia

2008-11-11T08:30:53Z

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

Ryanair to cut fares after dive to �169m

2008-11-03T09:28:57Z

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

Clearing a flightpath to European domination

2008-11-03T14:08:27Z

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.

Ryanair plan for cheap flights to US

2008-10-08T10:07:22Z

Aviation: Ryanair boss Michael O�Leary aims to launch a transatlantic cut-price airline within three years

Why Sorrell should stay put and show gratitude

2008-10-06T12:22:51Z

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.

BP could be in for a rough ride with Todd

2008-09-04T07:48:10Z

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

Ryanair's O'Leary eyes Stansted buy

2008-08-08T09:51:04Z

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

Ryanair's gamble may be not so crazy after all

2008-07-29T07:37:38Z

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.

Fares fall in airlines war

2008-07-28T09:10:17Z

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

Ryanair grounds quarter of its planes at Stansted

2008-07-17T15:24:37Z

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

Ryanair may dive into red despite 5% fare increase

2008-06-03T09:57:07Z

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