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Letting fly: Stelios hits out at easyJet

13.07.11
The war at easyJet re-erupts as its founder and biggest shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou goes on the attack again... more

Another Icelandic volcano has travel stocks trembling

23.05.11
After Eyjafjallajökull, now it's Grimsvötn's turn... more

EasyJet pays off Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou with millions in branding deal

11.10.10
EasyJet resolves its long-running dispute with its founder and biggest shareholder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou over the use of his brand name... more

Marks & Spencer sparks bid talk as it lines up banker chief in Robert Swannell

20.08.10
Marks & Spencer is to appoint an investment banker as its new chairman, sparking speculation that it is plotting takeover activity... more

Savoy Hotel re-opening held back again as costs double

12.04.10
The reopening of the Savoy Hotel has been delayed for a fourth time, sending the cost of the refurbishment spiralling to at least twice the £100 million original estimate... more

City Spy: Adam Crozier brings the 'Big Al' factor into ITV

29.01.10
Morrisons and ITV have new chief execs — Dalton Philips and Adam Crozier. The common connection is “Big Al” — Allan Leighton, Philips’s boss at Loblaw and Crozier’s former chief at the Royal Mail... more

EasyJet chief stands down after dogfight with Stelios

09.12.09
Andy Harrison, long-standing chief executive of easyJet, announced his departure from the budget airline after two bruising years of on-off battling with its founder and largest shareholder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou... more

City Spy: Naked truth is that TV may just be to Jamie's taste

10.07.09
Chef Jamie Oliver may turn out to be a savvier businessman than Gordon Ramsay by focusing on his TV projects rather than restaurants... more

Succession game deals tough hand to M&S's key player

08.07.09
City veteran Sir David Michels is battling to keep investors happy as calls mount for the retailing giant to sort out its leadership problems... more

M&S shareholders go on the attack over Stuart Rose's position

08.07.09
Marks & Spencer's embattled board has defended itself against a barrage of hostility from small shareholders over the position of chief executive Sir Stuart Rose... more

Greenbury appeals for end to Marks & Spencer shareholders’ attacks on Rose

06.07.09
Former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Richard Greenbury today came out battling for its current executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose ahead of what is set to be a rowdy shareholder meeting on Wednesday ... more

This is your real boss speaking: We've too few passengers, too many planes

08.04.09
Interview: Sir Stelios doesn’t make it easy to run easyJet. So it’s another knight out and one more stepping in at the airline where he still calls the shots... more

City furore as BT chairman adds hot seat at easyJet

06.04.09
EasyJet, no stranger to controversy in recent months, stretched corporate governance rules by naming BT's Sir Michael Rake as its new chairman... more

EasyJet bust-up as Stelios says he wants dividends

14.11.08
An almighty row has exploded at easyJet with founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou demanding the airline start paying him dividends, and threatening to appoint himself chairman again... more

Revolt of the M&S faithful as Rose is attacked at hostile AGM

09.07.08
Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose was hit by a major City revolt as a quarter of shareholders refused to back his appointment as chairman... more

Putting the Bank back in charge is all old hat

02.04.08
The world has moved on and needs to be regulated as it is, not as we fondly remember it was... more

Why Rose's rise is a step too far

28.03.08
The trouble with comply or explain, is there is no by-law that says the explanation has to be credible... more

L&G goes on attack over Rose promotion

26.03.08
Legal & General says it would vote against M&S's promotion of Sir Stuart Rose to executive chairman... more


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