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New crisis at ITV as Bishop turns down the top job

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Will troubled ITV be feeling Green?

13.10.09
SO Sir Crispin Davis didn’t want it and Sir Michael Bishop has said no. Won’t anyone take charge of dear old ITV? As every day passes without a puff of white smoke, the likelihood of a bid for the broadcaster is increasing... more

ITV pledges to get back in tune

13.10.09
“Normal service has been resumed,” commercial broadcaster ITV claimed today as it announced a raft of measures to bolster its balance sheet and said the slump in TV advertising could be ending ... more

New crisis at ITV as Bishop turns down the top job

12.10.09
ITV was thrown into turmoil once again as Sir Michael Bishop became the second candidate to rule himself out as its new chairman, and chief operating officer John Cresswell said he will quit in the near future... more

Footsie carries on its rise and has 5200-point mark now in sight

12.10.09
Shares were being squeezed yet higher today with the 5200 support now clearly in sight for stock market bulls, despite the closure of several markets, including Tokyo and Wall Street, this afternoon ... more

ITV must move fast to make Bishop its mate

09.10.09
After Sir Crispin Davis saw sense (or was made to) and withdrew his candidature for ITV chairman, there should be no excuse for the beleaguered broadcaster’s board to push on and appoint Sir Michael Bishop... more

£223 million for Bishop as Lufthansa lands bmi at last

22.06.09
Lufthansa and Sir Michael Bishop, chief executive of bmi, have settled a long-running multi-million-pound legal dispute, meaning the German flag carrier will finally take over Britain's number three airline... more

Record bmi loss puts a drag on new owner

12.03.09
Heathrow's second-largest airline, British Midland group bmi, has crashed to its worst-ever losses in the year it sold out to the Germans... more

BMI snapped up by Lufthansa in £600m takeover

29.10.08
BMI, Britain's third largest airline, has been sold to German flag carrier Lufthansa in a deal valuing it at just over £600 million... more

Gordon is our saviour? EU must be joking

24.10.08
Few people in Britain have taken too seriously the claims by US Nobel economics laureate Paul Krugman and other luminaries that Gordon Brown's recapitalisation of the banks means he is a global superhero... more

Face it, Heathrow isn't big enough for London

19.08.08
The Competition Commission is expected to order the break-up of airport operator BAA tomorrow. But it won't be enough to save our main airport, warns one airline chief... more

City bosses call for UK to back Lisbon Treaty

18.06.08
Grandees said treaty was "a positive step for business and for Britain" ahead of a House of Lords debate... more

British Midland is valued at £800m amid takeover buzz

23.05.08
A price tag of £800m was hung on the British Midland airline group amid rising speculation that Heathrow's second-largest airline will fall prey to a takeover or merger... more

BAA takes a battering from bmi boss Bishop

25.04.08
Sir Michael Bishop, chairman of airline bmi, attacks Heathrow operator BAA... more

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