American planemaking company Boeing kick-started an expected aircraft orders frenzy at the Farnborough Airshow by announcing a multi-billion pound deal with Dubai carrier Emirates... more
Market Round-up: FTSE 250-listed Babcock International agrees a takeover of rival VT Group but the City’s rumourmongers believe it could receive a bid itself... more
British engineer Senior gets over the sombre mood in the defence sector by reporting healthy sales growth and raising its profit forecasts for this year... more
Ryanair shares were flying up the stockmarket, after it pulled out of a deal to buy 200 new aircraft from Boeing and indicated it would use the cash saved to reward investors... more
Air Partner, the listed aircraft-charter company that has hitherto been famous for supply the Boeing jetliners to transport guests of Sir Philip Green to his various Indian Ocean parties, has signed up two new clients: Gordon Brown and David Miliband ... more
New York's theatre district is struggling as the city is hit by turmoil on Wall Street, with the curtain coming down on 14 shows since Christmas, including the Monty Python show Spamalot... more
Aviation: Boeing is facing further delays in the launch of its 787 Dreamliner in the wake of a bruising strike and problems with parts for the aircraft... more
Boeing has failed to reach agreement with its striking machinists who threaten to delay the launch date of the company's 787 Dreamliner, its answer to arch-rival Airbus' A380... more
Aviation: Striking Boeing workers have been told they could bring the aircraft giant to its knees and see themselves laid off in their thousands... more
Aviation: Boeing has raised doubts that the first flight of its 787 Dreamliner will take place as planned this year because of a machinists' strike... more
His boyish charms as the world’s most famous wizard have won him legions of female admirers, but Daniel Radcliffe’s seems keen to ditch those youthful looks and adopt a more manly appearance.... more
A dazzling year of performances on the London stage will be honoured at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007. Here, for the first time, is the longlist.
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Boeing Boeing is a traditional French farce based on bad-luck and unreliable aircraft. Nicholas de Jongh could not remember a West End evening of such sheer, silly, comic pleasure.... more
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