
British Airways is to pay its first dividend since before the
9/11 terrorist attacks of 2001 after reporting soaraway pre-tax
profits of £883m for last year.
The huge profits, which spark a £35m bonus bonanza for
staff, were tempered by a warning that current trading is
'particularly difficult' in the teeth of rising fuel prices
which are...
Britain might have talent but ITV investors attacked executive
chairman Michael Grade for his lack of skills after a torrent
of bad news over...
Barclays today refused to rule out a rights issue but said it
has 'plenty of options' to strengthen its balance sheet as it
revealed it lost...
Shares in struggling retailer DSG International plunged 9%
today as radical plans to save the business failed to wash in
the City. Chief...
Ben Verwaayen today signed off as chief executive of BT Group
after six years in charge on a high with much better than
expected trading in the...
After last week's humiliating £5.67m fine from regulator Ofcom,
ITV chairman Michael Grade came out fighting today telling
shareholders that...
It may be the end of the 'nice' decade, according to the
Governor of the Bank of England, but London's top
private-equity house, 3i, is...
Thomas Cook today said demand for holidays was booming despite
the consumer slowdown and grim outlook for the economy. Chief executive Manny...
National Grid's increasing grip on the power market in New York
and New England sent the UK electricity pylons and gas mains
group's profit...
General Electric may sell off its large-appliances division,
which makes fridges and washing machines, after more than 100
years in the...