BA explores merger with Qantas
Carriers consider bold move towards industry consolidation
- • BA/Qantas
- • Lex BA/Qantas
- • In depth Airlines
- • FTSE higher after BA enters bid talks
EMI dealmakers to lose jobs
Senior Terra Firma pair to leave private equity group
US carmakers in $25bn plea to Congress
Big three don green mantle to back up bail-out bid
Thai protesters end siege as PM ejected
Court ban on coalition clears way for 250,000 stranded tourists to leave country
- • Politics enters uncharted waters
- • Frustration and tedium sour ‘land of smiles’
- • Gideon Rachman’s blog Thailand’s revolting middle-classes
Tesco takes the fight to discount retailers
Shares surge as UK sales growth beats forecasts
Top officer to investigate Green arrest
Met ‘properly concerned’ over handling of probe
Construction activity and orders fall off
Drop in input prices only bright spot as sector suffers further sharp contraction
- • In depth UK housebuilders
- • Builders cast about for credit
India demands Pakistan hand over suspects
Government seeks 20 most wanted militants
- • Defiant city turns anger on politicians
- • Gideon Rachman Lessons from the Mumbai tragedy
- • Analysis India under fire
Brussels to make state aid rules more flexible
Move comes after governments lash out
Decision time nears for third Heathrow runway
Approval expected despite protests
