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- World Tonight: Airline faced bankruptcy
- VIRGIN Atlantic may have "disappeared" if Halifax Bank of Scotland had gone under, Sir Richard Branson said. The billionaire founder of the airline said HBOS refused to let his company withdraw pounds 1 billion of its money when it looked like it was set to go bankrupt last month....
- Research articles 2008-10-11
- National briefs: Mosley calls for better rights
- MOTORSPORT boss Max Mosley plans to challenge the adequacy of UK's privacy laws in the European Court of Human Rights. Earlier this year he won pounds 60,000 in privacy damages against the News of the World for distress and indignity he suffered over the paper's "sick Nazi orgy" story. Mr...
- Research articles 2008-10-08
- World Tonight: Gatwick up for sale
- HEAVILY-criticised airport operator BAA today put Gatwick Airport up for sale, with Sir Richard Branson's airline, Virgin Atlantic, saying it would "relish" the chance to buy it. Spanish-owned BAA said it was beginning the sale process for the West Sussex airport "immediately" and that customers, staff and business would...
- Research articles 2008-09-17
- Microsoft, Sony and Ford CEOs to Keynote the 2009 International CES
- Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Sony's Sir Howard Stringer and Ford's Alan Mulally to Deliver 2009 CES Keynotes at The Venetian BERLIN -- The Consumer Electronics Association CEA([R]) announced today that the chief executives of Microsoft, Sony and Ford will deliver keynote addresses at the 2009 International CES([R]). Produced by CEA,...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Fletcher seals win for United at Pompey
- PORTSMOUTH AFP — Darren Fletcher was the unlikely goal hero for the second match in a row as Manchester United got their Premier League title defence up and running with a 1-0 victory at Portsmouth on Monday. But the sooner Dimitar Berbatov becomes an Old Trafford player the better...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- United begin title defence with dropped home points
- MANCHESTER AFP — Manchester United started the defence of their Premier League title with a 1-1 draw with Newcastle at Old Trafford, with Darren Fletcher's goal cancelling out Obafemi Martins' effort for the visitors. With Carlos Tevez not included in Manchester United's 18-man squad for family reasons, Sir Alex...
- Research articles 2008-08-17
- Branson attacks BA for merger plan; In association with Chadwick Lawrence
- Byline: By HENRYK ZIENTEK Business Reporter TYCOON Sir Richard Branson has written to both US presidential hopefuls, warning against allowing a merger between British Airways and American Airlines. The boss of airline Virgin Atlantic claimed such as deal would damage competition on transatlantic routes. Reports say BA...
- Research articles 2008-08-11
- Struggling United held by Juventus
- MANCHESTER AFP — Manchester United were held to a 0-0 draw by Juventus here on Wednesday night as Sir Alex Ferguson's injury-hit squad struggled to overcome the Italians. United's lengthy casualty list, in the build-up to the new Premier League campaign, left manager Sir Alex Ferguson without a host...
- Research articles 2008-08-06
- We're ready to overtake United insists Terry
- LONDON AFP — John Terry believes Chelsea are primed to overtake Manchester United and reclaim the Premier League title. Terry's side were forced to play second fiddle to United last season as Sir Alex Ferguson's side pipped them to the Premier League and then beat the Blues in the...
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Ronaldo saga destabilising Real, says van Nistelrooy
- LONDON AFP — Real Madrid's Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy believes that the constant speculation over the future of Cristiano Ronaldo has had an unsettling effect on the team. Whether Ronaldo will follow Van Nistelrooy's path from Manchester United to the Bernabeu has been an ongoing debate this summer....
- Research articles 2008-08-03
- Asia's most powerful and influential men: ReviewAsia recently published profiles and portraits of some of Asia's most influential and interesting men. Business Asia looks at some of the men who made the list
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ratan Tata The Tata Group is one of India's oldest, largest and most respected business conglomerates. The group's businesses are spread over seven business sectors: communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals. It comprises 98 companies and operates in six continents....
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- McLaren reject Stewart's advice
- LONDON AFP — McLaren team manager Ron Dennis has insisted Grand Prix great Sir Jackie Stewart is wrong to suggest Heikki Kovalainen should spend the rest of the season helping team-mate Lewis Hamilton become world champion. Kovalainen did help fellow McLaren driver Hamilton out by pulling side in this...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Chris Eagles leaves United nest
- MANCHESTER, England AFP — Manchester United's Chris Eagles has left the English and European champions to join second-tier Championship club Burnley on a three-year deal. The 22-year-old winger joined United at the age of 14 but has been unable to become a first-team regular. And even though he...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Ferguson will advise on United successor: Gill
- JOHANNESBURG AFP — David Gill, Manchester United's chief executive, has admitted the club will seek the opinion of Sir Alex Ferguson before naming his successor when the Old Trafford manager finally retires. Ferguson, 66, continues to leave observers guessing as to his likely departure date from Old Trafford. ...
- Research articles 2008-07-24
- A set of teeth that wasn't sunk into M&S
- It's been a colourful few weeks at Marks & Spencer--profit warnings, a share price plunging faster than the neckline of a BBC newsreader ... and the eyes of the nation's press on on agm that always promised to be tastier than a six-quid ready-meal. Sadly, the star of the...
- Research articles 2008-07-19
- Motor Racing: Hamilton is the raining champion!
- LEWIS HAMILTON followed in the footsteps of his hero Ayrton Senna by becoming a wet-weather master. Hamilton thrilled 90,000 rain-lashed fans at Silverstone by romping to a thrilling British Grand Prix victory. The 23-year-old left his rivals trailing in the spray from his McLaren to join Sir Stirling...
- Research articles 2008-07-07
- Time to deliver
- JIMMY CALDERWOOD insists that it's time Aberdeen lived up to Alex Ferguson's legacy instead of always being intimidated by it. The Dons' greatest ever manager brings his Champions League stars from Old Trafford to Pittodrie on Saturday. It's a game to honour the side...
- Research articles 2008-07-06
- Call for BBC to slim down
- SIR Antony Jay, the co-writer of TV comedy Yes, Minister, has called for the BBC to be radically slimmed down. He said it was time for the corporation's digital channels, which include youth-focused BBC3 and highbrow operation BBC4, "to make their excuses and leave". The annual licence fee,...
- Research articles 2008-07-04
- World Tonight: Reporter's death
- SIR Charles Wheeler, one of the BBC's longest standing foreign correspondents, has died. He was 85.
- Research articles 2008-07-04
- "The golden age of space has only just begun."
- "The golden age of space has only just begun."--Sir Arthur Clarke, interviewed by IEEE Spectrum's Saswato Das in January 2008, two weeks before the famed science fiction writer (he proposed geostationary satellites in a 1945 article) died in Sri Lanka.
- Research articles 2008-07-01
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