EasyJet traffic takeover GB Airways

March 7, 2008

Low-cost airline, easyJet, today revealed a 22 per cent rise in passenger numbers in February as the company's performance was boosted by its £103 million acquisition of British Airways's franchisee GB Airways.EasyJet's February traffic figures were an improvement on its ...

tax on alcopops

March 7, 2008

A 50p tax would be imposed on alcopops like Bacardi Breezer or Smirnoff Ice, and super-brew beers such as Carlsberg Special Brew or Tennents Super could increase by 32p, as part of a Conservative initiative to reduce their consumption.The move ...

Wetherspoon Profits Fall

March 7, 2008

PUBS group JD Wetherspoon saw its profit over the first half of the year drop by 13 per cent as the effects of the smoking ban south of the border took hold.   And chairman Tim Martin said ...

Tesco ‘bad news for town traders’

March 7, 2008

Traders in Banbridge have held a meeting to oppose plans to build Ireland's largest supermarket close to the town. An application has been made by Tesco for a 130,000sq ft store at The Outlet shopping centre ...

Florida Home and Garden Show

March 7, 2008

Central Florida's largest consumer show begins a three-day run today at the Orange County Convention Center. The spring Central Florida Home and Garden Show comprises more than 500 exhibits representing 50-plus home-improvement-related disciplines, and features TV celebrities and how-to ...

Citigroup to shrink troubled U.S. mortgage business

March 7, 2008

Citigroup will radically shrink its troubled mortgage business in a bid to save 2 million U.S. dollars a year, the American financial giant announced Thursday.The New York-based bank plans to integrate its mortgage businesses, including Citi Home Equity and Citi ...

Archibald Prize

March 7, 2008

Sydney artist Del Kathryn Barton has won the Archibald Prize with a portrait she says celebrates the love she has for her two children. The 35-year-old artist won the $50,000 first prize in Australia's most famous art award for a self ...

Suicide-risk drug

March 7, 2008

A drugs manufacturer has been criticised, but not prosecuted, over claims that it withheld information about the increased risk of suicide for children taking Seroxat, the bestselling antidepressant drug. Ministers have promised to tighten laws that require pharmaceutical companies to disclose ...