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Profits Soar For Owner Of British Airways

Updated: 2012-02-29 22:54:47

The company behind British Airways saw its profits rise more than 80% in 2011, thanks largely to the return of business travellers.

Banks In Record Business Loan Write Off

Updated: 2012-02-29 22:54:47

British banks wrote off a record amount of loans to businesses last year, according to figures published today by the Bank of England.

FTSE CLOSE: ECB lends billions more to Europe's banks; ITV, Weir and Taylor Wimpey results

Updated: 2012-02-29 17:21:00

Monetary chief Ben Bernanke doused market euphoria over the pace of the US recovery today by warning over the impact of rising oil prices.

Standard Chartered hails ninth year of record earnings

Updated: 2012-02-29 11:31:40

Bumper business in Hong Kong and Singapore helped to offset a fall in profits made in India and Korea by the London-based bank, which generates more than three quarters of its profit in Asia.

Welcome boost for British Airways owner International Airlines as profits soar despite fuel price hike

Updated: 2012-02-29 11:19:53

The company - formed from BA's merger with Iberia last year - saw profits jump to £426million after passenger revenues increased 11 per cent £11.5billion.

Things worth reading: 29th February 2012

Updated: 2012-02-29 07:19:03

GKN profits lift after taking over German companies

Updated: 2012-02-28 22:23:05

Sales rose 13 per cent to £683m, and pre-tax profits rose 15 per cent to £417m. The dividend rose 20 per cent to 6p a share.

David Kempton: my African mining tips

Updated: 2012-02-28 13:54:24

David Kempton shares his insights from the Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town.

Costa and Premier Inn owner Whitbread to create 10,000 jobs by 2015 despite sales slowdown

Updated: 2012-02-28 11:01:07

The group plans to add 10,000 rooms to Premier Inn and to continue the aggressive expansion of Costa, which has increased its UK store numbers by 158 to 1,375 over the past year.