Is this thing on? Can you hear me at the back? My name is Dominic Raab and I am your stewardess on this flight with Brexit Airways. As you will have been aware at the time you bought your tickets, or in the case of 48% of you were marched at gunpoint on to the plane, our original destination was the Sunlit Uplands of 1974, where we could once again enjoy a 3-day week, a state of emergency in Northern Ireland, and fascists marching in the streets. Due to unforeseen circumstances entirely within our control but sadly not explained in the literature available to you on the clown bus that drove you to the airport, our pilot Theresa has had to alter our destination. She thinks we're headed for the Great Famine of 1845, but her co-pilot Philip thinks it's more likely to be the 1931 financial dustbowl. Meanwhile Jacob, who some of you may remember from when he used to sit at the back of the plane, has somehow got into the cockpit and having assumed the role of navigator is quoting the Book … [Read more...] about ‘Brexit Airways: any talk of our lack of parachutes is just more Project Fear’
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Last Week in the City: Trade fears re-emerge
Garry White, chief investment commentator, looks at the market-moving events that have shaped the UK equity markets this week (30 July to 3 August 2018). Interest rates were raised in the UK for the second time since the financial crisis, but the move was widely expected. The earnings season continued. Growth in all regions was positive with the US delivering 24% growth, eurozone stocks reporting 14% growth and Japanese stocks seeing 17% growth. In the US and in Europe, stocks that tend to benefit from an upswing in the economy such as Energy, Information Technology and Financials, are performing better than stocks investors typically flock to when economic growth declines such as Utilities and Telecoms. The FTSE 100 fell by 0.8% over the week by mid-session on Friday. Economics The Bank of England has raised interest rates for only the second time in a decade. The rate increased by a quarter of a percentage point, from 0.5% to 0.75%. This is the highest level since March 2009. Some … [Read more...] about Last Week in the City: Trade fears re-emerge
Brexit Airways
Imagine you are on an aeroplane. It is perfectly serviceable, although not perfect, and is preferable to dealing with gravity on your own. A number of other passengers are concerned there are too many people on board. They think it means we will crash. Someone has also heard they are brandishing unnatural bananas. They have worked themselves up into a panic which has infected half the plane. When he heard concerns that the plane is about to crash into a butter mountain, the captain first laughed, then ordered them back into their seats, and finally barricaded himself in the cockpit where he has been heard singing "LA LA LA LA LA". The passengers will not be mollified. They have demanded everyone vote whether or not to leave the plane before it crashes. The cabin crew have attempted to explain the drawbacks in this plan, but a man in glasses shouted: "PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF EXPERTS!" So the multi-lingual, emergency-exit-trained people have been tied and gagged in the galley. On the … [Read more...] about Brexit Airways
Southwest Airlines emergency landing – how cowboy, firefighter and nurse tried to save mum sucked out of plane after engine exploded at 32,000ft
DETAILS have emerged of how a retired nurse, cowboy and firefighter clubbed together to desperately save the life of a woman who was sucked out of a window mid-flight. Jennifer Riordan was left with horrific head and facial injured after an engine exploded and sent debris flying through the window next to her seat on the Southwest Airways flight. The banking executive suffered fatal head injuries after she was then sucked through the gap on Southwest flight 1380 from New York to Dallas. Riordan, who was on her way home to Albuquerque, New Mexico, was pulled back inside by heroic passengers. As the horrific scene unfolded, a retired nurse, cowboy and firefighter jumped to the aide of the injured passenger without a moment's hesitation. Retired nurse Peggy Phillips was sitting in front of Riordan when the window blasted open, sucking her out headfirst. Phillips immediately teamed up with firefighter Andrew Needum and Tim McGinty, a cowboy who was travelling with his wife, to try … [Read more...] about Southwest Airlines emergency landing – how cowboy, firefighter and nurse tried to save mum sucked out of plane after engine exploded at 32,000ft
British Airways Owner Makes an Audacious Run at Norway’s Crown Jewel
By April 12, 2018, 8:17 AM EDT It’s a long shot, the advisers cautioned. But IAG boss Willie Walsh relishes a tough assignment.And so the acquisitive Irishman took an audacious plunge into Scandinavia. The target: Norwegian Air Shuttle, the aviation pride of its home country and a pioneer in the turbulent air of low-cost long-haul services.The risks are as great as the potential rewards. The founding family remains closely involved in the business and CEO Bjorn Kjos has made no secret that he doesn’t want to sell, at least not at the moment. So advisers cautioned IAG SA management that a takeover would require treading carefully.But there’s obvious appeal, and a certain urgency to move, too. The Scandinavian company’s newer fleet, the threat it posed with long-haul flights to Latin America, and the rout in the discount carrier’s stock had grabbed IAG’s interest.The parent of British Airways had been watching Norwegian Air from afar for three … [Read more...] about British Airways Owner Makes an Audacious Run at Norway’s Crown Jewel