Airlines around the world braced for slower growth, tighter earnings and deeper cost cutting on Thursday as oil prices surged and the biggest carrier by revenue, Air France KLM , warned on profits.
The London Stock Exchange was one of the biggest fallers in the FTSE 100 in early trading today after it revealed listings on its junior market had fallen by a third over the past year, and in spite of trading business driving the exchange to record group revenues and operating profits.
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won a convincing victory Tuesday in Kentucky's presidential primary but braced for a loss in Oregon to front-running rival Barack Obama that would edge him closer to the brink of clinching the Democratic nomination.
Russia braced itself for the largest single influx of Englishmen onto its territory since the Crimean War as thousands of fans arrived in Moscow on Tuesday ahead of the Champions League final.
The City was tonight braced for interest rates to remain on hold until late this year after the Bank of England revealed that it was taking a safety-first approach to interest rate policy. By Larry Elliott
The European Commission urged on Tuesday a shake-up of Europe's farm sector to ramp up production in the face of soaring food prices, with Britain and France braced for battle over hand-outs to farmers.
Loudoun County leaders say they are making progress on an effort to improve the quality of life in Sterling, an area that some residents and officials think has been neglected over the years as county government focused its attention on faster-growing communities.
With wildfire danger high for the coming Memorial Day weekend, firefighters braced today for high winds that heighten the fire danger. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for most of the state, including the Valley.
It was the calm before the storm in Moscow as the Russian capital prepared nervously for tonight's Champions League final. Manchester United and Chelsea supporters started arriving in their thousands yesterday afternoon, and three-quarters of the 42,000 expected British fans will arrive today.
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