AIRLINES 12:58pm

EasyJet to buy Gatwick slots from Flybe

Low-cost carrier tightens grip at UK’s second largest airport

From INDUSTRIALS 6:54pm

UK Mail to automate sorting system

Group reports strong parcels performance

A computer generated image of Stansted airport showing the propsed three new runways. ©Make Architects From UK May 22, 2013

Groups says Stansted should be hub airport

Proposal to transform Essex airport into four-runway operation

A Trans Pennine Express train operated by FirstGroup ©Bloomberg May 21, 2013

FirstGroup downgrade threat to rail bidding

Rules to require investment ratings

From INDUSTRIALS May 21, 2013

Embraer in $8bn SkyWest aircraft supply deal

Contract for up to 200 aircraft boosts Brazilian group

From UK May 21, 2013

Royal Mail chief delivers profits boost

Greene pushed for regulation regime to be eased

A Royal Mail postbox is pictured in central London ©AFP From LEX May 21, 2013

Royal Mail: ready for delivery?

Questions remain over privatisation plans

Royal Mail ©Getty From UK May 21, 2013

Royal Mail doubles operating profit

Service ‘well positioned’ to benefit from e-retailing before privatisation

From FINANCIALS May 21, 2013

FirstGroup chairman knew time was over

Decision to step down made after 27 years at the helm

Lombard from ENERGY May 20, 2013

Little to celebrate in lowball ENRC offer

Privatisation move will face intensive scrutiny and could benefit from better price

May 20, 2013

Rights issue plan derails FirstGroup

Shares drop 30 per cent as dividend is scrapped

AIRLINES May 20, 2013

Ryanair seeks more growth as profit soars

Carrier eyes German and Scandinavian markets

From LEX May 20, 2013

Ryanair: options extra

What to do now shares are not low cost

May 20, 2013

Chairman to step down from FirstGroup

Bus and rail operator to announce board shake-up and rights issue

RAIL May 20, 2013

FirstGroup shares plunge on rights issue

West Coast fiasco fallout was ‘final straw’ that forced discount

From LEX May 20, 2013

Shipping: too much supply

Overcapacity and weak demand; what would you do?

May 19, 2013

China Railway plans bond auction

Funds needed to put railway plans back on track

From UK May 19, 2013

Postal union threatens industrial disruption

CWU likely to boycott deliveries by rival companies

RAIL May 18, 2013

Collision disrupts northeast rail services

Passengers face days of delays after crash in which 60 are hurt

Undercover Economist from COMMENT May 17, 2013

Mile-high bid to step up to a better class

Auctions seem a fine way of assessing willingness to pay, writes Tim Harford

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