LONDON | Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:22am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Airbus (EAD.PA) clinched a deal on Tuesday worth about $11 billion to supply British budget airline easyJet (EZJ.

Bankers on the panel would advise the Government on developments in the banking industry and provide an official conduit for conversations between senior politicians and executives.

LONDON | Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:31am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Whitbread (WTB.L) posted a 3.1 percent rise in first quarter sales, as demand for hot drinks at its Costa Coffee chain helped ease the impact of cold weather on its restaurant business.

The Co-operative Bank is going public, listing shares on the stock market to plug a �1.5bn black hole in its balance sheet. The bank unveiled a deal with the Prudential Regulation Authority yesterday that will see its bondholders paying the penalty for its ...

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is set to begin the first criminal prosecution in the LIBOR-rigging scandal and could charge a former UBS and Citigroup trader this week, The Times reports.

You will not be surprised to learn that I wasn't exactly thrilled last Friday afternoon to be tasked with interviewing some of those worthy individuals who were awarded �gongs� in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

The lead singer with rock band Iron Maiden - and aviation fanatic - was at the Paris Air Show to unveil expansion plans for an aircraft maintenance business he started last year.

Legal & General (L&G) has promoted one of its senior staff to finance director after the insurer's external candidate was disapproved of by the regulator.

�The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits,� according to a quip widely mis-attributed to Albert Einstein.

Britons have developed a taste for English sparkling wines, a legacy of last year's summer of celebrations, Majestic Wine said as its pre-tax profit edged up.