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Four of the airline’s pilots spoke to a Dutch TV show and said that they had been forced to fly Boeing 737-800 planes on as little fuel as was legally allowed in order for Ryanair to cut its fuel costs.

One pilot was quoted as saying: “I hope i…

The coffee giant said it will partner with Hong Kong’s Maxim’s Group to open its first store in Ho Chi Minh City and reiterated that Asia continues to be a significant growth driver for the company.

Starbucks already buys some of the high…

A survey commissioned by Edit Optimisation advises that most businesses and organisations should spend the majority of their marketing budgets on web-based streams in 2013.

“The importance of online marketing cannot be overestimated. In many ways it …

The announcement responds to a consultation launched in June and to calls for improvements to the way collective redundancies rules operate and for the processes involved to be made easier to understand. It also forms part of the Government’s co…

According to a median forecast of 68 economists surveyed by Bloomberg with regard to the expected results of The Institute for Supply Management’s closely watched factory index, economists expect the index to rise from 49.5, the score recor…

Vehicle industry forecasts show that 82.4 million cars and light vehicles are expected to be produced in 2013, up from 80.6 million in 2012, pushing an expected 5% rise in production in the US.

Europe, meanwhile, is anticipating a 3.2% fall in output…

General Dynamics wholly-owned subsidiary Electric Boat has been awarded a the US Navy contract to perform non-nuclear submarine modernisation and maintenance work.

Under the terms of the contract, Electric Boat will continue operating the New England…

Realising the full potential of these management systems, however, requires a level of sophistication that many current building operations and maintenance staff lack, the Pike Research study, Smart Building Managed Services, notes. It adds that the g…

The threat of strikes by the International Longshoremen’s Association looked set to lead to the closure of key US ports in the run up to the busiest retail period in the year.

While a tentative agreement over royalty payments for workers has be…

According to a report in the Financial Times, the cost to marine insurers of securing financial protection from reinsurers against catastrophes is set to jump by as much as a quarter.

Though the losses from Sandy are estimated to account for less tha…