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Irish airline's profit soared 66% on the previous year while traffic was up 11% over the same period.

Charter is also expected to announce its acquisition of Bright House Networks for $10.4bn.

New name and livery are on the cards and CEO Christoph Mueller says the restructured company will be like a 'start-up'.

The $2.5bn gas-fired power plant will help Tepco diversify.

China calls on private investors to help fund, build and operate 1,043 proposed public-private partnerships (PPP).

Tepco reports 26 containers storing radioactive water are leaking.

Markets in Tokyo and Shanghai strike fresh multi-year highs amid thin-Asian trade.

As of now, company has rolled out accounting changes in UK, Germany, Italy and Spain, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Reuters separately reported that Alibaba is working with 17 shoe manufacturers in Fujian province to cultivate home-grown brands online.

Audi's introduction of connected car in China comes as demand for luxury cars deteriorates in China.

While Microsoft was willing to offer about $55bn, Salesforce was expecting as high as $70bn, CNBC reports.

Fewer than 90% of affected financial institutions accepted proposal.

US Justice Department has identified criminal wrongdoing in General Motors' failure to disclose defect, and is negotiating hefty penalty.

Online giant has been stung by allegations over its arrangements with Luxembourg.

CMA provisionally believes the deal may lead to a "substantial reduction in competition, possibly through higher prices..."

Brittain was appointed Whitbread chief executive, making her the sixth female FTSE 100 CEO.

The FTSE 100 closed the day up 18.25 points (+0.26%) at 7,031.72.

CMA says lube deal could result in lack of stiff competition

The Irish airline has made a number of changes to increase customer satisfaction.

Pretax profit dropped by 53.5% to £148.2m

Pretax profit up 51% in Nationwide's 'strongest set of results ever reported'

Technological advancements in production of solar panels would make solar power as cheap as coal, says John Straw, author of iDisrupted.

Vodafone's stock has gained over 11% since 20 May, the biggest three-day intra-day gain in nearly two years.

Japan's Nikkei strikes a new 15-year peak while the Shanghai Composite hits a fresh seven-year high.

Decision to quit EU would raise doubts about Airbus's long-term future investments in the country said Paul Kahn.

HSBC's Brazilian unit, HSBC Bank Brasil Banco Múltiplo, is the nation's seventh-largest commercial lender.

HP will sell 51% stake in new business called H3C for about $2.3bn to Tsinghua subsidiary Unisplendour.

Charter Communications and Altice are in talks to acquire Time Warner Cable, indicating bidding war for US cable operator.

Figures published by the Office for National Statistics UK showed retail sales jumped 1.2% in April