BA-Qantas deal may create global airline

December 3, 2008 BUSINESS BULLETIN Dear Reader Visit Times Online today for dynamic business news and views, market charts and sector analysis, plus your chance to comment. Also you can now download our series of free podcasts exploring the business ideas that are changing the world at www.timesonline.co.uk/businessideas Today's top stories BA-Qantas deal may create global airline Iberia and AA also involved in deal that would see the aviation giant carry 200m passengers a year FSA says Halifax must follow rate cuts The City regulator said that some 550,000 Halifax borrowers with tracker mortgages should benefit from interest rate cuts BBC meets with Woolworths amid pension fears Some 10,000 pensioners joined the retailer's creditors' queue as lenders discussed the future of its media publishing unit EDF may sell capacity to win British Energy The European Commission has extended a deadline for its review of the takeover of Britain's nuclear generator OTHER HEADLINES Analysis Downturn clears path for air deals An airline listed in London and Sydney with separate boards would not be very manoeuvrable but it would pack some punch Markets Tempus: Tesco ... Thomas Cook ... EcoSecurities Analysts shelve fears of Tesco warning ... Thomas Cook defies the gloom ... EcoSecurities dogged by project delays BT sign with Fox ... Game sales slow ... Datong loss Need to know: comprehensive news coverage sector by sector Business Finance Compare business insurance, commercial mortgage & loan rates online IFA Search Find specialist business IFAs Business City Guides Overseas information Job hunting? Top executive positions Business Travel Latest news Legal Advice Search for corporate legal specialists If you no longer wish to receive the Business Bulletin, please click here to unsubscribe. If you wish to speak to a Customer Services Representative, please call 020 7860 1133. You have received this e-mail from a member of the News International Group. News International Limited, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1XY, is the holding company for the News International Group and is registered in England No 81701. VAT number GB 243 8054 69 Times Newspapers Ltd is a member of the Direct Marketing Association and registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. To see our privacy policy, click here.