Bargain-basement airfares sell themselves to no-frills customers on the hunt for a good deal. Bargain takeover deals? Not so much. JetBlue Airways Corp announced it was going hostile in its effort to acquire Spirit Airlines Inc and thwart the ultra-low-cost carrier’s existing deal to be acquired by the parent company of Frontier Airlines. JetBlue is offering $30 a share ...

When the first golden arches appeared in Moscow’s Pushkin Square in 1990, it didn’t matter that it was mid-winter. It was as if the snow in Narnia had begun to melt, and the natural state of things was being returned in glorious technicolor. Russians queued around the corner for a taste of once forbidden patties. “If you can’t go to ...

  The British public is in danger of being crushed under an avalanche of political gossip. The faces of big-name pundits — most prominently Andrew Marr and Piers Morgan — stare out from the sides of buses. A dozen national newspapers splash the latest revelations about “party-gate” or “curry-gate” on their front pages as if they are matters of war ...