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Boris Johnson’s clear and present danger

With an eight point lead in the opinion polls, an 83-seat majority in the House of Commons and economic growth figures for the second quarter revised upwards from 4.8% to 5.5%, what does UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have to fear? Plenty. Although the opposition Labour party requires an enormous swing of more than 10% at the next general election ...

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Tata to take over Air India in historic deal years in making

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Bloomberg Tata Sons Pvt is set to take over ailing Air India Ltd again, more than half a century after the country’s biggest conglomerate ceded control to the state, ending the government’s hold over an airline that for decades defined the lofty ambitions of a newly-independent nation. A panel of ministers accepted a proposal from bureaucrats, who recommended the conglomerate’s ...

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United: 593 US staff face firing for rejecting shot

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Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc said as many as 593 employees face termination after declining to get the coronavirus vaccine following the carrier’s deadline last week. About 2,000 United workers have requested an exemption on medical or religious grounds, the company said, the day after the vaccine mandate deadline took effect for about 67,000 US-based employees. The airline plans to ...

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