Overbooked seats: it’s a bad way for airlines to do business
Letters: Airlines rely on selling more seats than they have because their business model is wrong
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Care homes charging for rooms after residents die, watchdog finds
Competition and Markets Authority finds families are being charged fees for ‘extended periods’ after death of residents
Wells Fargo exec was fired for not scamming N.J. customers, lawsuit says
NEW BRUNSWICK -- A Somerset County woman is suing Wells Fargo Bank alleging she was fired for refusing to participate an alleged scheme similar to the bank's widespread account scam that led to millions of dollars in federal fines. Melinda Bini, a former assistant vice president and regional private banker at the Highland Park bank's branch,…
How Britain can build a successful, lasting industrial strategy
The UK has had three grand plans in 10 years. It’s time to get everyone to agree on the targets and stick to them
Music industry goes to war with YouTube
Record labels are angry about the relatively small fees the platform pays for music videos compared with streaming services
Royal Mail union warns of industrial action over pension scheme closure
Union says staff face losing up to a third of their future pensions, but company insists defined-benefit plan is unaffordable
United Airlines shows why it’s time to deplane corporate-speak
The US airline’s overbooking PR gaffe was an extreme one. But other firms such as Tesco are all-too prone to buzzwords that baffle both staff and customers
Report: Japan pushing for Trans-Pacific Partnership without US
Tokyo (dpa) - Japan is attempting to keep the stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement alive by pushing for a new deal without the United States, local media reported Saturday. Tokyo is currently trying to persuade the TPP's other members to continue without the US and is planning a meeting of ministers from the deal's 11…
VW’s US chief defends open markets in face of Trump protectionism
New York (dpa) - The chief executive of Volkswagen's North American operations defended free trade and open markets in the face of US President Donald Trump's "America First" trade policy. "The openness of markets has been a guarantee of success for all producers in recent decades," Hinrich Woebcken told dpa in an interview at the New…
Delta OKs offers of up to $9,950 to flyers who give up seats
ATLANTA -- Delta is giving airport employees permission to offer passengers up to almost $10,000 in compensation to give up their seats on overbooked flights. Delta's move comes as United Airlines struggles to recover from images of a passenger's forced removal from a sold-out flight. The passenger, David Dao, was already seated on the plane when…