* Lufthansa to require two people in cockpit at all times * Reversal of earlier comments by CEO * EU agency issues recommendation for European airlines * Lufthansa creates new group safety pilot role (Adds details on safety pilots, other airlines changing rules, union comment)
Read moreUK stocks extended their losing streak into the fourth day on Friday as a sell-off in iron ore and a stronger dollar hit share prices in the mining sector. London's resource-heavy FTSE 100 finished the session down 40.31 points (-0.58%) at 6,855.02 as it continued its retreat from the record closing
Read moreAviva: Jefferies reiterates buy and ups target to 630p from 608p. RBS: UBS keeps at neutral and trims target to 375p from 386p. ITV: Exane reiterates add and lifts target to 288p from 267p. Wolseley: Exane reiterates underperform and lowers target to 2,660p from 2,730p. Hunting: JP Morgan Cazenov
Read moreCarnival topped the risers as strong first-quarter results prompted a lift in full year earnings guidance. It boasted that advance bookings for the remainder of 2015 were steaming ahead of the prior year and at higher prices. "We are experiencing an on-going improvement in underlying fundamentals ba
Read moreShire has had its target price lifted by UBS from 5,400p to 6,600p as the Swiss bank highlighted three potential blockbuster products at the pharmaceutical group. A 'buy' rating was maintained. The bank played down recent concerns that Shire overpaid earlier this year when it $5.2bn for US biotech g
Read moreMining stocks led UK equity markets lower on Friday as the pull-back from recent records continued, with little in the way of corporate or economic news to drive sentiment. After a 1.4% drop on Thursday, the FTSE 100 was down a further 0.3% at 6,873.30 by midday. London's blue chip index has now fa
Read moreEasyjet's shares were flying higher on Friday after a sharp descent the previous session, with analysts at RBC Capital Markets providing a lift after upgrading their view on the airline from 'sector perform' to 'outperform'. The broker, which hiked its target price for the shares from 1,800p to 2,00
Read moreUK stocks declined for a fourth straight day on Friday morning as the FTSE 100 continued to pull back from recent all-time highs. The Footsie was down 0.1% at 6,888.66 in early deals with mining stocks among the worst performers. London's blue chip index has continued to fall after hitting a new rec
Read moreBERLIN, March 26 (Reuters) - Air Berlin said it will require all of its planes to have two crew members in the cockpit at all times, as of Friday, in response to the Germanwings crash. "We had a lot of concerns from customers," a spokesman for Germany's second largest carrier told Reuters.<
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