And how to stand out in a crowded market . We meet the firm thats using Computer Games to encourage us to buy more. Well explain how it works. And as critics blame ba for too many cost cuts we want to know is the golden age of travel over . Do you want more frills, not no frills . Let us know, use the hashtag bbc bizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. The no Frills Airline ryanair has reported its latest set of financial results. Europes biggest carrier by Passenger Numbers announced a 6 jump in full year net profit to 1. 46 billion. Ryanairs performance is a sign that its cost cutting measures are helping the business compete as overcapacity continues to dog the industry. Earlier, we spoke to neil sorahan, rya nairs chief financial officer. We saw our unit cost dropped by 11 last year. Excluding fuel, they were down 5 . So we are seeing unit cost savings coming through on all lines. There is a huge amount of uncertainty about brexit. There is no direction as to which way the uk
Make it easier for the department of Veterans Affairs to fire, demote or suspend employees. Final passage scheduled for 6 1. Later in the week the senator heitkamp legislation to expand sanctions on iran, targeting people who work on irans illicit missile program. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Under the previous order, the question occurs on the elwood nomination. Mr. Alexander i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer any senator in the chamber wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 67. And the nays are 33. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration legislative now and proceed to the consideration of s. 10994, whi
It is that we have a broken political system we are trying to understand. How did it get to this situation you have with the divided party and what are the repercussions in europe . We are just trying to figure out where it goes and what it means for us here in europe. Tom i totally agree and particularly nation to nation as may makes a visit to merkel today. Now to our first word news, heres taylor riggs. Taylor Donald Trumps son announced that he had the number of votes needed to win the republican nomination. His son says that as president , trump will not take no for an answer. I know that when people tell him and cannot be done, that is when he guarantees it can be done. When someone tells him something is impossible, that is what triggers him into action. Taylor the convention also nominated mike pence. There will not be any hard targeting when theresa may meets with Angela Merkel. Merkel has said there will be no concrete negotiations until the u. K. Triggers the clause. May and
Couple of days, once it moves from the higher terrain of his poniyiyial hispanola, we mig see and regardless of winds, which again, were not going to be able to tell you here at 6 00 a. M. On thursday morning exactly whats going on happen, i can tell you a lot of heavy rain may come through the state early next week. That in itself could be an issue. Were at 78 degrees. Were going to forecast 92. Rain chance of talk much more about what potential impacts it may have, 99l in our state. Vanessa and 6 01. Bring you to eastern hillsborough county. This is an incident since the start of good day at 4 00. This appears to be a medical emergency. Not tying up any lanes but do remember to move over here. Still dealing with the scene on the shoulder eastbound direction near county line road. Of frame but theres a vehicle off the freeway and were told that that driver had a medical emergency. Were seeing a loft deputies in the area before searching the grass with flashlights. That being said, wer
Terre hello, this big problems, big thinkers. Im terre blair. In this series, we confront the greatest problems facing the human race and we examine each issue by asking if there is an ethical framework to help us solve them. To do that, well hear from an Extraordinary Group of leaders as they search for answers and perhaps inspire us collectively to take action. In this episode, threats to our economic future. After the world Financial System teetered on the brink of collapse in late 2008, many new policies were put in place. And youll hear about those. But what about other changes, in values, motivations and incentives . After all, markets rise and fall and rise again. But what are the lessons about markets and ourselves that could mitigate the economic pain . So many lessons, but what have we actually learned . Warren the fall of 2008 was different than anything any of us had ever seen. It was even more extreme what was going on immediately demand what had happened in 2000 in 1929 o