British Airways on Thursday placed its biggest order for aircraft since 1998 with a landmark move to buy both the Airbus A380 superjumbo and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the two most modern big jets on the market.
The European Central Bank’s emergency lending fund, which attracts a penal interest rate, was tapped on Wednesday for €3.9bn – the largest sum since October 2004, the Frankfurt-institution has revealed.
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