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BA places $8.2bn order with Airbus and Boeing
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Joe Utvic on 26 September, 2007 06:27:00
 
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.

ECB emergency fund tapped for €3.9bn
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Joe Utvic on 26 September, 2007 03:35:00
 
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.