21/01/2011
British Airways shares close for the final time and Larry Page is announced as the new CEO of Google.
Last night, shares for British Airways closed for the final time at 282.5 pence. But, after the weekend, BA's long awaited merger with Spanish rival Iberia formally takes place and we'll see a new listed company - International Consolidated Airlines Group, or IAG. We speak to Jamie Bowden, who spent more than 20 years working for BA, about what problems he thinks the new IAG might encounter.
37 year old Larry Page has been announced as the new CEO of Google, 13 years after co-founding the search engine giant. Cnet Technology Analyst, Larry Magid, joins us to discuss the changes that Google might see now that Eric Schmidt has stepped to one side.
Meanwhile, 40% of small and medium sized businesses in the UK export something by accident according to a report out today. It says many companies are missing out by having a reactive instead of proactive approach to doing business abroad. We ask Professor Robert Blackburn, co-author of the report from Kingston University, about how this can happen.
And Liverpool is opening a new home in London today - its council is opening an embassy in London to promote the city's commercial and business opportunities. The programme hears from Max Steinberg, Chief Executive of Liverpool Vision, who will run the embassy.
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