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PUBLISHED: 14:21 13 June 2018 | UPDATED: 17:12 13 June 2018 Jessica Hill Warwick Brady (Stobart), David O’Brien (Ryanair) and Iain Ferguson (Stobart) Picture: Ryanair Archant Ryanair has announced it will open a new base at Southend Airport with three aircraft at an investment of $300million. London Southend Airport. Picture: London Southend Airport Ryanair has announced it will invest $300m and base three aircraft at London Southend Airport, as it launches 13 new routes. The planes will fly to eight countries on the new routes, including holiday resort destinations such as Malaga and Alicante as well as lesser-known destinations such as Cluj-Napoca in Romania’s Translyvania region. The move is anticipated to deliver one million passengers annually when the routes begin flying in April 2019. In all, the service will deliver 55 weekly flights and create 750 on-site jobs. London Southend Airport Picture: London Stansted Airport Warwick Brady, chief executive of … [Read more...] about Low-cost airline Ryanair launches 13 new European routes with $300m investment to create 750 jobs at London Southend Airport

Detroit Considers Streetlight SavingsWith 139 square miles of land within the city limits, and 60 percent fewer residents than in 1950, Detroit has 88,000 streetlights. To save $10 million a year the mayor has proposed borrowing $160 million to upgrade and reduce the number of streetlights to 46,000. Deciding which areas to illuminate and which to let go dark will reshape the city that has an estimated 37 square miles of vacant property and parks. Conventional wisdom is that state legislation is required to create the needed city lighting authority.Wind Turbine Tax Assessment ConfusionThe Michigan State Tax Commission has recommended that local authorities change the way they determine the taxable value of utility scale wind turbines for purposes of paying personal property taxes on this industrial property. However, townships in Gratiot County have continued to follow the old method in assessing wind turbine taxable value. DTE Energy has filed an appeal with the Michigan Tax Tribunal … [Read more...] about Watt’s New? Michigan Energy News June 2012

Decades ago, profit-driven business ventures such as McDonald's paved the way for international franchising – bringing the Big Mac to over 119 countries worldwide. In the late 1940's, the Guggenheim Foundation followed suit, paving the way for the international franchising of world class museums.In 1949, the Guggenheim opened its first international outlet in Venice, Italy, and, over the next several decades, developed an aggressive franchising model which brought the Guggenheim to such overseas destinations as Bilbao, Spain and Berlin, Germany. Other franchises in Guadalajara, Mexico; Bucharest, Romania; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and Vilnius, Lithuania are in the works.Much to the chagrin of art connoisseurs, this model, pegged by Time Magazine as the "McGuggenheim," is now being employed by other world-class museums and is giving the Big Mac a run for its money – literally. According to McDonald's, it costs about $1 million to open one of its … [Read more...] about Would You Like Fries With That Picasso? The International Franchising of World Class Museums

SummaryNext week, there will be a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Several significant debates, votes and committee meetings will take place.On Monday, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (“ITRE”) will vote on a report on the European Electronic Communications Code (the telecoms reform). The reform package aims to enhance connectivity across the EU and pave the way for 5G. The proposal could still be amended to remove fees for intra-EU phone calls or to set up an emergency alerts system.On the same day, the European Parliament will discuss an own initiative report on the fight against cybercrime. The resolution calls for both public and private investment in cybersecurity and education, coupled with greater cross-border police cooperation as well as  information exchange. The motion for a  resolution included in the report will be put to a vote on Tuesday.On Tuesday, MEPs will discuss the progress of the Brexit … [Read more...] about The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – September 29, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently filed suit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that defendants, Juan Cruz Bilbao Hormaeche and Thomas Andres Hurtado Rourke, both Chilean citizens, illegally traded on material non-public information that Abbott Laboratories was interested in purchasing CFR Pharmaceuticals, S.A., a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Chile.According to the complaint, on March 10, 2014, CFR’s Board of Directors met to consider Abbott’s offer to purchase CFR; Bilbao, then a member of the board, participated by telephone. After the meeting, between March 12, 2014 and May 7, 2014, Bilbao allegedly directed his business associate, Hurtado, to place trades purchasing more than $14 million in American Depository Shares (ADSs) of CFR in a US brokerage account maintained in the name of a British Virgin Islands company for the benefit of Bilbao. The SEC further alleges that based on knowledge of confidential … [Read more...] about SEC Charges Chilean Citizens With Insider Trading Concerning Tender Offer for Chilean