Aerospace firms from both sides of the border aiming to cut deals at the Paris Airshow this week.

The British government plans to end paramilitary infiltration of the North's private security industry will see regulations widened to include bouncers and even wheel clampers, it emerged today.

Irish construction firms must play a bigger role in ending death and injury on building sites, it was claimed today.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has said it has launched a new codeshare relationship with Star Alliance partner bmi.

Singapore Airlines has today launched the world's longest non-stop commercial flight when an Airbus A340-500 left for Los Angeles on an historic voyage.

The value of worldwide semiconductor sales rose by 4.5% in November to $16.1bn (€12.7bn), the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported today.

TONY RYAN, the founder of Ryanair, has invested in a new low-cost airline in Singapore in a bid to repeat the success of Ryanair in Asia.

Tony McCoy broke his own record for the fastest 200 winners in a season when scoring on favourite Lord Sam in the opener at Kempton Park today.

Qantas Airways Ltd launched its new international budget carrier Australian Airlines today, with an inaugural flight between Cairns to Nagoya in Japan.

The California-based Semiconductor Industry Association [SIA] said chip sales had increased for the second month running in data reported for November 2001, and forecast a 4.7% increase in sales in Q4 compared with Q3.

Worldwide semiconductor sales fell for the fifth month in a row in March, according to the latest industry report.

Worldwide sales of semiconductors have topped $200bn in 2000.