Lastminute.com chief Brent Hoberman today shrugged off his company’s big financial losses and said his business was in good shape for 2005.

Lastminute.com founder Martha Lane Fox was seriously injured in a road accident in Morocco, it emerged today.

Internet travel retailer Lastminute.com has appointed a new UK managing director following the departure of co-founder Martha Lane Fox, who stepped down in December after the company recorded its first ever annual profit.

Lastminute.com founder Martha Lane Fox is poised to become the new head of upmarket department store group Selfridges, it was reported today.

London shares ended the week on an upbeat note as traders refused to let the Turkey terror blasts unsettle them.

In the five years that Martha Lane Fox has spent at the helm of lastminute.com she has earned a fortune, lost much of it and climbed out of the wreckage of the dot.com crash – and all before the age of 30.

Online retailer lastminute.com reported its first annual underlying pre-tax profit and announced its managing director and co-founder Martha Lane Fox will stand down at the end of 2003.

Former London stock market star lastminute.com today showed it had moved into the black for the first time, boosted by a jump in sales.

FORMER stock market star lastminute.com yesterday pleased weary investors

Former stockmarket star lastminute.com today pleased weary investors by announcing it would move into the black for the first time.

Online travel firm lastminute.com continued its shopping spree today as it splashed out £31.9m on French rival Travelprice.com.

Lastminute.com has added edible underwear and blow-up dolls to its range of products.

Martha Lane Fox has denied newspaper claims that she has offered to buy back shares in lastminute.com from friends.