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EasyJet Buys Thomas Cook Slots At Gatwick And Bristol

U.K.-based low-cost carrier EasyJet has staved off competition from rivals to acquire lucrative takeoff and landing slots at two U.K. airports. Suitors for the slots included International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), parent of British Airways and several other carriers, as well as Budapest-based low-cost carrier Wizz Air and Virgin Atlantic. The slots became available following the collapse of 178-year-old U.K.-based tour operator Thomas Cook Group in September....

Impeachment Shatters Perry’s Peaceful Exit From Trump Cabinet

(Bloomberg) -- Energy Secretary Rick Perry was poised to cap off his political career as one of Donald Trump’s longest serving cabinet members and one who managed to avoid scandal. Now he may be remembered for something else: being one of the “three amigos” at the center of the House impeachment inquiry.“Up until this Ukraine scandal he was one of Trump’s most successful cabinet members,” said Mark Jones, a political science fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute. “Now he’s going out on a sour note that is ending with him being sucked into the impeachment investigation.”Perry, 69, an Air Force veteran and unsuccessful Republican candidate for president, hasn’t been accused of any wrongdoing and maintains that neither he nor anyone else in the Trump administration has done anything improper. But he’s refused requests by House investigators to testify about the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine.That’s because Perry has become like Woody...