The NBA started as the Basketball Association Of America, which absorbed much of the competing National Basketball League after the 1948-49 season. Brian Martin, for NBA.com Take a look back at the ...

BAA PLC, the world’s biggest airport operator, accepted a sweetened 10 billion pound ($19 billion) takeover bid from a consortium led by Spain’s Grupo Ferrovial SA on Tuesday, rejecting a higher offer ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The competition watchdog on Thursday ordered BAA to sell three of its seven UK airports, ending its monopoly ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The board of BAA met on Friday evening, as Ferrovial, the Spanish construction, infrastructure and services ...

In the 1960s, all commercial aviation was controlled by the Government's Ministry of Civil Aviation. However, following rapid technological advances and a huge increase in traffic, running the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...