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Williams is a senior correspondent for NPR, an analyst for Fox News and the author of Enough
...opening of T5, as the new terminal is known, should help tackle another of BA's weaknesses: its much criticized hub. "BA has a fundamental challenge none of its European peers suffer from," says Chris Avery, an airline analyst at JPMorgan in London. "Heathrow is stretched to its limits." Conceived for 45 million passengers a year, it sees almost 70 million annually endure its crowded terminals and snaking lines. Airlines wait longer for gates to clear, and creaking baggage-handling equipment is prone to breakdowns. Though it can't ease runway congestion--Heathrow's "Achilles' heel," says Avery...
...from the U.S. via Heathrow. For BA, that restricted access has been a gold mine. In the wake of 9/11, BA "rightly used the cartel of Heathrow to the U.S. to generate a large proportion of recovery in profits," says Nick van den Brul, an airline analyst at BNP Paribas in London...
...trillion earlier this year, up from just $280 billion five years ago. Companies in India's technology and financial sector are booming, and the world's investment bankers are paying court. Banks used to "come to India about once a decade, get spooked and pull out," says industry analyst Janmejaya Sinha of Boston Consulting Group. This time around, "it's going to take more than parachuting...
...more foreign banks move in and local institutions grow, salaries in India's financial-services sector, like those in the even hotter technology sector, are skyrocketing, and turnover in many firms tops 35%. Goldman "took a different approach to hiring than most multinationals," says Luis Moniz, a Mumbai-based analyst for the human-resources consultancy Heidrick & Struggles. Most rivals tried a balanced approach, with half local hires for on-the-ground expertise and half expats to maintain a connection to the head office...