Ba, making his first West Ham start following his move from Bundesliga side Hoffenheim, got the goal when he latched on to Noble's ball into the danger area and, under pressure from Paul Scharner, Ba chested the ball down and turned it in from close-range.

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Boeing ( BA) looks cheap, too, but it carries both defense-cutback risk and risk from its snake-bitten 787 jetliner program.

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The suggestion is that if BA can't compete over the short-haul routes, it should leave them entirely to the no-frills carriers, which would then absorb the extra "slots" - takeoff and landing times - for their own services.

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BA-AA deal has been put in the freezer by regulators, it should be easier to have a straight negotiation on open skies.

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Amicus, which represents thousands of BA staff, said that the meeting had been constructive - and that it would meet the firm again after consulting members.

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"We don't think it would be financially viable to build another runway at Stansted without cross-subsidy, " a BA spokesman told Reuters.

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