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Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary asked the Competition and Markets Authority to re-examine the original ruling made two years ago which ordered the airline to take its stake down to 5 per cent.
The £6.1billion deal sees the company manufacture 900 engines to power 50 Airbus A380 superjumbos - due to enter service from 2016.
The FTSE 100 closed down 65.82 points at 6994.63 as traders scrambled to take money off the table at the chance Greece could default on its debts.
The need for fair pricing on forecourts has been largely ignored by politicians during the General Election campaign, the motoring group added.
Debenhams - the UK's second largest department store - saw first half revenues in the UK grow by 1.7% to £1.1billion. Mothercare posted a 5.1% in its sales since the start of the year to March 28.
The Anglo-Dutch firm, which produces Dove soap and Lipton tea, said sales rose 2.8 per cent in the first quarter, beating analyst expectations for 2.1 per cent growth.
It is the sixth straight ECB meeting in a row that interest rates have been held at 0.05 per cent.
The rival to Mike Ashley owned Sports Direct posted a 22 per cent rise in annual profits, mostly driven by strong sales from its sports fashion shops, which rose 13 per cent.
The Competition authority has told Poundland to 'offer acceptable undertakings to address its competition concerns in a clear-cut manner.'
As much as 158million barrels of oil per square mile could lie underground, according to UK Oil & Gas Investments, the small oil explorer which has been drilling at the Horse Hill site.
The UK's largest mutual made a profit of £124million in 2014, compared with a loss of £255million in the previous year.
The Bank of England's Credit Conditions showed a balance of -40.8 per cent of lenders said demand had fallen between January and March.
Investors who bought British Gas shares in the 1980s after the Tell Sid promotion, pictured, have seen the value of their investments soar thanks to a takeover of oil company BG Group.
Ryanair's latest traffic numbers showed a 28 per cent rise in passengers last month, with the airline carrying 1.5 million more customers than the same period last year.
The BDO High Street Sales Tracker said sales fell by 4 per cent compared to a year ago.
The Aberdeen based brewer reported an annual turnover of £29.6million in 2014, up from £18million the previous year, while its profits soared to £4.9million from 2.9million over the same time frame.
Half year profits came in at £18million, down from £20 million at the same point in 2014, beating analyst expectations. Sales in the UK jumped to £231million, driven by strong Christmas trading.
The store closures come as new Kingfisher chief executive Veronique Laury's plans to stamp her authority on the group after succeeding Ian Cheshire back in December.
The business, which operates 91 24-hour gyms across the UK, opened 24 new gyms last year at sites including London, Greater Manchester and Birmingham.
The exam will test Britain's banks over a four year period on their ability to withstand a dramatic slowdown in China, as well as a eurozone crash.
Carney said at a Bundesbank conference in Frankfurt: 'We're still in a position where our message is that the next move in interest rates is going to be up.'
The Superdry clothing firm said it has closed its franchise businesses in the US, Mexico, and Canada, which means it now has exclusive distribution rights in those countries.
The discount airline now predicts a first half loss of as little as £5m, adding that a profit as high as £10m is also possible. In January, it had projected a loss for the period in the range of £10m to £30m.
The FTSE 100 closed down 95.64 points at 6895.33 as a deepening conflict in Yemen and concerns about US growth and Greek debt rattled investors across the world.
The proposed takeover was engineered by Heinz owners Warren Buffett and Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital who bought the firm in 2013 for $23.2billion.
According to the BBA, the number of new mortgages approvals increased to 37,300 last month from January's total of 36,400. Analysts had expected the number to rise to 36,900 in February.
The loss came in at £59million for 2014, compared with a profit of £185million in the previous year.
Kingfisher - Europe's No.1 home improvement retailer with chains such as B&Q in the UK - said in a statement it had yet to receive clarification of the positions of the majority shareholders.
UK house prices increased by 8.4 per cent in the year to January 2015, a decrease from the 9.8 per cent growth recorded in the year to December 2014.
Game, which sells video games such as the best-selling Battlefield 4, posted a 1.8% fall in half-year profits to £33.2million as revenues decreased by 0.7 per cent to £582.1million.
Sterling hit a three week low against the euro this morning, falling over one per cent to €1.3664. Against the dollar it fell to below $1.48, not far from a five-year low of $1.46 touched last week.
The firm will join the FTSE 250 and shares rose to 273.7p in early trading having been priced at 235p – giving the business a initial value of £2.35billion.
Ted Baker's profit rose 25.3 per cent to £48.8m, with revenues up 20.4 per cent to £387.6m - double the amount posted five years ago. The dividend was up 19.6 per cent to 40.3p.
The FTSE 100 index has never broken through the 7,000 barrier but it surpassed its March 2 record close of 6.974 in early trading today to hit 6,982.8.
The move will be welcomed by the pub sector which has struggled in recent years thanks to austerity pinching people's pockets and supermarkets offering knock down prices.
Bank of England policymakers voted 9-0 in favour of keeping interest rates at a record low of 0.5 per cent for the 72nd consecutive meeting.
The upcoming UK election outcome is far from certain and history suggests that foreign exchange markets tend to punish sterling when this is the case.
The bank has refused to say how many accounts have been or are likely to be closed.
The Office for National Statistics tracks the prices of everyday items to measure whether the cost of living is going up or down.
The once 'cool' clothes seller - started by Mr Marks in the early 1970's - recorded a narrower loss of £0.8million for the year, compared with a £4.4million deficit for the previous twelve months.
In 2011 the Government revitalised its right-to-buy scheme, promising to replace every council house sold under the scheme with a new one.
Now called Clarity Travel Management, the corporate travel business has spent £500,000 on upgrading its technology and software and changing its identity.
AO World confirmed today that Richard Rose disposed of a 1.3 per cent stake in the firm, worth £10million last Friday, with the 5.58 million shares sold at 180p each.
The new China led bank would rival the World Bank and has come under heavy criticism from the US, which sees it as a direct threat to its status as the world's global financial superpower.
Employees at the partnership have now seen its payouts reduced for the second year in a row after staff received 15 per cent of salary last year, down from 17 per cent the year before.
Morrison's annual sales fell by 5.9 per cent, a sharp drop on the 2.8 per cent decline seen in the previous year, as German discount chains Aldi and Lidl continue to eat into the group's market share
Until the election is over and a new government's policies become clearer, sales in London's luxury housing market will continue to suffer, Foxtons said.
Both have been battling the difficult conditions for retailers of late but Boohoo.com looks to have turned a corner after it announced a 27 per cent surge in full year revenue.
The Surrey-based company - still best known for its old 'Calm Down Dear' adverts featuring Michael Winner - saw its 2014 profits fall to £103.8million, down 12.8 per cent from a year ago.
The group, which has been marred in controversy in recent years, said profits had risen to £148million - ahead of expectations - and up from last year's loss of £190 million.