Wake Up to Money - 11/05/2010

The union Unite has announced 20 new cabin crew strike dates at British Airways, to fall over a Bank holiday and half-term. The latest reconciliation offer from BA, in this long running dispute, was rejected by Unite last Friday, but overnight the union has called for further talks. We speak to Laurie Price, Director of Aviation Strategy at Consultants Mott McDonald and Marc Meryon, Industrial Relations Lawyer from Bircham Dyson Bell. World markets rallied yesterday following Europe's massive €750bn bailout. The money comes from the European Commission, Eurozone states and the IMF, as well as the European Central Bank, which will controversially start buying government bonds. We talk to Neil McKinon, Global Macro Strategist at VTB Capital and Alpesh Patel, chief executive of Praefinium Group. Liverpool-based insurer Royal Liver holds its Annual General meeting today, and after a string of financial problems within the last year, news of a possible merger with Royal London could be the lifeline it needs. We ask David Moulton from BBC Merseyside why they got into so much trouble in the first place. The World Cup kicks off a month from today, and for many that means an excuse to upgrade their television sets. Huw Crwys-Williams, Category Director for Consumer Electronics at DSGi, the company that owns Currys and Dixons, explains what offers to look out for.