Countrywide Financial ( 2008 ) As the fallout continues from the sub-prime mess and pending foreclosures in Countrywide customers, Bank Of America has announced it will buy Countrywide Financial for $4.1 billion in stock making Bank of America Corp. the nation’s biggest mortgage lender and loan servicer. This continues the aggressive buying strategy of Bank of America after buying FleetBoston Financial and MBNA in the last 12 months.

Amelia Earhart
11th January ( 1935 ) : This was the beginning of Amelia Earhart’s record breaking solo flight trip across the Pacific. She was the first person to ever have flown across these waters by herself. She flew from Honolulu, Hawaii to California.


BA Dirty Tricks 11th January ( 1993 ) British Airways apologises for an alleged "dirty tricks" campaign against Virgin Atlantic and agrees to pay damages of £500,000 to Virgin boss Richard Branson and £110,000 to his airline, plus legal costs of £3m