Los Angeles-based Western Airlines reported that it...

Los Angeles-based Western Airlines reported that it flew 27.4% more revenue passenger miles in May than it did in the same month a year ago . . . The London Stock Exchange approved a plan to open up the market to foreign banks and securities firms for the first time in its 212-year history . . . Xidex said it plans to to purchase up to 4 million of its outstanding shares of common stock in public transactions during the next six months.