Yes, although the difference seems to be that this is now a "hard" article discussing a definitive event rather than other more general pieces about bmi ownership which seem to rely on a level of conjecture. It also looks to confirm my earlier postings about a slot sale by bmi of the BMed LHR slots to BA.
BMI would have a very hard job buying Heathrow slots off Varig. Varig lost its slots at Heathrow and they were re-allocated by the coordinator - if my memory serves me well, they were given to Virgin Atlantic for its launch of services to Nairobi.