Solvay buys Chemlogics for $1.35bn
Booming US shale oil market lures Belgian group into making a move for US-based producer of chemicals used in production and extraction European Companies News…
Airbus seals landmark deal with JAL
Japanese carrier announces $ 9.5bn to deal to buy 31 Airbus A350 XWBs, dealing a further blow to US rival Boeing’s ambitions in Asia European Companies News…
Banks take on Bloomberg with Markit
Move to connect the fragmented market of separate chat messaging systems comes amid drive to share rising IT costs and compliance requirements European Companies News…
Kroes stands firm in roam charges fight
Ms Kroes will tell the industry at the FT-ETNO conference that the investor community has backed her single telecom market legislation European Companies News…
Temasek, Sinopec target Gas Natural stake
The Spanish oil company seeks to raise cash to increase its investment in exploration and it is looking to buy assets in politically stable countries European Companies News…
Banks: here we go again
Swiss probe is a reminder that these days provisions for litigation and misconduct are a regular feature of bank earnings not one-off exceptionals European Companies News…
France to look into Vinci bribery claims
Preliminary inquiry into deal for 43km Moscow to St Petersburg toll road stems from Russian activists’ claims that French group bribed officials European Companies News…
Rusal presses Norilsk for more cuts
Russian nickel and palladium producer unveils further details of new strategy amid a push by shareholder for greater cuts in spending European Companies News…
UN body strikes deal on airline emissions
The International Civil Aviation Organisation supported the need for a global mechanism that could cut airlines’ carbon emissions from 2020 European Companies News…
Vivendi chairman to go after SFR spin-off
French media and telecoms conglomerate’s head lays out governance road map and backs industrialist Vincent Bolloré to replace him after group is split European Companies News…
