Gemalto sets out ambitious growth plans
French mobile payments and security group promises to double operating profits by 2017, driven by expansion in software and services European Companies News…
Usmanov’s Mail.ru cashes in on Facebook recovery
The Russian internet portal disposes of its remaining 14.2m shares in the social network, yielding proceeds ‘in excess of $ 525m’. It invested $ 200m in 2009 European Companies News…
Shell settlement talks on Nigeria spills
Talks set for next week with representatives of the Bodo community in Nigeria who have filed a High Court lawsuit against the oil major European Companies News…
Brussels concessions on airline emissions
New approach on contentious scheme to tackle airlines’ carbon pollution in effort to persuade UN agency to back a global plan to deal with issue European Companies News…
Eurofighter faces tough export markets
Eurofighter has won several orders from its original partners, but in a fiercely competitive market it is struggling to win other customers European Companies News…
Nokia patents bump up cost for Microsoft
Nearly one-third of the price Microsoft agreed to pay in the two companies’ €5.44bn deal was tied up in a 10-year licensing agreement European Companies News…
Mosley takes Google privacy battle to French court
Former Formula One boss is attempting to force the internet group to block material about his personal life European Companies News…
Caixabank head faces directorship ban
Madrid pushes ahead with law to remove control of Caixabank, the country’s biggest bank by domestic assets, from the savings bank foundation La Caixa European Companies News…
EU unveils shadow banking plan
Proposal aims to bolster defences of money market funds, but is being met with resistance in the industry European Companies News…
Crédit Agricole to sell Bankinter stake
Sale of 7.6% stake could fetch about €230m for French bank, which is seeking to exit a string of ill-fated investments made before the financial crisis European Companies News…
