Admen team up to tackle digital challenge
Publicis and Omnicom hope to reap economies from their $ 35bn merger but rivals question the deal’s logic in a creative industry European Companies News…
Capital refuelling looms for Peugeot
Sustained losses as the French carmaker suffers more than rivals mean an injection from investors or the state is looking increasingly unavoidable European Companies News…
Perrigo agrees to acquire Elan for $8.6bn
Deal will provide the US generic drugmaker with royalty income from the blockbuster drug Tysabri and a more tax-efficient corporate structure European Companies News…
Publicis/Omnicom: Does not ad up yet
A share exchange with a 50/50 split is correct. But joint management is cumbersome. European Companies News…
Brussels gets tough on Monte dei Paschi
Joaquín Almunia, EU’s competition enforcer, warns that without ‘urgent’ changes to the bank’s restructuring plan he would launch a full-blown EU probe European Companies News…
Pressure on Spain’s bank to cut dividends
Doubts have spread about the sustainability of high payouts in the face of opposition from the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of Spain European Companies News…
US tells Russia Snowden will not be tortured
Holder says whistleblower will not face death penalty if he returns to the US, seeking to counteract Moscow claim for temporary asylum European Companies News…
Siemens to vote on future of CEO
German engineering company says supervisory board will ‘decide on the early departure of the President and CEO’ on Wednesday European Companies News…
Vivendi’s overhaul begins with Activision
French group’s exit comes as it seeks to make good on its pledge to carry out a ‘no taboos’ overhaul of its sprawling telecoms and media empire European Companies News…
EU and China settle solar trade fight
The solar case was the EU’s largest ever trade investigation, based on more than €20bn in solar products that Chinese companies shipped in 2011 European Companies News…
