Israel: A bitter harvest
The government views the EU’s plan to label products made in settlements as symptomatic of a greater threat to the legitimacy of the Jewish state European Companies News…
SAP to drop dual chief executive set-up
Decision to end current management set-up comes at a time of considerable success for the company which has made a series of big acquisitions European Companies News…
Akzo Nobel misses earnings expectations
Dutch coatings and chemical group to make further cost cuts as weak demand held earnings down in all three of the company’s divisions European Companies News…
Irish accused of ‘protecting’ fund market
Ireland accused of omitting Ucits V fund legislation from European Council agenda during its presidency to protect the country’s €1tn industry European Companies News…
Meiji Yasuda to take stake in Thai Life
Transaction worth Y70bn is the latest foreign investment by a Japanese company in the sector as domestic market continues to shrink European Companies News…
Boris Berezovsky may have been insolvent
High court judge keeping an ‘open mind’ as to whether estate ‘solvent or insolvent’ as affairs of Russian oligarch who died in March are unwound European Companies News…
LVMH: the price of acquisitions
Is the French luxury goods maker’s spending spree the reason it has lagged behind the sector for so long? European Companies News…
Universal appeal for Vivendi and SoftBank
SoftBank offered a huge premium to buy Universal Music, but Vivendi rejected the offer despite being under pressure to sell assets European Companies News…
EU draws up plans for nuclear state aid
Exempting all atomic projects from general restrictions on government help will prompt relief in UK and France but fury in Germany and Austria European Companies News…
Grohe attracts four tentative offers
Sanitary fittings companies Geberit, Fortune Brands, Lixil and Duratex are among the companies that have submitted indicative takeover bids for Grohe European Companies News…
