Franco-German challenge to bank plan
François Hollande and Angela Merkel support more fiscal control for Brussels, but they want more leeway for national authorities on banks European companies…
Telecom Italia
Restructuring at the indebted telecom company has edged forward with a fixed-line network spin-off, but investors in should not get too excited European companies…
Snoozebox investors in £10m injection
Money needed to carry out the portable hotel provider’s contracts this summer after problems of recent months, says executive chairman European companies…
Telecom Italia agrees to separate fixed-line network
Group’s board votes to create new copper and fibre business as it considers proposal to merge mobile operations with Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa European companies…
Ryanair-Aer Lingus: fight delayed
The long-running dispute dance between the Irish airlines takes another step forward, but there is still much fancy footwork to be done European companies…
EADS raises guidance for new orders
Airbus’s parent group revises up previous expectations to more than 100 passenger jets this year amid strong demand in commercial aviation European companies…
Ousted O’Reilly opts for 9 to 5 showbiz life
Ex-chief of Ireland’s Independent News & Media group to run London-based music stars’ booking company that is responsible for more than 2,000 artists European companies…
Lapo Elkann plans Italia Independent IPO
Sunglasses group founded by Agnelli scion to list in Milan as Italian luxury companies seek to follow the example of the likes of Brunello Cucinelli European companies…
Russian grocer Lenta plans IPO in London
The owners, including US-based private equity fund TPG and Moscow-based VTB Capital, begin talks with bankers, in a deal that would raise about £1bn European companies…
France Telecom changes name to Orange
Executives say the brand better represents the global nature of the business, given its operations in the emerging markets and parts of Europe European companies…
