Mixed Volvo earnings reveal wider trend
Swedish truckmaker underlines the fragile state of European industry in reporting its weakest sales in three years at the same time as an unexpected rise in orders European companies…
France Telecom plans superfast 4G launch
Telecoms group expects price of mobile services to continue to fall between 12 and 13 per cent this year as customers move to lower-priced tariffs European companies…
Good times stall for German carmakers
For now the good times are over as VW, BMW and Daimler shown they are not immune to the slumping European market European companies…
PPR marks makeover with Pomellato deal
PPR sees off rival talks with Prada and the Italian state investment fund to buy a majority stake in the Milanese jeweller Pomellato European companies…
Daimler runs into European weakness
The German carmaker cuts its full-year forecast after weaker-than-expected sales in its home region cause profits to tumble in the first quarter European companies…
PPR set to add two luxury brands to fold
French group behind Gucci expected to see off competition from Prada for Italian jeweller Pomellato after buying Tuscan ceramics maker Richard Ginori European companies…
Accor chief ousted
The board of French hotels group endorses chief Denis Hennequin’s strategy but inists that change has not come through swiftly enough European companies…
Richemont’s annual profits set to soar
Swiss group defies concerns that a slowdown in Asian demand could end the recent success of luxury goods companies as it expects a 30% rise in profits European companies…
‘Too Swedish’ Volvo provides China test
Analysts see Geely’s acquisition of Volvo blazing a trail for the globalisation of the auto sector and Chinese brands as a whole European companies…
Profile: CEE-based developer says market has ‘probably exceeded expectations’
Brian Patterson, recipient of this year CEEQA Lifetime Achievement Award, has no regrets about building a career in the region European companies…
