ASML: adding up the chips
The Dutch semiconductor equipment maker reported good news in its first-quarter earnings, but it remains an expensive bet on next generation technology European companies…
Weak German car sales add to industry gloom
New registrations fall 13 per cent in Europe’s largest economy as all leading markets on the continent report double-digit percentage declines European companies…
Enel Green Power bullish on expansion
Renewables group confirms €6.1bn investment in the years to 2017 and says it expects core earnings to rise by some 60% by the end of its spending plan European companies…
Daimler to sell 7.5% stake in EADS
Carmaker’s 61.1m shares, valued in total at about €2.3bn, will be offered to to institutional investors through an accelerated book build European companies…
High price of ignoring EU’s tax on trades
Markets appear relaxed about chances of financial transactions tax being adopted in EU, but costs of that attitude could be high, writes Ralph Atkins European companies…
Trafigura staff net $1.6bn in share deals
Scale of the buybacks highlights riches that have accrued to relatively small elite of traders as a result of boom in commodity prices European companies…
ENRC hit by whistleblower claim
Latest blow to the FTSE 100 Kazakhstan-based resources group left reeling by investor concerns over corporate governance European companies…
Royalty Pharma raises offer for Elan
The unsolicited tender comes ahead of a deadline in May imposed by the Irish Takeover Panel for a bid from the US-based partnership European companies…
EQT launches new mid-market fund
Sweden’s largest private equity group is reorganizing its investment teams to launch a fund targeting medium-sized companies in Northern Europe and Asia European companies…
Hopes rise on Lehman payout
Administrators PwC said there was a ‘reasonable chance’ of repayment in full of the £15bn in unsecured claims, following a string of legal victories European companies…
