Window for ECB loan repayments nears
Real importance of early repayment figures lies in what they reveal about eurozone health – and the divide between banks in the core and the periphery FT.com – European companies…
Bosch adds to European industry cost cuts
Stuttgart-based conglomerate, seen as a barometer of the sector, pledges to rein in spending having been caught out by the global economic slowdown FT.com – European companies…
European red tape delays Ikea openings
Mikael Ohlsson, furniture group boss, is angered by hefty planning laws that are holding up substantial job creation and billions in investment FT.com – European companies…
Ryanair makes concessions on Aer Lingus
The Irish airline is offering to sell around 40 per cent of Aer Lingus’ short haul operations to Flybe in a last-ditch attempt to gets its takeover bid passed by…
Stench reaches UK after French gas leak
A cloud of harmless gas smelling of sweat and rotten eggs has leaked from a chemicals factory and wafted across the English Channel FT.com – European companies…
Salt miner sees risk in gas storage plan
GDF Suez subsidiary Storengy plans to create 20 caverns to store pressurised gas but Salt Union, operator of nearby Winsford mine, has raised concerns FT.com – European companies…
France and US bicker over fuel
Washington’s reluctance to provide air tankers is being seen in France as a sign of US caution about French operations in Mali FT.com – European companies…
Salmon farmers go for veggie option
Price of fishmeal has surged to a record high because of a dramatic decline in the number of anchovies harvested off the coast of Latin America FT.com – European companies…
Algeria defends assault to free hostages
In first official account of the In Amenas gas facility siege, the Algerian prime minister says the kidnappers were about to kill their captives FT.com – European companies…
Deutsche Telekom in talks on Scout24 sale
Group has placed Germany’s largest cars-to-real estate internet portal under internal review with possible disposal worth about €1.5bn FT.com – European companies…
