Trichet a candidate for EADS chairman
Former president of the European Central Bank is a candidate to head the group if Arnaud Lagardère, the current chairman, steps down in March FT.com – European companies…
Yara to buy fertiliser assets in Brazil
Norwegian group in $ 750m deal with Bunge as it aims for a bigger share of one of Latin America’s most contested agricultural markets FT.com – European companies…
Megafon agrees $1.1bn Euroset deal
Russian telecoms group finalises deal to buy half of the country’s largest handset maker. The deal values Euroset at $ 2.3bn including net debt FT.com – European companies…
Telecom Italia mulls asset spin-off
Italy’s largest telecoms provider is studying the partial sale of its fixed-line network to the country’s state-financing agency to raise funds FT.com – European companies…
Spotify closes subscriber gap with rival
Growth takes its total base of paying customers to 5m, from 4m in July, and is music to the ears of investors, after raising $ 100m recently in a fundraising…
PPR completes Redcats US disposal
French retail group sells OneStopPlus to private equity firms Charlesbank Capital Partners and Webster Capital for an enterprise value of $ 525m FT.com – European companies…
What are the patent wars?
Interactive: Expensive and lengthy litigation rages in the smartphone sector as tech companies race to protect their intellectual property FT.com – European companies…
Record €1.47bn fine for TV cartels
Philips, LG Electronics and a Samsung unit are among those that conspired to fix prices of television and display-screen parts for nearly a decade FT.com – European companies…
Europe’s steel – outlook is bleak
There is widespread agreement that overcapacity on the European steel supply side is endemic FT.com – European companies…
Nokia in smartphone deal with China
China Mobile, the biggest operator in the world with more than 700m subscribers, is to sell the Finnish group’s flagship Lumia handset FT.com – European companies…
