Industry voice emerges from BAE wreckage
Doomed attempt to combine the UK group with EADS brings consolidation back to the top of the agenda for executives and policy makers FT.com – European companies…
RWE fuelled by coal-fired plants
German group’s power-generation business performs well, setting the utility apart from bigger rival Eon, whose gas-fired power stations are struggling FT.com – European companies…
Video games help Vivendi lift income target
French entertainment company is examining the possible sale or spin-off of its three telecoms companies, SFR, Morocco’s Maroc Telecom and Brazil’s GVT FT.com – European companies…
Italian luxury brands see mixed earnings
Salvatore Ferragamo reports mixed quarterly earnings on Tuesday, citing purchases by wealthy tourists as the key driver of sales in 2012 FT.com – European companies…
Generali to target emerging markets
CEO Mario Greco tells the Financial Times that Italian insurer will sell non-strategic assets in the next year to free up funds to invest in China and other emerging markets…
Call for transparent debt arrangements
Securities watchdog urges EU banks to be open about the extent to which they have gone easy on borrowers who have missed repayments FT.com – European companies…
Publishers’ task to unlock ebook market
Groups must consider whether to join forces to break Amazon’s hold on digital distribution or stay small and focus on consumer relationships FT.com – European companies…
Madrid under pressure to halt evictions
Lenders have foreclosed on 400,000 properties since the collapse of the property bubble and there are calls to revamp Spain’s ancient mortgage laws FT.com – European companies…
SAS warns of ‘final call’ for survival
Scandinavian airline calls on unions to back its cost-cutting plan that will slash 6,000 jobs, divest units and reduce wages and pensions FT.com – European companies…
