UK hopes BAE deal will seal Airbus role
Politicians of all parties regret BAE’s decision to sell its Airbus stake six years ago, even though the move then appeared justified FT.com – European companies…
France’s bruiser disrupts Sanofi’s recovery
With the government on the warpath, for Sanofi to settle for 900 job cuts instead of 2,000 was a concession that avoided an unseemly public brawl FT.com – European companies…
Deutsche / MetroPCS – premium call
Shareholders cannot be certain what the takeover deal will be worth for them, with the figures seen by the market in a less positive light FT.com – European companies…
BAE tops EADS in anti-corruption study
UK company ranks fourth most vigilant among companies in a study by Transparency International, which comes at a sensitive time for the groups FT.com – European companies…
Paris Fashion Week: day seven
Extravagance took centre-stage on the final day after a week where minimalism seemed to be gaining the upper hand rebuttal FT.com – European companies…
Adoboli jury hears chats with colleague
Text messages to Simon Taylor, a junior trader on UBS’s exchange traded funds desk, mentioned that ‘we’ve got some nice cash for the umbrella fund’ FT.com – European companies…
Deutsche Telekom eyes deal for US unit
Talks about merging T-Mobile USA arm with rival MetroPCS would leave German telecoms group majority shareholder of a combined US mobile operator FT.com – European companies…
Parmalat criticised for US dairy purchase
Two investors in the Italian group say the $ 904m acquisition of Lactalis America acted only in the interests of the majority French shareholder FT.com – European companies…
Statoil committed to Arctic despite setback
Norwegian energy group says a large gasfield in Barents Sea not to be expanded, marking the latest difficulty for explorers in environmentally sensitive region FT.com – European companies…
EADS chief signals BAE progress
Tom Enders said talks with governments about plans to combine with BAE Systems were useful and warns final decisions must be reached quickly FT.com – European companies…
