Big Apple dwarfs entire regions
Tech group is now worth $ 624bn, or more than all the listed companies in Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain together FT.com – European companies…
Campari to buy Lascelles spirits unit
Italian maker of the eponymous red aperitif gets a taste for rum with $ 415 deal, extending a run of about 20 acquisitions since 1995 FT.com – European companies…
Vestas investors seek wind of change
While some believe that a deal with Mitsubishi could save the ailing Danish group, others say a radical change is needed to make the company prosper FT.com – European companies…
EDF seeks Chinese nuclear partners
Any deal to bring large-scale Chinese investment into UK infrastructure, particularly politically sensitive nuclear industry, could be controversial FT.com – European companies…
Otkritie moves up Russian banking league
Group plans to raise more capital and broaden its shareholder base as it forges ahead with a $ 2bn deal to acquire London-traded Nomos FT.com – European companies…
Iliad secures 5.4% of French mobile market
Upstart’s Free service criticised for starting price war as it attracts 3.6m subscribers since its January launch FT.com – European companies…
Goldenport cuts interim dividend
Shares fall as the London-listed, Athens-based shipping group reports half-year revenues down to $ 43m, missing the market’s expectations FT.com – European companies…
French government agrees rescue for mortgage lender
CIF has been looking for a buyer since at least May after its future was thrown into doubt by the evaporation of once-cheap funding from credit markets FT.com – European…
Scientists offer to name cancer drug for £1m
Academics at Uppsala university are offering private donors the chance to name a new treatment for neuroendocrine cancer, the disease that killed Steve Jobs FT.com – European companies…
EDF denied licence for US nuclear plant
French group is given by the US nuclear regulator 60 days to find an American partner for its new reactor project at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland FT.com – European companies…
