Glencore’s $65bn deal close to collapse
Commodities trader is considering a proposal from the mining company to amend management incentives linked to the proposed $ 65bn merger FT.com – European companies…
Shell set to gain Arctic drilling permits
Oil company has met US regulator’s technical standards for preventing and containing spills, Ken Salazar, US interior secretary, says FT.com – European companies…
United backs US airline consolidation
Largest US airline by revenue supports more consolidation of the domestic market and would not object to a merger between US Airways and American Airlines FT.com – European companies…
Monte dei Paschi
It is crunch time for Italy’s third-biggest bank as it must detail how it will raise the €3.3bn of extra capital FT.com – European companies…
Property deals plunge in eurozone periphery
The 65% fall in transactions highlights the extent of investor reluctance to hold fixed assets in countries seen as most in danger of exiting the euro area FT.com – European…
Vivendi ordered to pay €765m to Liberty
New York jury tells French group to pay damages of €765m in a case dating back to a $ 10.3bn television network deal struck a decade ago FT.com – European…
Unipol chief pitches €1.1bn cash call
Merger of Unipol with Fondiaria-Sai will create smaller rival to Italian market leading insurer Generali but depends on raising finance FT.com – European companies…
Sany seeks to pump up sales with Putzmeister
Taking over the German company part of a desire to expand outside China and capitalise on a brand name with a reputation for technological acumen FT.com – European companies…
Analysts improve UK and Irish stock picks
Data collected for this year’s Financial Times/StarMine Analyst Awards show increase in recommendations generating positive returns FT.com – European companies…
EU warned over medicine price cuts
Europe risks losing its global influence in pharmaceuticals to the US and Asia, the industry has told political leaders FT.com – European companies…
