ING wins partial victory in bail-out case
European court strikes down part of a 2009 Brussels ruling which forced the bank to divest large parts of its operations in exchange for state aid FT.com – European companies…
Oil trader Gunvor buys Petroplus refinery
Geneva-based commodities group in ‘downstream’ diversification move as it picks up Belgian plant from ailing Swiss operator FT.com – European companies…
Berlin demands more Germans at Airbus
Minister calls on EADS to put his countrymen in top posts in an unprecedented attempt to influence operational decisions FT.com – European companies…
Costa Concordia’s fateful night
As an inquest starts into how the liner ran aground, a reconstruction of events points to operational chaos and communication failures, writes Guy Dinmore FT.com – European companies…
Tycoon wins appeal in Turkcell battle
Britain’s Privy Council overturns an order for Mehmet Emin Karamehmet’s Cukurova Holding to deposit $ 1.45bn FT.com – European companies…
Path opened to Benetton delisting
The Italian stock exchange regulator gives the family behind the clothing group approval to buy out the quarter of the company it does not own FT.com – European companies…
Argentina rebuffs Spain in YPF dispute
An apparent snub to José Maria Manuel, Spanish industry minister, by officials in Buenos Aires risks damaging relations between the two countries FT.com – European companies…
Veolia chief gains time for overhaul
Confidence vote gives Antoine Frérot backing for plan to restructure the waste and water group after putsch led by his predecessor FT.com – European companies…
Havas chief acts to rebrand agencies
Group’s structure to be consolidated into Havas Advertising and Havas Media, with formerly separate media-buying and creative teams brought together FT.com – European companies…
France’s Areva increases backlog of orders
Atomic reactor maker’s 3% rise to €45.6bn is a surprise vote of confidence for the industry after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last March FT.com – European companies…
