Multinationals review China staff training
Foreign businesses are speeding up reviews of internal compliance and staff training practices in China in wake of police probe into GlaxoSmithKline European Companies News…
Richemont: luxury of time
With the emerging markets recovery still looking like an if rather than a when, the watches-to-handbags group should keep its powder dry European Companies News…
Russian threats shake US rocket industry
Kremlin’s export ban on space rocket engines looks set to force US to develop its own alternative to launch satellites into orbit European Companies News…
Consolidation brewing in the coffee market
Competition set to hot up after Mondelez International of the US and Netherlands-based DE Master Blenders 1753 agree to combine coffee businesses European Companies News…
Calpers sells stakes in Usmanov companies
Pension fund divests stakes in Mail.ru and MegaFon, companies controlled by Russia’s richest man, in stand against attacks on gays in that country European Companies News…
Deutsche Bank uses video to lash traders
Investment bank co-head Colin Fan tells bankers that they are ‘falling way short of our established standards’ and warns of ‘serious consequences’ European Companies News…
Le Monde tells story of French travails
There were similar suspicions of sexism in France over the forced resignation of Natalie Nougayrède as those prompted by the ouster of Jill Abramson European Companies News…
Coffee capsules revive the market
Sales have trebled in five years to .8bn, spurring interest in other drinks and food that can be prepared from a pod with the push of a button European Companies…
BES rights issue triggers 10% share drop
Banco Espírito Santo unveils a €1bn rights issue that offers new shares at a 38.7 per cent discount on Thursday’s closing price European Companies News…
Fox in push to create TV production group
Agreement would see Fox’s Shine Group enter into a joint venture with two TV production businesses controlled by Apollo – Core Media and Endemol European Companies News…
