Popularity of ‘Candy Crush’ game peaks
The amount spent by players of the game in the first three months of this year fell to 9m, from 3m in the previous quarter European Companies News…
Casino to merge ecommerce platforms
The French retailer’s ecommerce project aims to tap a surge of investor interest in internet-based companies with exposure to emerging markets European Companies News…
Groups feel pain from Russian operations
Société Générale takes €525m hit from writing off the goodwill of its Russian assets and Carlsberg cut its outlook for the Russian beer market European Companies News…
Swiss watchdog sets targets for big banks
Finma’s measures are among its ‘too big to fail’ rules that are aimed at protecting the country’s financial sector against crises European Companies News…
Axa first-quarter sales slip 1%
Group says numbers reflect a change to sales of products in Switzerland, where it has tried to transfer pension obligations to corporate clients European Companies News…
Sweden offers cautionary pharma deal tale
The country oversaw sale of Astra and Pharmacia – the crown jewels of its pharma industry – at the end of the 1990s, losing the headquarters of both European Companies…
Bayer / Merck: the right price?
Bayer has beaten off competition from Reckitt to pay bn for Merck & Co’s consumer health business. It looks like a very expensive deal European Companies News…
Saab offers Swiss deals over jet fighter
Saab agrees to hand SFr405m worth of business to Swiss companies, ahead of a referendum on buying 22 Gripen fighter jets made by the Swedish company European Companies News…
Fiat Chrysler plans Alfa Romeo drive
Chief executive Sergio Marchionne is set to announce that premium brand Alfa Romeo will be spun off as part of a five-year strategic plan European Companies News…
Holder warns no company ‘too big to jail’
US prosecutor’s comments come as criminal charges are being weighed against Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas European Companies News…
