Small-cap Week, May 3
Petropavlovsk, Salamander, Utilitywise and Aga Rangemaster European Companies News…
Spanish property advice from the plague
The wise investor would do well to consider long-term demographic data before investing in real estate in the country, cautions John Dizard European Companies News…
Retail revolution transforms Berlin
Berlin has lagged behind wealthier rival cities in Germany for years, but is undergoing a transformation spurred on by new shopping malls and hotels European Companies News…
Novo Nordisk streak comes to an end
Despite slowing sales growth the Danish drugmaker posts a 6% increase in operating profit, slightly ahead of analysts’ forecasts European Companies News…
Visa and MasterCard fear sanctions fallout
Requirements under proposed legislation could expose foreign payment services providers to possibility of expropriation by Moscow European Companies News…
Kron shrugs off government over GE bid
Patrick Kron says he is pursuing Alstom’s long-term viability with GE deal, and has not misled the government or blocked Siemens’ counterbid European Companies News…
Smith & Nephew welcomes stronger rivals
Olivier Bohuon, chief executive of devices group, said he was ‘very, very happy to see this [consolidation] because it gives us huge opportunities’ European Companies News…
White House urges business to snub Putin
Attendance of St Petersburg International Economic Forum would be ‘inappropriate’ given Russia’s behaviour in Ukraine says White House European Companies News…
Temasek and RRJ take a stake in ING arm
Singapore’s state investment company and a private equity fund agree to become “cornerstone” investors in insurer’s Amsterdam listing European Companies News…
Tax savings will not make Pfizer stronger
Companies put together purely for tax reasons – with no industrial or cultural logic behind them – will be fragile European Companies News…
