Lego examines 3D printing opportunities
Danish toymaker is considering ways to embrace the digital economy with the possibility of consumers being able to create custom figures European Companies News…
Versace reveals lure for buyout deals
Blackstone’s stake purchase in the fashion designer comes as funds believe it is a good time to invest in high-end brands European Companies News…
Brady Dougan, Credit Suisse marathon man
US hearings have thrust an unwilling Credit Suisse chief into the limelight – but this is only one of a number of fronts on which the chief executive is battling…
Total to sell stake in Azeri gasfield
The French major is in talks to sell its stake in the Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan after it baulked at the enormous cost of the project European Companies News…
Soros and Paulson bet on Spain property
Hedge fund managers both take major stakes in the float of Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios which aims to list on the Madrid Stock Exchange European Companies News…
Week in Review, March 1
Repsol to end dispute with Argentina; Weibo eyes up to bn valuation; Qantas to shed 5,000 jobs as losses hit A2m; RSA calls for cash European Companies News…
Colony backs Irish tycoon in hotels feud
Los Angeles real estate investment firm pledges to provide finance to help Patrick McKillen regain control of his indebted empire European Companies News…
Irish media kings invest in their critics
Denis O’Brien and Dermot Desmond, among Ireland’s five richest people, own 45% of INM European Companies News…
NSA claims split cyber security industry
Rival industry conference held in protest over reports that encryption company had colluded with US state agency to facilitate surveillance European Companies News…
Allianz hit by outflows at Pimco arm
German insurer faces investor pressure to show it is protecting its US fund’s brand after performance concerns and El-Erian’s shock departure European Companies News…
