Bankia in first steps to reprivatisation
Bookrunners secure enough orders to sell all shares within an hour of launching operation – an indication of strong appetite from investors European Companies News…
Close the account on Swiss secrecy
The US should do more than shout about past misdeeds. It must lift barriers to its investigations and the Senate should pass the double-tax treaty European Companies News…
Blackstone to take 20% stake in Versace
Likely deal will let Italian label boost its presence in emerging markets and highlights private equity groups’ renewed appetite for high-end brands European Companies News…
Robinson’s threat to quit threatens peace
Peter Robinson’s last threat to resign as first minister of Northern Ireland came in 2011, over prison-service symbols, but this time the stakes are higher European Companies News…
German study warns on energy policy costs
The nation’s exports would have been €15bn higher in 2013 if industry had not paid a premium for electricity compared with competitors, says a report European Companies News…
AB InBev: another round?
Plenty of highly profitable, acquisitive companies with low organic growth sell for less than AB InBev. European Companies News…
AB InBev bullish about emerging markets
The world’s largest brewer by sales expects this year’s football World Cup in Brazil to boost beer consumption globally after a lacklustre 2013 European Companies News…
Vivendi hit by fierce French price war
Competition has stiffened in France since Iliad, a low-cost operator, burst on to the mobile scene in 2012, drastically undercutting prices European Companies News…
Credit Suisse ‘helped US tax evaders’
Swiss bank is accused of helping thousands of US clients avoid taxes through practices which included making false claims and shredding documents European Companies News…
Orange in talks with Microsoft
The French group is in talks over the potential sale of a minority stake in Dailymotion in order to help challenge YouTube in key markets European Companies News…
