Banking rivalries: Drifting apart
Barclays and Deutsche are diverging in terms of global ambition and priorities. But it is through the men at the helm that the contrast is clearest European Companies News…
France mobile price war extends to 4G
Iliad’s 7m-odd customers are delighted with the operators’ low-cost plans but rivals SFR, Orange and Bouygues are less than pleased European Companies News…
German coal use at highest level since 1990
Green politicians and environmental lobbyists call for increase in costs of operating lignite power stations brought in to fill gap from phasing out nuclear plants European Companies News…
Swiss ready to pare back investment banks further
UBS and Credit Suisse chairmen say they are braced for tougher capital rules if political debate in their home market leads to even stricter regulation European Companies News…
Swiss ready to pare back investment banks further
UBS and Credit Suisse chairmen say they are braced for tougher capital rules if political debate in their home market leads to even stricter regulation European Companies News…
ICE looks to sell part of Euronext
Bankers are preparing to approach European funds and banks, and ICE plans to float the European operations once the integration of Liffe is complete European Companies News…
Pallet maker RM2’s firm platform on debut
Luxembourg company backed by former M&S and Diageo bosses raises £137.2m and rises almost 15 per cent on first day on Aim, valuing it at £319.4m European Companies News…
Antenna picks up television dealmaker
Greek media group appoints Pete Smith, a former president of NBCUniversal International, as it seeks to expand in Turkey, Poland, Romania and Hungary European Companies News…
Teva: in need of a shot
The world’s largest generic drugmaker needs more than a new chief executive. It needs a new board, a new strategy and a new chairman European Companies News…
