Alliance Boots pressed on debt deals
Questions raised over two issues: profit from buying back debt and if UK received less tax from deal than if it had been structured differently European Companies News…
Oil traders join forces with Nigerians
Commodity traders are key to the success of a sale between a Shell-led consortium and Nigerian oil companies, which in the past have struggled to wrap up deals European Companies…
Repsol: settle down
Tentative settlement with Argentina over YPF is not ideal but better than alternatives European Companies News…
Food prices fall as record crop forecast
Broad price declines mask uneven moves in national economies, with wheat prices doubling in Argentina and corn prices down a third in Russia European Companies News…
Vivendi to split in two
Vivendi seeks to shed the conglomerate discount that has long weighed on its share price European Companies News…
MPS: all bases covered
Armed with a turnround plan that aims for a 9 per cent return on equity by 2017, the bank’s managers will hope its darkest days are behind it European Companies…
Repsol likely to accept $5bn YPF offering
Spanish oil company is demanding guarantees on how compensation will be paid after Argentina indicates it will use government debt European Companies News…
Shift to 4G faster than past generations
By 2017 one in eight mobile connections in the world will be on superfast 4G networks, according to the mobile operators group GSMA European Companies News…
Argentina nears deal over YPF seizure
Spanish delegation, including industry minister and executives from Repsol, met Argentine officials to reach an agreement over compensation European Companies News…
