Fraudsters leave fingerprints over fake Samsung deal
Fake press release placed on website of Swedish technology company Fingerprint Cards claimed it was going to be bought by South Korean group European Companies News…
Alitalia agrees €300m capital increase
Ailing flag carrier averts second bankruptcy in four years after backing plan for Poste Italiane to invest €75m along with bank loans of up to €200m European Companies News…
Wonga defends Swiss unit transfers
Online payday loans company says it pays full tax in UK amid scrutiny of reports it transferred trademarked software and brand names to a Swiss arm European Companies News…
Week in Review, October 12
Defence offsets, telecoms cuts and metals industry optimism feature among the big stories European Companies News…
Delay to Ecclestone civil trial rejected
Formula One chief faces a claim from Constantin Medien for damages of at least $ 171m alleging that F1 was undervalued when sold to CVC Capital European Companies News…
Aluminium producers vent fury at LME
Unspoken fear is that rule change will cause the price of aluminium to fall, which could be the last straw for an industry struggling with oversupply European Companies News…
Deutsche Bank to invest in Rostelecom
Germany’s largest bank by assets and Russian Direct Investment Fund are investing a combined $ 240m in parity ahead of its planned privatisation European Companies News…
Italy taps post office to rescue Alitalia
Reports Poste Italiane might take €75m stake while government would offer €75m credit guarantees and a further shareholder capital increase European Companies News…
Peripheral Europe SMEs ‘starved’ of cash
Smaller businesses in Ireland, Italy, Spain and Portugal, pay 4 to 6 percentage points more for bank lending than those in Germany, report finds European Companies News…
Carlsberg spreads bets beyond Russia
Russia accounts for about 30 per cent operating profit at the Danish brewer, so the recent crackdown on alcohol by Putin’s government means expansion elsewhere is key European Companies News…
