Deutsche Telekom posts €5.3bn net loss
German telecoms group declares itself “on the offensive” with extensive investment plans for next-generation networks, but 2012 results missed analysts’ forecasts. FT.com – European companies…
NSN completes strategic sell-off
Chief executive of the telecoms equipment business says the results of the overhaul are already apparent in past few quarters of profitability FT.com – European companies…
Tesco vows to buy more local produce
Pledge boosts British farmers whose pleas for consumers to buy local goods were drowned out by cheaper meat from overseas and global supply chains FT.com – European companies…
EADS: the new normal
Europe’s aerospace and defence champion appears to be doing just fine on its own with needing to merge with BAE Systems FT.com – European companies…
Dublin to drop blanket bank guarantee
Move, which will take pressure off its three remaining lenders, comes amid signs that the sector is strengthening FT.com – European companies…
Deutsche Bank has to delay annual report
Decision result of warfare between lender and some shareholders, who have launched legal challenges against Germany’s flagship financial institution FT.com – European companies…
AT&T eyes a mobile revolution in Europe
While AT&T and Verizon dominate a nationwide market of 314m people in the US, in Europe the telecoms market is much more fragmented FT.com – European companies…
‘Action plan’ for unified EU mobile market
Neelie Kroes to tell ministers and industry she will use treaty powers to force telecoms overhaul and bring the sector back from ‘near collapse’ FT.com – European companies…
Goodwill running out in Spain
Investors in Spanish companies are braced for one of the grimmest weeks of corporate results in the country’s history on Wednesday and Thursday FT.com – European companies…
Almirall wary over need to issue shares
Jorge Gallardo is open in principle to issuing new shares to minority investors while determined to maintain his family’s controlling stake FT.com – European companies…
