Wintershall snaps up more Statoil assets
German energy group pays .25bn to extend interests in Norwegian waters as state-backed oil operator looks to offload non-core resources European Companies News…
Week in Review, September 13
Santander legend dies; Apple, Google, RBS and AngloGold also in the news European Companies News…
Fosun restarts Club Med takeover battle
Chinese conglomerate’s eleventh-hour counter bid values Club Med at €839m, in what is becoming an east-west struggle to gain control of the holiday group European Companies News…
German cabbies carry out Uber sting
App driver hired solely to have injunction served on him backed by the threat of a €250,000 fine or a six month jail sentence European Companies News…
Air France raises stakes in pilot dispute
Franco-Dutch airline group seeks to recover lost ground in European short-haul market ceded to Ryanair and easyJet over past two decades European Companies News…
Apple in talks over pay system in Europe
Introduction of technology to lag behind US and launch of new generation of iPhone despite widespread use of contactless cards in Europe European Companies News…
Ukraine gas price dispute hits Gazprom
Russia’s state-controlled gas producer says dispute over pricing with Ukraine is largely to blame for a 40% drop in first-quarter profit European Companies News…
BSGR seeks halt to Guinea iron ore auction
BSG Resources is also seeking the reinstitution of its mining rights in the west African nation and damages European Companies News…
Santander keeps it all in the family
Ana Patricia Botín, who has been appointed chairman following the death of her father, has drawn high praise as head of the bank’s UK operations European Companies News…
Santander: family business
A fourth generation of the Botin family is in charge of Santander. But there are strategic questions for the new chairman to answer European Companies News…
