Gloves are off for Sprint and T-Mobile US
Telecoms groups turn to aggressive tactics to win customers, with analysts at Bernstein warning of ‘dangers of tariff wars surfacing in US’ European Companies News…
UK account holders flock to Swedish bank
Untainted by many of the sources of British lenders’ unpopularity, Handelsbanken is winning customers from Aberdeen to Cornwall European Companies News…
Roche to buy InterMune for $8.3bn
All-cash transaction will give Swiss group access to US target’s medicine for previously untreatable lung disease – highlighting the push into so-called orphan drugs European Companies News…
European media bet on tech start-ups
Close to half a billion dollars has either been invested in start-ups or placed in separate venture funds by media companies since 2000, FT data show European Companies News…
Ukraine turmoil proves taxing for small groups
UK-listed Ukrainian companies have been caught by sudden and unexpected hikes in tariffs and royalties on resources imposed this month by the Kiev government European Companies News…
RTL warns on ‘alarming’ Hungarian tax
European broadcasting group is now assuming a slight decrease in revenue and a ‘more significant’ reduction in earnings for 2014 European Companies News…
Rosneft hit as $2bn Vitol deal scrapped
Russian state oil group’s projects may be in jeopardy without western financing and technology, even though China is set to continue advance payments European Companies News…
Rusal restructures $10bn debt pile
World’s largest aluminium producer had been negotiating with creditors since last year, with its profitability weighed down by years of low prices European Companies News…
Friends Life seeks buyer for international arm
Sale of Friends Provident International, which provides life assurance and investment products in Asia and the Middle East, could fetch as much as £600m European Companies News…
