Rolls-Royce hits record sales
Rolls-Royce, the biggest-selling global car brand in the €200,000-plus segment, sold 1,968 cars in the first six months of 2014, a rise of 33% European Companies News…
Power failure sparks more Eurostar woes
Eurotunnel engineers still working to restore full power to the affected section of the tunnel, leading to the cancellation of four trains European Companies News…
Alcatel wins first role in Vodafone work
The contract win is Alcatel-Lucent’s first for Vodafone’s £19bn ‘Project Spring’ investment programme to expand its European network European Companies News…
ECB under pressure to rein in ‘crazy’ euro
Plea from leading industrialist coincides with calls from the International Monetary Fund and politicians for the bank to consider a programme of quantitative easing European Companies News…
Gowex and Gotham: Spanish inquisition
By exposing accounting malpractice at a Spanish tech company, Gotham City has shown that the existence of aggressive, independent research outfits is justified European Companies News…
Holcim and Lafarge outline disposal plans
Regulators want €5bn in assets to be shed by companies before approving creation of world’s largest cement group in €40bn merger European Companies News…
Highbridge hires executive from Fortress
Jon Ashley joins London office to work as a portfolio manager in its so-called Principal Strategies platform as it continues its European expansion European Companies News…
Death of the traditional supermarket
Discounters, upmarket grocers and online options are enticing shoppers from traditional stores, which are looking at new ways to win them back European Companies News…
Erste Group Bank: they’re in forint now
The Austrian lender to emerging Europe has warned on profits for the third time in little over a year. And debt forgiveness could cause more pain European Companies News…
