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  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    Lars Windhorst
    Nat Rothschild commits to Windhorst ‘partnership’ despite lawsuit

    Scion of European banking dynasty “hopes to withdraw” claim against German financier

    Nathaniel Rothschild
  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    EU eastern tensions
    Hungarian energy bid under review over Russia concerns, says Romanian minister

    Bucharest could mirror Spain’s recent decision to block a takeover on security grounds, says Sebastian Burduja

    Viktor Orbán, left, and Vladimir Putin in front of Russian flags before giving a joint press statement at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia in July 2024
  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Dozens more investors sue over €17bn Credit Suisse debt wipeout

    Plaintiffs argue Swiss government ‘folded’ to UBS demands when bank rescued its troubled rival

    The Swiss flag above a Credit Suisse sign on a building in Bern
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Lars Windhorst
    Nathaniel Rothschild files lawsuit against Lars Windhorst

    Legal case comes less than six months after scion of banking dynasty agreed to chair German financier’s firm

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Airbus SE
    Airbus comes close to 2024 delivery target after year-end sprint

    European aerospace group got 766 jets to customers despite supply chain issues hampering ambition to reach ‘around 770’

    Engine assembly underway for an Airbus A320neo in France
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Volkswagen AG
    VW strains to hit EU emission targets as EV deliveries tumble

    Europe’s largest carmaker hurt by greater competition from rivals in China

    Rows of VW ID Buzz vehicles
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Biotech
    General Atlantic-backed biotech start-up secures $410mn in initial funding round

    Verdiva Bio wants to use potential drugs acquired in China to compete in growing obesity market

    A montage including a Verdiva Bio logo
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Trade Republic
    Germany’s second-biggest fintech shuns IPO

    Trade Republic says it is under no pressure to list early as its backers are taking a ‘long-term perspective’

    Christian Hecker
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Prysmian SpA
    Prysmian plans New York listing and more acquisitions in US

    Italian cable company hopes manufacturing base in America will insulate it from Donald Trump’s tariffs

    Prysmian chief executive Massimo Battaini
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    European Union
    EU leaders warn Trump not to meddle with Europe’s borders

    Comments from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French foreign minister follow US president-elect’s Greenland threats

    French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    Amundi to shut its original ‘multi’ smart beta ETF

    The fund made returns of nearly 20% last year but has failed to retain sufficient assets to be ‘economically efficient’

    A specialist trader watches his chart while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Brooke Masters
    Car companies have an infuriating software problem

    Managing smooth updates is becoming ever more important with the spread of EVs and more sophisticated systems

    Employees work on BMW i3 electric automobiles on an assembly line in Leipzig, Germany
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Niklas Zennström
    Europe can still win in AI despite US dominance, says Skype co-founder

    Niklas Zennström believes continent can thrive by developing applications on top of artificial intelligence models

    Niklas Zennström
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    European Investment Bank
    EIB fears ‘reputational disaster’ over revised EU green reporting

    Internal memo reveals multilateral lender’s fear that new rules will put its climate credentials at risk

    EIB headquarters in Luxembourg
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    News in-depthInvestment Banking
    Investment banks prepare for crunch year in 2025

    Boutiques counting on M&A rebound to support elevated valuations and star hires

    Logos of Evercore, Lazard, PJT, Moelis, Perella Weinberg and Houlihan Lokey with a chart in the foreground
  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    Free LunchTej Parikh
    Europe is not a business backwater Premium content

    Comparisons with the US stock market undersell the continent’s companies and their potential

    The Frankfurt skyline
  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    Uniper SE
    Uniper strives to protect LNG fleet from risk of Russian seizure

    Chief Mike Lewis says company has stabilised since its forced nationalisation

    Uniper chef Mike Lewis
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Food & Beverage
    Shares of alcohol makers fall after US official calls for cancer warnings

    Surgeon-general calls for more prominent warning labels on drinks to raise awareness of the link

    Guests hold glasses of beer during a reception following the official opening event of the Molson Coors Canada Fraser Valley Brewery in Chilliwack
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Prime property
    Chelsea FC co-owner pays £56mn for London penthouse

    Purchase by billionaire Behdad Eghbali is one of largest UK property deals of 2024

    Behdad Eghbali
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Stellantis
    Stellantis Italian production plunges 40% to lowest level since 1950s

    Carmaker continues search for new CEO having committed to making 1mn vehicles in Italy by 2030

    A Stellantis worker stands at work during production at the group’s new electrified dual-clutch transmission (eDCT) assembly facility in the Mirafiori complex in Turin,Italy,
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Germany’s biggest companies top 25% female leadership for first time

    Mandatory quota law passed in 2020 has improved equality but country remains behind western peers

    Daimler Truck chief Karin Rådström
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    News in-depthFood & Beverage
    French red wine in sharp decline as tastes change among young drinkers

    Domestic consumption falls as consumers switch to beer, spirits and alcohol-free options

    Woman drinking red wine at a French vineyard
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Real Madrid
    Real Madrid’s concert dreams put on hold by ‘noisy neighbour’ complaints

    World’s most valuable football club halts shows as locals brand Santiago Bernabéu stadium a ‘torture-drome’

    Taylor Swift performing at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in May
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Aerospace & Defence
    Germany’s Hensoldt urges EU to follow US on local arms procurement

    Radar maker says bloc can use existing laws to bypass free trade rules and boost region’s defence infrastructure

    A Eurofighter Common Radar System Mk1 on display at the Hensoldt defence electronics company
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    John Thornhill
    Can France become a global AI powerhouse?

    Momentum has been slowing but the country boasts enviable technical skills and a burgeoning entrepreneurial culture

    The ‘Play-Doh’ sculpture at the Station F start-up incubator in Paris
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