Referendum sees shareholders given binding say; Golden hellos and goodbyes banned; annual re-elections for directors; criminal sanctions for non-compliance

Earlier ruling means the bank has to pay about €50m to 104 bankers who say they were promised bonuses but awarded a tenth of those pledged

Peter Löscher is recovering his poise after a difficult year at the group which has shaken investor confidence in the engineering group and has come out fighting

Depositors spooked by speculation on forced losses, says minister who pledges to fight radical rescue options that would be ‘fatal blow' to confidence

Eurofer chairman Wolfgang Eder says that Europe needs to shed 50m tonnes a year of production to start to address ‘massive structural crisis' in the sector

Current sanctions guidance by the US Treasury calls on companies that provide telecommunications technology to Iran to “exercise great caution”

Mark Hardy is concerned Connemara Mining is allowing existing shareholders' interests to be sacrificed because of its tie-up with larger group Teck

New sales hit 15-year low as Peugeot and Renault struggle and the industry association warns of little or no improvement this year

Royal Dutch Shell is gearing up for a key test of its Arctic equipment this month as the oil major's plans to drill off Alaska suffer fresh setbacks

Rosneft and Gazprom lead production increases from Soviet era fields to secure Russia place alongside Saudi Arabia in league of crude oil output

The Temelin saga risks affecting the image of the Czech Republic and making other countries question their desire for nuclear power

Bank of Italy blocks all electronic payments following Vatican City's failure to fully comply with international anti-money laundering rules