Regional airline forecasts lower than expected revenue growth due to the slump in European business travel, which accounts for 40% of the group's flights

UK group is to take near-full control of the French electricals website by paying €10m in cash to founding brothers and waiving €5m owed to it

German steel and engineering conglomerate made a third-quarter net profit of €238m but warned of the need to find a buyer for its lossmaking Americas unit

Behind the headline figures from companies such as Richemont and LVMH, the picture is less rosy. Consumer demand in China is not what it was

Battle for the attractive asset of Tiger beer brewer APB has drawn a rival bid that is unlikely to leave the Dutch group's balance sheet unscarred

Irish lender says its first half was the victim of an increase in bad loan charges as it reports that underlying losses have climbed 26% year on year

Biggest winners of single currency's decline are multinationals with a large cost base in Europe but a high proportion of sales outside eurozone

Anecdotes thrown up such as McKillen's meeting on a yacht in south of France with U2's Bono and Prince Waleed bin Talal to finalise sale of Savoy

A number of lenders in a sector that prides itself on establishing personal relationships with customers has begun ‘managing out' clients

Europe's steelmakers, like their iron ore suppliers, have been hit hard by the crisis. ThyssenKrupp is fighting back.

Only three property transactions were registered in the country during the second quarter, down from 58 deals in the previous quarter

The Swedish private equity group has paid €220m in a bid to become a broader enterprise IT software business to challenge leading global companies