Officials hope to fix a deal by October on the eurozone bailout fund taking over some of Ireland's €64bn debt after an unexpected summit agreement

Metal producer says volatile exchange rates and weak demand, which has led to a slump in prices, could cut first-half earnings by more than a fifth

Industrial gas producer extends healthcare activities by agreeing to acquire the US provider of oxygen and respiratory homecare services

Gefco to deliver cars, parts and materials as the two carmakers enter the first joint undertaking of their four-month-old strategic alliance

If lower interest rates are seen as an invitation to relax the reforms and fiscal consolidation, it will only undermine long-term fiscal sustainability

European aircraft maker ramps up competition with Boeing as it unveils a new $600m facility in Alabama that also signals a revival of US manufacturing

Investors celebrating Bart Becht's return to the stock market with the beauty products group should bear JAB Holdings in mind

French oil group says well results at its Absheron discovery in the Caspian Sea indicated gas resources of up to 300bn cubic metres

The lenders should have acted ages ago, not now, when talk of their moves adds to uncertainty and a Greek exit is systemically risky

Group's private equity division will see its assets under management double to about $15bn with the purchase of European rival's fund of funds business

European Commission makes several objections, putting pressure on the Vivendi arm to offer big concessions to prevent deal from being blocked

There are concerns over the time it might take to create the single supervisory mechanism for the continent's banks, involving the ECB