Commodities trader is considering a proposal from the mining company to amend management incentives linked to the proposed $65bn merger

Strategic review set to lead to an end of ship finance and commercial property lending as the German bank continues to cut back on non-core operations

Oil company has met US regulator's technical standards for preventing and containing spills, Ken Salazar, US interior secretary, says

Demands by Qatari investors for a higher price to complete the “merger of equals” will most likely end up with all parties agreeing to meet half way

The Italian lender, which is receiving state aid, says it will return to profit in 2015 as it sheds 14% of its workforce and 13% of branches

Stake in Morocco's largest dairy production by market share raised from 29.2% to 67% at cost of €550m just days after surprise profits warning

The concerns of Poland and Czech Republic reflect anxiety across central Europe that the region could be hurt by the creation of a common regulation system

Move allows group to conserve several hundred million dollars in cash in the short term for acquisitions and share buybacks

Effort to boost efficiency with General Motors' alliance partner comes amid downturn in European market with Opel and Vauxhall sales down 17% this year

Commodities trader believes that demanded share ratio overvalues Xstrata and is prepared to walk away from long sought-after deal

Philipp Humm plans to return to Europe to join a competitor of Deutsche Telekom, believed to be Vodafone group, after two years at the number four US mobile operator

Scandinavian companies are taking advantage of a renewed penchant for design from the region, says Michael Stothard