After WPP's $540m deal for AKQA, Amsterdam-based LBi is emerging as the industry's next likely acquisition target, according to people familiar with the matter

Board of Swiss group backs chief executive Brady Dougan as it rebuffs calls by the Swiss National Bank for it to build up capital faster

Blackstone and BC Partners were the last remaining bidders in the race for the frozen foods maker and owner of the Birds Eye brand in Europe

The court ruling will block the Serious Fraud Office from seizing documents for a criminal trial in Italy over derivatives sold to Milan

The German lender launches second appeal and says that no binding contractual commitment was made to the former Dresdner Kleinwort bankers

Shares in insurance companies rallied at prospect that life insurers may be allowed to adopt capital requirements for existing policies over as long as seven years

Goldman Sachs, Templeton and BlackRock plan to invest minimum of $100m in Russian companies that make at least $500m in annual revenues

The private equity group plans to inject €15m of cash into the directory company and swap its debts for a 90% stake in the business

Data over the past 15 years could change regulators' assessment of the Swiss pharmaceutical group's medicines and lead to withdrawal of drugs from the market

Created to clean up the savings banks, Bankia has imperilled Madrid's finances and driven it to seek a bailout. By Victor Mallet and Miles Johnson

Strategy will be discussed at a Corsica meeting this weekend, which brings together the board and division heads for key discussions

Quake-damaged region struggles to keep its economy afloat as citizens make do in tents and improvised offices while long-term debts remain unpaid