Investors worried about going cold turkey and about efficacy of any new shot in the arm – the recent rally in stocks appears to be on shaky ground

The removal of James Osborne as chairman marks a decisive stage in Mr O'Brien's battle to win control of Independent News & Media

Kweku Adoboli, who has been held in custody since September, is expected to reside at a friend's house where he will be electronically tagged

The planned request would be the start of at least a limited bailout for the eurozone's fourth-largest economy

Belgian-Franco bank presses for full amount of loan guarantees it lodged with the European Commission, of which only €55bn has been authorised

European Commission publishes upbeat assessment on reforms to force backers to pay for rescuing failed banks rather than taxpayers

The drop in demand for cars caused by the eurozone crisis has laid bare the chronic excess capacity problems of an industry that did not downsize

Specialist lender to local authorities has used up almost all its existing guarantees which were granted in October to ease a funding squeeze

After much dithering, a dose of structural reform imposed from outside is just what the country needs

Decline in advertising revenues in the Netherlands, which is expected to continue into the second half of 2012, weighs on the European newspaper group

A drop of more than 3% in sales at the Dutch retailer's US stores, Stop & Shop and Giant, contribute to a ‘tough start' to the year

Two Spanish founders of a recruitment site spotted the networking power of Facebook to link candidates and hirers, writes Maija Palmer