Flights divert to Metigha after Tarhouna rebels demand return of their missing leader Abu-Ajilah Habashi, highlighting Libya's fragile security

Minority shareholders had claimed UK group's bid to form alliance with Rosneft had damaged TNK-BP as it had failed to include it as partner

Industry commissioner Antonio Tajani rules out EU-led fix for the sector ahead of a meeting of the European Union's Cars 21 grouping

Joint venture by Swiss and German media groups to extend its web presence by taking control of Poland's largest internet portal for €217m

The former trader found guilty of causing a €4.9bn loss at the bank appeals against his five-year prison sentence, of which two years are suspended

Agency lowers the company's long-term credit rating and warns of a further cut depending on the financing of the deal with OHL in Brazil and Chile

Spain's Treasury plans to auction sovereign bonds this week, even though analysts say the country may soon need an international bailout

Strong companies look to take advantage of depressed stock markets and pounce on vulnerable targets, pushing deals to highest level since 2008

LED developer is one of the brightest prospects in Ireland's buoyant technology sector

Central banks in emerging markets have been dumping euros – which lost nearly 7% against the US dollar in May – to shore up their own currencies

The US state of Virginia is taking “very seriously” a plan that would privatise control of some of the country's most important port facilities

US food group Sara Lee is to spin off coffee company which is expected to have a market capitalisation of €4bn-€6bn and will begin trading on July 9