Indian steelmaker JSW Steel is close to buying the bankrupt Italian producer, in a sign of renewed interest in Europe's recovering steel market

Russia and Ukraine may be responsible for almost 20% of global wheat exports in 2014, so the grain price has been beholden more to tanks than tractors

John Malone's cable group has already agreed $40bn in acquisitions since last February, but the company's balance sheet can still support more

An uptick in mergers and acquisitions has helped it overtake rival DLA Piper with $2.5bn in 2013 revenue

Bulgaria's president has criticised oligarchs and politicians for misappropriating public funds and vowed to clean up the procurement process

Oil and gas group alert to threat to relationship and investment with Russian partner from international sanctions over clashes in Ukraine

Tor Olav Trøim's partnership with John Fredriksen set to end after he says he will quit his role at the group's main holding company

US investor Wilbur Ross and EBRD to take part in fundraising only a year after lender was saved from collapse by international rescue deal

Reckitt's planned spin-off of its pharmaceuticals unit highlights trend to split pharmaceuticals and consumer healthcare

Archbishop of Cyprus urges thousands of small shareholders to reject a planned €1bn share sale by Bank of Cyprus

The glasnost that fostered ties between Russian and western business is expiring amid the wreckage

BP and Renault become the first major European groups to warn of the potential negative effect on their businesses from EU and US actions