Monte dei Paschi launches lawsuits against Deutshe Bank, Nomura and its former chairman and chief executive related to losses on derivative trading

Lobbying pays off as last-minute changes to a bill on ‘ancillary copyright' mean search engine will not need to pay German publishers for news snippets

The deal enables BSkyB to become UK broadband market's second-largest provider, and follows rival Virgin Media's acquisition by Liberty Global

The European Parliament has found a way to attack the UK that is sure to be favoured by much of the British public, writes Martin Wolf

GM's US sales were 7% up on February 2012 and Ford's were 9.3% higher year-on-year though Chrysler's sales slowed sharply to 4%

Results from the world's biggest advertising group show that the sector is surprisingly resilient, but companies may need to keep winning ugly for a while yet

Italy threatens to reignite the eurozone crisis as bankers suffer more fallout from the financial crisis

Germany's largest retailer by sales says its full-year earnings dropped as consumer spending was hit by austerity in many parts of Europe

EU move overlooks measures that might help create a banking system that can sensibly allocate savers' capital to productive investment opportunities

Nationalised Dutch bank to pay state €250m dividend as profits rise to €1.3bn. Lender also announces appointment of Kees van Dijkhuizen as its new CFO

The Dutch asset manager is upbeat about prospects after its sale by Rabobank to the Japanese finance provider Orix

Airline chief seeks to pilot Iberia's recovery, Spain's corporates suffer a dire week, and horsemeat continues to turn up in unexpected places