Italy's third-largest bank by assets to hold board meeting to discuss strategy for plugging shortfall and later make the plan public

Move comes as the US investment bank's role is questioned during a parliamentary inquiry into a German state's acquisition of a 45% stake in EnBW

Moody's latest downgrades for eurozone and global banks has again raised questions on the unfettered power of agencies, writes Patrick Jenkins

Merger with Fondiaria-Sai will create smaller rival to Italian market leading insurer Generali but depends on raising finance

Alexei Navalny, a leading Russian opposition figure and blogger, is to use his new position to promote his corporate governance campaign

New York jury tells French group to pay damages of €765m in a case dating back to a $10.3bn television network deal struck a decade ago

The 65% fall in transactions highlights the extent of investor reluctance to hold fixed assets in countries seen as most in danger of exiting the euro area

Danish manufacturer's move dashes hopes for 2,000 jobs around Sheerness as analysts point to uncertainty over cuts to government subsidies

Next week's summit is the most significant yet. For the first time a large eurozone country's lockout from financial markets is a real possibility

More needs to be done, and done more quickly, to restore confidence so that lending to businesses can be revived and a crippling recession ended

The commodity traders says moves by the government to nationalise one of its mines would endanger foreign investment in the crucial sector

Move to stop using leather in football boots and trainers because it is viewed as such an environmentally damaging product